orwell is different. he comes home and his life left a plate of dinner for him on the double but he is very absent-minded and kind of self-denying, and by mistake he feeds his dinner to the cat and eats the cat's dinner. and didn't notice until he is finished. >> host: we'll take few questions. i'll ask tom one more question at least bit -- but if you want to line up to ask questions, that's fine. i'll actually -- while we're doing that, lay a big one on you. that is he run out of gas. you have a plea toward the end of the book about people rig obviously finding out the facts -- rigorously finding out the facts and challenges assumptions and allowing colleagues and bosses and everybody else to challenge their assumptions and really work through that. and then make a decision based on principles. i'm thinking, just reading this week and can feel churchill's fatigue, and i'm reading this challenge and thinking, man, that's a lot of work. so how do we do this in the modern day and how do we hold ourselves to

two from orwell.ou could read both things in one evening. they are the two essential pieces of how to think and write nonfiction or history of politics. host: i cannot resist. from januaryvideo 12, 1994. see if you recognize this person. >> i do not think there is anything classifiable. i am amazed at how much information you can find out. i publish rings in the paper about requests for nuclear weaponry filed by military commanders in the field. despite what you hear about bad military gear relations, i am surprised by how much commanders in the field are willing to talk to you on the understanding that you will be careful with how you use the information. .om: i recognize him i still have that shirt. int: when you were that age 1994, did you think he would do what you have done? have you done everything you planned on doing as a writer? tom: in retrospect, everything is inevitable. i always loved to write. i had no idea. this question a couple years ago. i had -- the personal experience with the war

>> i began with orwell. and of his own writing he said my ambition is to write as transparent as a windowpane. i think humans the modern op-ed into the newspaper column where you have a clear statement of an observation laying out a few facts and explain their implications. winston, was in churchill was a window, it would be a stained-glass of a cathedral with rays of green and red and blue shining down, and a wonderful sam painting which is also worth reading to understand he says, i honestly feel sorry for the drab colors, the rounds and the grays, churchill's life was a pageant. a cabinet member was set arguing with him is like arguing with the brass band. >> i kinda felt that as i was writing this book. this was difficult right, i've written six books, it was a hard one. my editor read the first draft and said this stinks, redo it. editors are a little bit like a spouse, you have to have a trusting relationship. in your writing about orwell he never writes about his personal life, he's an introvert, he w

george you like about orwell? well, i think he really ould follow logic and honesty to the full conclusion. he would not be deflected by the someone. might offend i thought he put up a good show for the left in his life for the great en it was in difficulty because people were pressed very hard to say, look, left, you must support the soviet union because it's endangered and circled by fascism. you must not criticize it in public, even if you have your doubts. that would be stupid and would be giving up the thing that makes me radical in the first place, which was the right to think for myself. host: agree? agree. tally i'm still in awe of christopher hitchins. this is key to me about orwell and churchill that christopher on, the put his finger willingness to criticize your own side, your own team in is not a formula for friendship. but i think it is key to being ntellectually honest, to have principles and to act on those rinciples, not only in dealing with political opponents, but also with political allies and

>> sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom. " >> they never met, for example, but the hero of "1984" was winston. churchill read it twice and left it. -- loved it. orwell was a leftist all his wife, but he crossed the political chasm and wrote that he's the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the spans "q&a." >> now, a discussion on the strategy for afghanistan that was announced this week by president trump. this is "30 minutes. host: welcome back. michael rubin is with us now, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute to talk about president trump's approach in afghanistan. what you see as the most significant shift in president trump's approached afghanistan compared to the prior administration? guest: president trump was talking about leaving afghani stan throughout his candidacy. president trump announced pretty much an open-ended engagement that would be conditions-based rather than timeline-bas

and or will -- orwell never met. orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a.

tonight, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk about his book. >> churchill and orwell never met, but the hero of "1984" was named winston. churchill read it twice and left it. orwell, a leftist all his life, wrote hehurchill and was the only conservative he admired. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's "q&a." now on c-span, a review of the 2018 title budget of the money requested the president requested to what congress ultimately decides. >> joining us from capitol hill nancy, senior correspondent for bloomberg. nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his top

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rick about his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, but the hero is winston. twice andread it loved it. orwell was a socialist and admired churchill across the political cabinet and wrote that he was really the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the constitutionality of compulsory union fees required by public employees regardless of their membership was the focus d

>> church hill and orwell never met. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell real leftist all his life. admired churchill. wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span "q&a." >> this might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever. you'll be a juror forever. i need to give you tools that are going to help you for the rest of your life in those pursuits. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers william camp and sunshine discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> this is chance for them to learn about their story. their story doesn't begin the moment they are born. their stories start people that come long before them. if they start to realize, wait a minute this doesn't just start with me, but what i contribute what i'm coming from, ball park of the bigger story. that way, allowing them to take in other people's opinions take in the perspectives of others through social

and or will -- orwell never met. orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> during august recess, many members of congress hold town halls with constituents. in massachusetts, senator fellowth warren joined democrat representative bill keating and marsh mill. they talked about the health-care law, reducing gun violence, the president's military transgender ban, and the political divide in washington. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for being here. this is a terrific crowd. the crowd that we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well . senator warren and i are here, number one, to thank you. as they look back historically that this period of time in our country, they are going to look back right now through a lens of activism and an activism that is here tonight in the overflow room that is spreading across t

orwell admired churchill across the political. wrote really that he was the only conservative p admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever, a juror forever, so i need to give you tools that will help you in those pursuits. do them well. >> high school teachers discuss out current events affect their lessons. >> as a history component, this is a chance for them to learn more about their story. their story starts with people who have come long before them, who have shaped the way the world around them operates. this does note, start with me but when i contribute, where i am coming a biggeris part of story. in that way, allowing them to take in the perspective of others through social media, video, it gives them a chance to think, ok, this is how i see the world but why and how can i maybe expand that by taking in other people's perspectives? >> tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org and listen using the fr-s

i am not a stalinist, neither was george orwell. 's critique was against an authoritarian society which is what i am against and many anti-fascists are against. fascism cannot something be reduced to state control. it has a very specific a story and context, having less to do with the immediate aftermath of world war i with the response to society to a perceived "decadence" in response to the growth of booze walked capitalism. you can't reduce essentially to the control of a specific group over a state, which is what states are. host: cynthia from fort lauderdale, florida on the line for democrats. caller: good morning and thank you for having this discussion. i think it is very relevant to what is going on in the united states right now. i am totally a supporter of resistance to the alt-right. they are a threat to our liberty. i saw an interview this week between an antifa leader in a white supremacist. was -- i understand this does not represent the movement, but it does harm to the movement and resistance to fascism in america wh

orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill.wrote he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. this might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever. i need to give you tools that will happy for the rest of your life in this pursuit. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. this a history component is a chance to learn aboutir

his book churchill and orwell. the fight for freedom. >> churchill and orwell never met for example. but the hero of 1984, was winchell, churchill read twice and loved it. and interestingly, orwell, he left us all his life admired churchill across the board, and wrote really he was the only conservative the admired. >> sunday night at eight eastern on q&a. >> book tv recently visited l to ask members of congress what they're reading. >> i'm reading a book i'm really enjoying, and friedman's latest thank you for being late. and i'm a big fan of tom friedman. the french connection and are all matter in april. and i think it's an important bridge as to where we are in technology today and where we are going to be in the next two years. talking about moore's theory and a lot of things going on but i'm usually reading multiple books. i just got me on president andrew jackson and i'm looking forward to getting into that. and i finished recently mccullough's book on the right brothers. very interested in biographies of am

q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. about histh thomas book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they had never met for example, but the hero of 19 before was named winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell, though a socialist, admired churchill across the global cabinet. and wrote really that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> members of congress have a little more than a week left before the end of their august recess. some lawmakers continue to hold a town hall meeting in the meantime. next, we will show you one with senator elizabeth warren and congressman bill keating where topics included the health care law, the president's transgender military van and the current political divide in washington. from thursday, this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for being here. this is a terrific crowd. the crowd that we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. senator wa

orwell never and met. it twice and loved it. lestist all his life across the political chasm, the only really he was conservative he admired. >> sunday night 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. > "washington journal" continues. host: the next 25 minutes, we your o hear from you, calls and comments, tell us what is on your mind. "wall e of headlines, street journal," photographs of the missing soldiers from the u.s.s. john mccain. recovery had been halted for a officials tried to determine exactly what happened vessel, along the pacific and the "wall street journal" markets eyeing debt withing unease, this is one of the leading issues undertake will have to in early september, following a lengthy august recess. you, melvinear from rom fort lauderdale, florida, democrat's line. caller: i want to make a comment, please don't cut me off. number one, first respect to epublicans having a problem repealing obamacare. it is because most of the public didn't understand that obamacare a.c.a. were the same thing, when they found out they were havin

winston churchill and george orwell.ith talk of thomas ricks about orwell: "churchill and the fight for freedom." >> they never met. them is winston. churchill loves it. orwell admired churchill, and wrote debt he admired him -- wrote that he admired him. >> tonight on 8:00 eastern, on c-span's" q --. >> up next on american history tv's, real america, from 1947 " don't be a sucker." is the experience of a hungarian americans warn against the acting against minorities. he talked about persecution of minority groups and the eventual does your action of certain -- german society. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ [applause]

george orwell. we talk with thomas riggs about his book. >> churchill and orwell never met. of 1984's winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell, though a socialist, a real leftist all of his life, admired churchill. and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> now, a discussion on free speech on college campuses with charlie kerr, founder and executive producer of turning point usa. and political commentator hassan piker. this is an hour. [applause] >> are our microphones on? what is going on, guys? here is the first debate of politicon. just so i can get a better understanding of the room, how many people are charlie kirk fans here? oh, wow. and how many hasan piker fans to we have? roughly equal. equal. seems to be in balance i think. all right. politicon, are you ready for this debate? all right. well, i am the founder of the millennial action project. we are want to keep the piece aired today at politicon. to our left, the host of the young turks, hussein hiker. -- hasan piker. to ou

q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk to thomas rhett ricks about his book giorgio and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, but the hero -- churchill read it twice and loved it. orwell admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. next on the presidency, black america export stephen rabe discusses the successes and disappointments of harry truman's policies in latin america. the truman little white house and the san carlo institute in key west florida, listed the event as part of the 15th annual symposium. >> harry truman's legacy toward latin america. stephen: -- >> hello, everyone. what we have decided to do is introduce ourselves. my name is steve rabe. my research specialty is u.s. relations with latin america. i have

if i can make it through orwell's "1984." whatok tv wants to know you are reading. send us your reading list via twitter at the tv, or instagram tv, or postedcore to our facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. book tv on c-span two television for serious readers. defense secretary james mattis met what the south korean defense minister for bilateral discussions on how to respond to the threat posed by north korea. this event at the pentagon is 15 minutes. >> present present arms. ♪ [national anthem] ♪ >> right shoulder, arms. welcome, good to see you. and military officers, members of the delegation. welcome back to the pentagon. you are most welcome here. thank you for traveling to washington so soon after you were assigned to this post, it is good to meet you in person after we had already spoken earlier this month. [speaking foreign language] >> a great deal of the priority that you and your president would come so soon. [[speaking foreign language] the republic of korea united states alliance has played in enduring role in regaining and maintaining south korea's ch

sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas riggs about his book "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom." churchill and orwell never met. churchill read "1984" twice and loved it. allll was a real leftist his life, but admired churchill across the political chasm, and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. announcer: sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." trumpy night, president was in phoenix, arizona, for a rally. he was accompanied by ben carson and mike pence, who introduced him. president trump spoke for about 90 minutes. v.p. pence: it is great to be back with the people of the copper state with the man u helped elect, president donald trump. [applause] past monthsif the have shown us anything, it's that president donald trump is a man of his word and a man of action. president trump has been keeping busy the promises he made to you and to every american

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rick about his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, but the hero is winston. twice andread it loved it. orwell was a socialist and admired churchill across the political cabinet and wrote that he was really the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the constitutionality of compulsory union fees required by public employees regardless of their membership was the focus of a discussion of the heritage foundation today. this is one hour. welcome to the heritage foundation. we welcome use who join us on the heritage.org as well as c-span networks. wouldose in-house, we affect courtesy to know that mobile devices have been turned off. for those watching online, you are welcome to ask questions online. by simply emailing speaker @heritage.org. leading our discussion and welcoming our special guest is david croitzer our legal fellow. -- our senior research fellow for labor markets and trade. pr

. - so george orwell of course i read when i was 12 that book 1984 came out then. it was in the drugstore with quite an alluring cover. - is that right? - it's a little less alluring now, maybe it seems less alluring by comparison. - i think a lot of people read great literature because they saw alluring covers in the drugstore. (laughter) - right. - and then they thought wow and then they ended up reading faulkner and orwell and these great authors, but not on purpose. - right. (laughter) the other thing i took away from this book, honestly was it would be a great movie if somebody could figure out how to tell the story. - that one. - yes this one. - yes. - yeah. - possibly. - are you comfortable when-- this has happened i mean the handmaid's tale is probably the most famous example, i'm not sure when exactly as you or anybody else would have intended for it to the way that the story was told. - it was quite an interesting process. - yeah. - so harold pinter wrote the screenplay. - right. - and the director was a german director who had directed the tin drum his n

. >> sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom. " >> they never met, for example, but the hero of "1984" was winston. churchill read it twice and left it. -- loved it. orwell was a leftist all his wife, but he crossed the political chasm and wrote that he's the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the spans "q&a." >> now, a discussion on the strategy for afghanistan that was announced this week by president trump. this is "30 minutes. host: welcome back. michael rubin is with us

orwell. >> churhill and orwell never met. interestingly orwell, a real leffest all his life, admired churchhill across the political cavern. >> sunday night eastern at c-span's q and a. >>> the massachusetts historical society look on john quincy adams' views. this is just over an hour. >>> a remarkable historical figure and scentral to almost ay academic study from late 18th to mid-19th centuries based on the 69-year diary that john quincy adams kept tonight's speakers are here to talk about their book "john quincy adams and the politics of slavery, selections from the diary." this was book was held from the "washington times" a great read. his publications include "slavery and politics in the early american republic," "a s david is a distinguished professor of history at the city of university new york graduate center. he's a historian of the early and 19th century america. and his interests span political and cultural history, slavery, anti-slavery and culture. he had also edited a number of volumes and is the receiipient

number one number two it tries to take as much information that you have if i could bring george orwell right now he'd be dead of course but if i could somehow revive him and if i could say you know what we do mr orwell we have we have devices these things that we constantly carry with us these are surveillance techniques that we have that we we pay hundreds of so that we could be surveilled and then when we go to any store we have an app and everything about it the tags have ever been someplace on your phone and it says have you been here lately or you're at home when you're talking and on your laptop all of a sudden that thing you were talking about there's a google ad i didn't type that in isn't listening to me yes it's so data it's about the commodity today met a day there and met analysis and data mining is the is the currency for everything somewhere there is a da ca on you that would. put together a portrait of you even you don't know every parameter of your life likes dislikes political persuasion money a where you go how long are their friends everything you have. been providin

night, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talked to thomas about his book. >> they never met, for example. of 1984 is named winston. orwell, he admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> members of congress have a little more than a week left before the end of their august recess. this is just under an hour.

. >>> sunday night on q and a, the lives of winston churchhill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rigs about the fight for freedom. interestingly he admired church hill and wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night on q and a. >>> now a conversation on first lady forrens harding and the influence she had advocating for veterans assistance and animal rights. we'll hear from cakatherine sinally. behind the tragedy and controversy, the center for presidential history at southern methodist hosted this

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. >>> sunday night on q and a, the lives of winston churchhill and orwell. >> churhill and orwell never met. interestingly orwell, a real leffest all his life, admired churchhill across the political cavern. >> sunday night eastern at c-span's q and a. >>> the massachusetts historical society look on john quincy adams' views. this is just over an hour. >>> a remarkable historical figure and scentral to almost ay academic study from late 18th to mid-19th centuries based on the 69-year diary that john quincy adams kept tonight's speakers are here t

. >>> sunday night on q and a, the lives of winston churchhill and orwell. >> churhill and orwell never met. interestingly orwell, a real leffest all his life, admired churchhill across the political cavern. >> sunday night eastern at c-span's q and a. >>> the massachusetts historical society look on john

orwell was a real leftist all his life but admired churchill and wrote he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." >> defense secretary james mattis held a joint news conference with the president of ukraine in kiev. secretary mattis reiterated that the u.s. would continue to put pressure on russia to withdraw troops from the ukrainian territory. this is 25 minutes. president poroshenko: it is great that you would come to ukraine for the celebration of our independence day. today, we have this important and symbolic visit. this is not just the visit of the secretary of defense of the united states that we haven't had for 10 years. this is the visit for celebration of the independence day. your participation in the military parade today, when the representatives of our allied countries together with the ukrainian military servicemen marched in the parade testifies our unity and our solidarity. i'm still under the impression after our meeting on american soil as for the level of trust, the understanding, the candid nature and fairness -- and really

orwell never and met. it twice and loved it. lestist all his life across the political chasm,

i grabbed 1984, george orwell's book. i started that. i had never read this one.wait but i through that one as well. >> think you for your time. you seem to enjoy reading history books. i try to read the scripture each week as well. there is some history and you learn from it. we will see how, we will see if i can make it through 1984. >> tv wants to know what you are reading. send your summer reading list via twitter at book tv or instagram at book underscore tv or posted to our facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. tv on c-span two. television for serious readers.

interestingly, orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill across the political chasm. he wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> the 1950's and 1953 korean war is sometimes referred to as the forgotten war, even though the korean peninsula remains a major concern of u.s. foreign policy. up next on american history tv, former director of the harry truman presidential library michael devine gives a presentation entitled "the korean war remembered." using photographs, posters, and artwork, hollywood films and personal experiences, he examines the public and popular culture memory of the korean war. the woodrow wilson center in washington, d.c. hosted this hour-long event.

sunday night on "q&a" the lives of within churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas about his book. >> churchill and or will never met, for example, but the hero was winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. admiredingly, orwell churchill across the -- clinical cousin. -- across the political chasm. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." this might be the only get -- only government class you ever take. andare going to be a voter your forever. i need to give you tools that are going to help you for the rest of your life. >> tuesday night, a high school teacher discusses how current events affect lessons on history, politics, and government. >> this is a chance for them to learn about their story. it doesn't start when they are born. it starts of people who come -- have come long before them who have shaped the world. to realize this doesn't just start and end with me but what i contribute, where i am coming from, in that way alone them to take in other people's opinions, a prospective -- a perspective. ,t gives them a chance to think this is how

was wrong polys didn't appreciate the full horror of the situation or orwell thought the governmentwas going to be one, to be done to door. it is private corporation because the government is too incompetent. the federal government can't do anything right. private corporations are ruthlessly efficient and when they decide to go in social justice direction with the corporate social responsibility and the human resources and diversity vice president at all the rest of it, an entire subculture that you should not exist. when they decide to go that way, they are dangerous. silicon valley, you go to search, google engine just got fired and prompted someone else to leaked to the press that there is active suppression on social justice principles of google search results. you search for american inventors on american google and you'll get like a sea of women and black people in all the rest of it, and all power to them but they're not people invented the telephone and delightful. they want to know the famous once invented all the stuff around us. [inaudible conversations] want to know what

. >> churchill and orwell never met but the hero of 1984 is winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. interesting i had, orwell, a socialist, a real leftist all his life admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote he's the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." tuesday night president trump was in phoenix, arizona, for a rally and accompanied by housing secretary ben carson and vice president mike pence who introduced him. president trump spoke for about 90 minutes. vice president pence: hello, arizona! it is great to be back with the good people of the copper state. and with franklin gram, dr. ben carson and the man you helped elect the 45th president of the united states of america, resident donald trump. you know, if the past seven months have shown us anything is that president donald trump is a man of his word and is a man of action. since inauguration president trump has been busy making true the promises he made, seven months of action and seven months of results and seven months that wil

we talk with thomas ricks about his book, churchill and orwell. >> they never met, for example. but the hero of 1984 is may winston. interestingly, orwell, though a social list, a real leftist, admired churchwell and wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >>> next on american history tv, historian scott harris talks about the life of the fifth president james monroe and discusses his experiences in the revolutionary war, his legal career and his presidential legacy. mr. harris is director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. his talk at a conference in virginia is 45 minutes.

here because this is exactly what it is you do you really do really starts to remind one of george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four in the us in the west you always you know everybody likes to i went to when i went to school i wrote in one thousand nine hundred four in school and the interpretation was that it's about that so obviously by the soviet union but when you look at the west today when you look at the united states you find those quality is much more represent that in america then then in most other countries the majority well i get scared now every time when i hear their objectives more governmental because it's actually mean review what it means is they take take spare mining taxpayer money they are not in any way responsible for the way they spend it and they spend it for example on what they call promotion of democracy in ukraine which and create and crudely a nationalist regime which starts another war in europe or you know when they say it's non-governmental and then the say it is supported by drum and marshall foundation and it is supposed to crack six hundred twitte

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. to the author -- >> the hero of 1984 was named winston. andchill read it twice loved it. admired churchill across the political chasm and said he was really the only clinical conservative he admired. you think about a one-day festival, the national book festival and you have over children's, from authors, illustrators, graphic novelist, all of these different authors there all day, over 100,000 people come in and celebrate books and reading. you cannot have a better time, i think. reader or anybody that wants to get inspired, the book festival is a perfect base. announcer: booktv's live, all-day coverage begins live on september 2. blitzer prize-winning authors and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. the national book festival, live saturday, september 2 starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. some ofa discussion on the ethical challenges facing journalists in the media age. hosted by the chautauqua society, this is about one hour and 15 minutes long. [applause] fa

unfortunately this is an example of orwell's phrase in action ignorance is strength and the movement is working on the basis of complete ignorance about what real fascism is their oath oh some extreme example is as well one american claims he was stabbed because official it had do you think what we're seeing now is a thought of which for right wing as well as so-called fascists. absolutely we're seeing even have the phrase for the salem witch hunt which which originates in the united states where they burned people if they if they didn't float on water and so on i mean we have an under educated mass population in america in which in high school the subject history is optional if people do not know history you can tell them that fascism is something completely different from what it really was if people don't know their own national history if they don't know the history of robert e. lee for example if they don't know the history of conscripted young men who were just marched straight into the gray uniform of the confederacy without any choice if they don't understand that this pittin