the scandal itself is growing in detail, reuther, citing a transcript of the call to the ambulance, writest austin was initially called for an ambulance without sirens and flashing lights, so as not to attract attention. on the phone they said it was probably my wife. we don't want to make any noise, we'll try to hide the minister's small problem. according to the daily beast, austin was in pre-pregnancy . answering the question: the ambulance, whether the pentagon chief retains complete clarity of mind and whether his consciousness is confused, they did not answer very legibly, they said something about nausea, pain in the area of ​​the abdominal cavity, hips and legs. in general, these are the symptoms that us hegemony causes in most of the civilized world. is he mentally confused or something like that? was he vomiting, was there blood in his stool? no. experienced severe pain in my leg, hip and abdomen. i will also be outside the residence waiting for the ambulance to take him inside. we have an excellent army, when there are excellent people there, we have such people, i know them, th

editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit, a biography of the uaw leader walter reuther, and also state of the union, a century of american labor, which i recommend to anyone trying to understand the labor movement of the 20th century. he has served on the editorial board of numerous journals and rights regally for the popular press as well as academic journals. he is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. i am also delighted to introduce alex fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. he is an associate professor of international and public affairs at columbia university where he also serves as vice dean for political instruction and codirector of the labor lab at the center for political economy. professor fernandez is the author of two terrific books including state capture, how conservative activist, big business, and wealthy donors reshape the american states in the nation. and he has published numerous articles in leading political science and journal outlets. we are very lucky to have alex back with us at columbia. he is just