. >> dorothy thompson was married to -- >> sinclair lewis. and there were many famous literary geniuses. he falls in love with her. thomas wolfe comes to germany. he is entranced by germany. hailed as a hero at first and then when he first comes in 1936, he really is pretty much oblivious to what is going on because he is just basking in his fame. the next time he comes a year later, he is much more aware and writes a piercing novella which becomes part of a larger book later. and you even -- i came across an entry in one diary of another correspondent in 1927. hemming way was just through town and saw him on the street with sinclair lewis. josephine baker comes to town. we think of her as paris, entertaining the audiences in paris. but she hears about berlin, amazing party town in the 1920's and she decides to take her whole troupe to berlin and despite the fact there are nazi protestors outside shouting racist slogans, german audiences love her and invited to the after-parties. she performed there often just in her loin cloth and she says t

[applause] in 1935, sinclair lewis wrote a novel. it can't happen here. that novel was a warning because he believe it could happen here. it was an anti-fascist novel. he was conferenced about the nazis. i would like to turn that around and say, it can happen here. what can happen here though, not in the negative sense, it can happen that we can reverse this. if we don't believe it could happen, it won't have a prayer of a chance. we can turn it around if we put the work and effort into it. some people will still be negative and they say yes, how many times have you seen a revolution that really has turned out? all through the 20th century, some had revolutions and wars. it never happened. right now, we still have neocons all over the place. they aren't all in one party either. they're in both effort parties. there have been times in our history where in the history world where there has been success. in 1850, the british passed a law, it was called, repeal the corn law. it was an introduction into free market economics repealing man can tillism and prote

[cheers and applause] in 1935, sinclair lewis wrote in novel, "it cannot happen here." that was a warning. he believed that it could happen here. it was an anti-fascist novel. he was concerned about miscellany -- mussollini and the nazis. i can say, it can happen here. what can happen here, not in a negative sense, it can happen that we can reverse this. if we do not believe it can happen, it will not have a chance. we can turn it around if we put the work and effort into it. [cheers and applause] but people, they're still negative, they say, how many times to be seen a revolution that has really turned out -- through the 20 century, so many revolutions and wars, it never happens. we still have neoconservatism's all over the place. there are not all in one party, either. they are all over both parties. that is what we have to challenge. there have been times in our history where there has been success. in 1850, the british passed a law called the repeal of the corn laws. it was an interest wreck -- infrastructure into free-market laws, ashram in an age of the industrial

he said in 1935, sinclair lewis wrote a novel, "it can't happen here."l essentially was a warning, because he believed it could happen here. it was an anti-fascist novel, because he was very concerned about mussolini and the nazis. i would like to turn that around and told him it can happen here. not in a negative sense, but if we don't believe it can happen, it won't have a prayer of a chance. we can turn it around if we put the work and effort into it. but how many times have you seen a revolution that really has turned out? all through the 20th century, some of the revolutions and wars, wars and all that, it never happened. and right now we still have neo cons all over the place. you know, they aren't all in one party either. both of the parties, and that's what we have to be challenged. but there have been times in our history where, in the history of the world, where there has been success. in 1850, the british passed a law. it was called the repeal of the corn laws, and it was an introduction into free market economics, repealing, you know, mercant

[cheers and applause] in 1935, sinclair lewis wrote a novel, "it cannot happen here. " the novel washe was very concerned about mussolini and the nazis. his whole argument was it cannot happen here. i would like to turn that around and say it can happen here. it can happen we can reverse this. we can turn it around if we put the work and effort into it. [applause] some people will still be negative. they say, how many times have you seen a revolution that has turned out? during the 20th century, so many revolutions and wars. it never happens. right now, we still have neocons all over the place. they are not all one party either. [laughter] they are both of the parties. that is the challenge. but there have been times in our history, in the history of the world, when there have been successes. in 1850, the british passed a law. it was an introduction into a free-market. it ushered in the age of the industrial revolution. it was a difficult time. the representative who had this past worked for many years and it was finally passed. it worked. they transitioned from mercantilism into a m

. >> dorothy thompson was married to -- >> sinclair lewis.amous literary geniuses. he falls in love with her. thomas wolfe comes to germany. he is entranced by germany. hailed as a hero at first and then when he first comes in 1936, he really is pretty much oblivious to what is going on because he is just basking in his fame. the next time he comes a year later, he is much more aware and writes a piercing novella which becomes part of a larger book later. and you even -- i came across an entry in one diary of another correspondent in 1927. hemming way was just through town and saw him on the street with sinclair lewis. josephine baker comes to town. in 1925 -- we think of her as paris, entertaining the audiences in paris. but she hears about berlin, amazing party town in the 1920's and she decides to take her whole troupe to berlin and despite the fact there are nazi protestors outside shouting racist slogans, german audiences love her and invited to the after-parties. she is the star of the show. she performed there often just in her loin cl