Over the weekend the
city of Charlottesville Virginia was invaded by white supremacists and
Neo-Nazi’s as part of a planned rally called ‘Unite the Right’. However, these right-wing extremists were met
by protesters who gathered in opposition to the bigotry espoused by the
Alt-Right, the protests quickly turned violent with one white supremacist
driving his car into a crows of peaceful protesters killing one and injuring
dozens more. Joining me today to talk
all about the violence and hate that engulfed this Virginia college town is
Virginia Delegate David Toscano who represents the 57th
District in the House of Delegates, which includes the city of Charlottesville.
David is also a former Charlottesville City Councilor.
Since we last spoke
with John Nichols of The Nation a lot has happened, from white
supremacist and neo-Nazis taking to the streets in Virginia to the Presidents
escalation of tensions with North Korea.
John returns to the show today to talk all about these issues and whole
lot more, John is The Nation’s
national-affairs correspondent, a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of The Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.
In Charlottesville on Saturday, A young man fueled by hatred drove
into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the white supremacist groups that
marched through the streets carrying lit torches and armed with assault
weapons. The images that have emerged
from this weekend have left many Americans grappling with the fact that this
level of violence normal found in conflict zones has come to American
shores. Joining me today to talk all
about what he witnessed this weekend in the town he calls home and how it
reminded him of some of things he saw during the 15 years he spent representing
the United States as a foreign service officer, primarily in conflict zones of
Africa is Brennan Gilmore who wrote all about his experiences in a piece for
POLITICO today.
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