, the most important southern unionists. and i will note parenthetically that of the 200,000 african-american men who served in the union army or navy, nearly 80% were southerners, which, of course, should complicate our shorthand in which we equate the south with the confederacy. there's this substantial number of anti-confederate southerners who are absolutely crucial to union victory. as frederick douglass put it, "the more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare of the state, the greater is the security of the state." in other words, give men the vote, give men a stake in society. this, douglass insisted, was "the true path to permanent peace and prosperity." the african-american activist and poet frances ellen watkins harper agreed, declaring the lesson of the war to be this. "simple justice is the right of every race." there were, in short, varying degrees of anti-slavery sentiment among unionists in the north, and again, some in the south, but together,

the liberation of the beleaguered unionists of east tennessee.thisf these stories fueled deliverance narrative, and of course to tell them lincoln and his backers had to gloss over the persistent factionalism, anti-abolitionism in all the states i just es iliedust liste. but there wasn't entirely sensible. lincoln would of course win electoral votes in 1864 from missouri, maryland and west virginia, and in the eyes of lincoln and his backers this gave credence to this deliverance argument. national --ds,t he the national union party expanded lincoln's coalition in 1864 by perfecting a big-tent approach. mainstream backers emphasized the theme of amnesty, of forgiveness of white seven or's, their deliverance from -- white slaveholders, their deliverance. radical abolitionists instead foregrounded black freedom and citizenship as the central achievements and themes. frederick douglass for one criticized lincoln's amnesty policy. he was very disappointed that it failed to establish black voting rights as a condition for readmission to the union. cou

he was a unionists.the southerners gone to republicans for the first time ever held the majorities in both houses of congress and by the spring of 1861 both chambers were abandoned by an members who defected to the confederacy. their absence opened the gates to legislative activism that would change american society beyond recognition. during the next four years congress would help win the war, reinvent the nation's financial system and an act forward-looking legislation that had been locked decades by southern intransigence. it in the course of doing that congress laid the foundation for the strong activist central government became fully into being in the 20th century. permanently it also permanently evolved into a relationship with the state states and federal government in ensuring the protection of civil rights as a responsibility of the federal government. measured by the urgency of what they faced in by their astonishing productivity the two wartime congresses of the 37th and 30th were among the m

happy with the general momentum and direction of political traffic i am conscious that some of our unionist brothers and sisters are perhaps not as secure are happy with all of us but generally i think it's fair to say that there is no appetite for conflict that is merely mcdonald to us sickle this is the main part of the just said there post-election stall in the irish parliament the doyle 450000 people did vote for finnick in this election just come by not many fewer than 15 of all not all that many fewer than should fame and much more than any other party or group of independents in this house and those 450000 people didn't vote against change they voted to say that they were satisfied with some of the changes that have taken place in the past 2 years but they wanted more change in other areas not least in health and housing. some of them thought they did a good job in the round. and there people who shared our vision and shared our values and agreed with our policies and agreed with our ideas and we will honor that mandate and i hope that others will recognize that while we may be dimin

face with unionist politicians north of the border in the stormont was the result actually very expected and. a clear legacy of the western economic crisis invent a foil should have adapted to the conditions of the poorest people in the island who have clearly suffered since the i.m.f. and the bailouts of your country yeah i think i mean we've we've put our action slate our manifesto was prudent and acknowledge the reality of the situation and we weren't offering tax cuts we were offering increases and probably expenditure with with whatever additional revenues were available to the government and we were doing that at a prudent level by contrast we came up with a classic magic money tree they were going to spend 22000000000 over the next 5 years and i think the same criticism probably made of jeremy corman's manifesto so we've taken a very prudent line we don't want to beggar the next generation we've learned our lessons to critics say it's a really big good because the payments have to be made over what decades yes they do and there's a very very high national debt so that's still a mi

being in defacto coalition with the unionists enforcing what the left in northern ireland call austerity in fairness i think people realize that we don't have the sort of control the fiscal labors in the north and to a degree you are dealing with the outworking of tory it's terrible and while in government we made every attempt we term in relation to mitigating the worst aspects of the past so right now i think our support base i think most people will accept that you know the thing that she unveiled success means is turning into the new fianna for oil basically i mean it wasn't long ago that you guys said corporation tax rises 17 percent you know manifesto said no keep it in 12 enough same is very hard because we reset keep it a program or half percent you know i mean we like we obviously see that as an absolutely necessary part of maintaining and you know the economy we have and i have to unite but what we have said is and we don't make any bones about it we have talked about our 5 percent levy on people arming over 140000 we have talked to bring out tax credits for earnings at balder

some sort of border in the middle of the irish sea that infuriated the irish the northern irish unionists and really he lost their votes but he no longer needs votes and he's pushed it through the trouble is i think that it's not just the unionists in northern ireland who mistrust the whole deal it's also on the other side of the channel i was talking to somebody from paris yesterday and they were saying well when i was a talk show that the brits won't try and smuggle stuff into the european union through all the nile and we're going to check everything that comes from that island and some say actually it's an opportunity for another island that it gets effectively the best of both worlds would you say to that well it was always the case that if northern ireland could remain both inside the european single market and inside the u.k. single market it would be a fan. stick opportunity and that may well be said i think the danger is that actually this whole fudge has reignited the debate in northern ireland about irish unification and that's the destabilizing factor this is not just about ec

the stormont first minister arlene foster of the democratic unionist party said his dedication to theescribed mr smith is one of britain's finest politicians of our time. child abuse victims thanked him for setting up a compensation scheme they had waited yea rs compensation scheme they had waited years for it. it is outrageous actually. we are very angry that such a man of his integrity could be put out of his job, northern ireland took him as one of our own. this man has taken charge of the northern ireland office. one of the many sensitive issues brandon lewis will face is how the question of how unsolved killings from the trouble should be investigated. let's get more from laura in westminster. a huge day at westminster. sajid javid's letter of resignation has just been released. that is right. number 10 just been released. that is right. number10 might just been released. that is right. number 10 might believe and hope it would be made easierfor them to keep the promises they have made to the country by having a tighter relationship with number 11, essentially then having more of

party let's not forget the unionist bit isn't is lost to e.u. union is in danger lucian the scottish union is in danger of losing nolan oland as well so they can show the newness parts in danger becoming little england party would be very sad indeed no one begun thank you well it's a month since donald trump catalyze a spiral of violence leading to mass injuries of u.s. troops in iraq after an assassination drone strike on iran's top general joins me now from washington d.c. is gareth porter who together with former cia counter. there officer john kiriakou has just published a cia inside his guide to the iran crisis from cia cuckoo to the brink of war so good to see you again so iran apparently reviewing relations with ukraine over the leaks pertaining to the killing of 176 aboard a ukrainian flight but your book is called the cia inside his guide why is the role of the cia so central to the story of how we have now got to give me the brink of war well of course the cia role goes all the way back to 953 and the infamous cia coup against him moha

with the smiths are protracted talks which lead to unionists and other nationalist.huffle was the sacking ofjulian smith, who's been widely acclaimed for his work as northern ireland secretary. mr smith oversaw protracted talks which led to unionists and nationalists agreeing to restore a power—sharing government at stormont — after 3 years of deadlock. he will be replaced by the former security minister brandon lewis. our ireland correspondent chris page's report contains flashing images. this report contains flashing images. the man who saved stormont could not save his own job. just five weeks agojulian smith challenged politicians to bring back devolved government. we have never ignored the issues are difficult and that reaching agreement would be easy, but now it's decision time. that characteristically straight talking worked. the northern ireland parties returned to the power—sharing table. when borisjohnson visited a few days later he congratulated his minister. he has done a great job and he certainly has a bright future. but mr smith had differences with th

was set up to recruit from within the loyalist unionist community. they were almost entirely drawn from within the community. declassified documents from british sources from the prime minister's office from the ministry of defense secretary of state's office make it quite shockingly clear that from the perspective of the british government it was acceptable to recruit so into the regiment who was an octave loyalist paramilitary who was a member of a loyalist paramilitary group. there's no doubt that the creation of the else the defense regiment was influence for the british show me boy the experience in the empire these kinds of locally right regimens what controls and commanded by british offices and as any intrinsic palls in the chain of command bridge show me were common through all of the counterinsurgency campaigns there was a real and genuine hype at the instigation of the regiments that it would be truly cross community added would be nonsectarian in character but it became apparent very quickly that that was not going to be the case and the

labor party whose trade unionist and socialist beginnings began a new age in political representation of the working class we ask a former labor cabinet minister whatever happened to raising the scarlet standard high all of them all coming up today is going on the ground 1st extradition proceedings are underway today in london as the usa tries to get its hands on the most famous publisher and journalist in the world julian assange faces 175 years in jail in the q.c. for the usa james lewis is citing former cia spy geoffrey stirling to secure the australian wiki leaks found his removal to virginia geoffrey stilling now joins me via skype from st louis in missouri jeffrey thanks so much for coming on the show so you know all about the tactics of the u.s. deep state racism persecution at the cia what do you make of your name being quoted in court if i didn't read that their name dropping. the course of their position and saying i guess the referring back to the certain seem to me shows how reasonable it can be one thing to mention was that in my prosecution persecution yes you know ours

the working period necessary to worsen a full pension triggering the anger of workers and trade unionists the pension age will also be increased from 62 to 64 and in neighboring germany demonstrators there took to the streets of munster and get that the alternative for germany party was holding this new congress protesters chanted slogans denouncing the members as nazis and waving eligibility flags the congress came just 2 days after nationwide outrage over a deal struck between the f.t. and the ruling social democrats over a key regional prime minister has since stepped down in the wake of anger. i finally a special arrival and often seal pup is being nursed back to health. after being discovered on the baltic sea shore of the northern russian city it is believed by because she's now being called lost her mother in a storm but she is successfully capturing the hearts of the better me stuff looking after. the company tonight that's how the news is looking so far today it's just coming up to hamas 9 in the evening here in moscow more from us in 30 minutes. up in finding another one of our

was set up to recruit from within the loyalist unionist community. they were almost entirely drawn from within the community. declassified documents from british sources from the prime minister's office from the ministry of defense secretary of state's office make it quite shockingly clear that from the perspective of the british government it was acceptable to recruit so into the regiment who was an octave loyalist paramilitary who was a member of a loyalist paramilitary group. there's no doubt that the creation of the also defense regiment was influence for the british show me boy the experience in the empire these kinds of locally right regimens what controls and commanded by british offices and as any intrinsic palls of the chain of command bridge show me were common through all of the counterinsurgency campaigns there was a are.

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as a young trade unionists, she helped organise the suffragette pilgrimage in 1913, where more than 50,000 park and in 1935 is the mp forjarrow and played a key role in organising the jarrow march, an iconic protest against the unemployment and poverty. ellen would be, as i am, outraged that today around two and a half thousand people are having to claim unemployment benefits in jarrow. the new mp for keighley said his town had felt forgotten but that was starting to change. and i will be bold, i will be aspirational for my constituency. i am going to put keighley back on the map as the number one place to live, work and thrive. robbie moore on his ambitions for keighley. and that's it from me for now, but do join me at the same time tomorrow for another look at the day at westminster. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. 0ur weather is expected to morph into something very wild this weekend. but in the meantime, we still have high pressure to bring us fine and settled weather. in fact, you could call the next few days the calm before the storm. here is our area of

happy with the general momentum and direction of political traffic i am conscious that some of our unionist brothers and sisters are perhaps not as secure or happy.

seems to have grown closer the last days of thought i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party i do so with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love morris johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today the door has finally opened in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves this court has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and or a strong support for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the 3rd of our country the labor party determined to win the world with to deliver the people of this country yet. we are now in a position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now is the moment precise. once we leave the e.u. to let the healing begin. we're going away. from gender the 3rd for us what we're going to do. working with our principle is this is not to not to. destroy it mr president it's in my opinion. what. you were goin

seems to have drawn closer the last days of thought i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party i do so with enormous gratitude to attach the opportunity to the country i love boris johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today to draw on his mind only. in this government to work flat out to give this country the leadership he deserves this school has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and that no if it corresponds to a call for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the 3rd all of our country the labor party to time until now is the way with to deliver the people of this country yet. we are now with the. position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now is the moment precisely it's relieved the e.u. to let the healing begin. like. i know you want to. but we're going to work. through january 31st what we're going to do. work with our principle is this. to not. destroy mr president this in my opinion. of wh

problem is northern ireland but his deal has really aggravated even those who describe themselves as unionistsre for the feed unification is taking up, that is a harder pressure to contain. we're talking about the real issue which is the agenda which has been hugely neglected and the warfare of an brexit, nhs and housing and social ca re brexit, nhs and housing and social care for the elderly, the centrifugal forces that work against the unity of the kingdom and before you want to be a global power, make sure you have domestic power and you can deal with these problems and really remove the rather rotten state you find in many areas. we believe the prime is that without a return when we have something to witness. president trump called it the deal of the century. but he unveiled it alongside a smiling israeli prime minister and without any palestinians present. his deal would give israel undivided control ofjerusalem, all existing settlements on the west bank and an effective veto over the creation of a palestinian state. in exchange palestinians would get a patchwork of territory, a freeze on

unionist party i do so with enormous and enduring gratitude to pass the opportunity to the country i love johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today to join his mind only. in this government to work flat out to give this country the leadership he deserves this school has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and of no if it corresponds to called for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the soul of our country. something to win the world with to deliver the people of this country let's get. we are now in a position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now.

his deal has really aggravated a lot of people, even those who describe themselves as unionists.politically, ithink pressure for reunification is just ticking up. that is actually a harder but quieter pressure for him to contain, i think. we are now talking about the real issue which matters which is the domestic agenda of politics in britain which has been hugely neglected of the years of warfare about brexit. there is building sites all over about the nhs, housing, social care for the elderly and so forth, and the centrifugal forces that work against the unity of the kingdom. and so before you want to be a global power, make sure you have domestic power and you can deal with these problems and really remove the rather rotten state you find in many areas of british domestic politics. and there we will leave that. we will leave the prime minister to get on with that and return to it when we have something to witness. now, president trump called it the deal of the century. but he unveiled it alongside a smiling israeli prime minister and without any palestinians present. his deal

well i'll tell you kevin i can barely hear myself think behind me you can hear supporters of unionists are shouting friedel inside and they've been doing this for hours and hours we could hear them inside the building behind me there isn't storable day in terms of this pace in terms of freedom of speech many people are saying. it is obviously and you've been reporting this all day about the possible extradition of julian assange to the u.s. it's been a really intense day we've heard both sides we heard from q.c. james lewis who is giving the point of view of why the bridge should extradite him and then we had the adman fitzgerald from the u.s. point of view is a bit weird i have to say as a british citizen this into the u.k. talking on behalf of the u.s. i know they have to do that but there was loads of details about how do you deal that evidence that you know as follows. actually encourage chelsea manning to steal those documents that were disclosed about how. this ration had decided not to prosecute. and how it was decided they should be prosecuted. saying that there was. a war agai

the stormont first minister, arlene fosters of democratic unionist party said his dedication to the roleians don't often get on with conservatives, but they did with this one. it is not like me to be praising a tory secretary of state, but he is a good man, he cared about this place and worked hard. we had our disagreements, but we were able to work well together. i think he was the best secretary of state we've seen in a decade actually. and child abuse survivors thanked mr smith for setting up a compensation scheme they had waited years for. it's outrageous actually, we are very, very angry that such a man of his integrity could be put out of hisjob, you know, that northern ireland took him upon as one of oui’ own. now, this man's taking charge of the northern ireland office. one of many sensitive issues brandon lewis will face is the question of how unsolved killings from the troubles should be investigated. chris page, bbc news, belfast. let's get more from laura in westminster. let's talk about the resignation of the chancellor. how much of a power grab by numberten the chancellor.

this deal it is a denial of our democracy and therefore of the national interest the democratic unionist party will be voting against withdrawal agreement we now have the problem with around only 20 percent of the public appear to think that this is a good deal and it should come as no surprise that so few members of parliament are also willing to support it not once not twice but 3 times parliament rejected the deal and with that 529 t. it was time for the end where i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. now the end of may spark the beginning of course the former foreign secretary sees control with one aim in mind breaks it by how do we and he said he'd leave without a deal if he couldn't get a better one do or die get breaks it done let's get back to john great to get bricks done the best way to bring this country together would be i think to get bricks it done johnson ev

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among his biggest purchasers were the pinnacle take museums in munich the name unionist griller appearsagain and again on the lists of provenance in their depositories. for instance for numerous subjects from the collection of the palin banker james fund life schrader provenance researcher andrea bambi has devoted a detailed study to the collection. and samsung's life chains from black crow to was the son of guess and from black rhoda who was an important banker in berlin the family or he himself owned an art collection that is documented in an auction catalog from the auction house in berlin where the collection was sold in 1938. the sale included many paintings but also very valuable decorative objects such as pieces of furniture etc etc. after james found bly schroeder died of natural causes in berlin in 1937 his entire collection was auctioned off by the auction house and the integrity of the collection that the family had accumulated over 2 centuries was lost forever. the rest of the glacier at a family was persecuted by the nazis and forced to sell off the estate under duress . am

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the ones who were sent to the caribbean and one was sent to america cities to crush unionists, protesting african-americans and protesting women. and any other fill-in the blank problem constituency. they have colonial experience not unlike the french and british shoulders we have talked about. their officer corps that got their experience controlling ' in africa ands asia. thinging that is 6 -- that is surprising for students is that the head of the american army, general pershing will live in the philippines as they are trying to crush the independent -- independence movement there. he, during his time in the philippines, well dedicate himself to becoming an expert on islam. because the moral people who fought the most against the americans, or who the americans would have said were the most difficult to pacify -- language we use to refer to colonial expansion in the other parts of the world -- they were muslim. if americans were going to be good colonial controllers, they needed to understand islam. so, ha? one of the people going into world war i who is a global expert on islam is fro

court because some events have good chances and yesterday afternoon i wasn't here on my friends some unionists. try to avoid the me because of the. polo and so i think people are coming and going freely but there is a decrease in. coming and going people ok say that the port. thank you so much for speaking to us from come. or us we've been reporting there is a growing number of people outside of china getting sick this is a virus tracker from johns hopkins university in the united states and gives a good picture of the spread of the outbreak there and i almost $78000.00 cases around the globe but so largely concentrated around china. we know that more than 80 percent of patients have mild disease and will recover but the other 20 per cent of patients have severe or critical diseases ranging from jordan as of bridge to septic shock and multi-organ failure this patience required intensive care using a month so i just recently had an example of missions that are that are as you know we short supply in many african countries well that's richard de witt is the medical director of fleet street clini