Emancipation: James Oakes & Sean Wilentz
James Oakes, distinguished professor of history at the Graduate Center, discusses Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, his new book, which talks about the aims of the Civil War, with Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. With Freedom National, Oakes, a leading figure in the study of the Civil War, Reconstruction, slavery, and the Old South, lays to rest the popular notion that the Civil War was merely a war to restore the Union. He argues instead for antislavery's centrality to the war. Oakes's previous books include The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics; Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South; and The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders. Noted historian and public intellectual Sean Wilentz has written with precision on such topics as race and class in America, popular music, and contemporary politics. His many books include the Bancroft Prize-winning The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln; Bob Dylan in America; and The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008.
Passport Hell. American is Blocked from Returning, Sues Mike Pompeo
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Since 2014, the US State Department has refused to renew Daniel Bruno’s passport thereby preventing him from returning to the United States, despite being a natural born citizen (from New York) with a valid birth certificate and expired US passport:......
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“I have so much to say that I don’t know where to begin. So much has happened that it can be surreal and overwhelming to talk about and to hear about it, too. I have been through much more than most Americans can imagine. I guess I will start by saying that I was born in Manhattan. In fact, in Donald Trump’s neighborhood (although he is originally from Queens).”......
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I have a birth certificate identical to his (you can find his online).
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I’m in a bitter dispute with the State Dept. over my right to a passport. They say Americans have no such right, what we have is a possible entitlement (their words), which I interpret to mean a privilege, like a driver’s license.......
In May of 2014, I walked into the US Embassy in Buenos Aires with my perfectly valid US passport that was due to expire in six months. I filled out the renewal forms, paid the fees, was interviewed and dismissed by Vice Consul Creaghe. I never had a US passport again because they would not renew it.
There is, of course, much more to this story, including recent developments since Jan. 20, but the bottom line is that according to them, Americans have no right to a passport, no right to a nationality document and no right to return to the US…and I know this is illegal.
BTW, let me mention that I’m not wanted for a crime, back taxes, child support, etc. Just yesterday, I had another meeting/argument inside the embassy, and I told Holly Wilkerson I will force them to change their attitude towards Americans if it’s the last thing I do. I have told them in person that I can not imagine that Russia, China, Iran, or Cuba would have so much contempt for their own citizens.
So, we have the State Dept. refusing to accept the very passports it has issued to me in the past, as well as my authenticated New York birth certificate, for the purpose of renewing my passport. Yesterday, Holly Wilkerson, a woman at the embassy who has earned my scorn, confirmed this.
To me, this means that in theory, the State Department, accountable to no one but itself, is now deciding, at random and at will, who is an American.
Update 2019: The US State department, after a new, 3 hour interrogation at the US embassy Uruguay, has written a letter stating that the consul Andrew Ellis, a police detective from Prince George's county, Maryland, is not convinced that Daniel Bruno is an American.
Top Pre Cruise Ship Vacation Tips From Viewers What to Do Before You Board a Cruise Ship
Top Pre Cruise Ship Vacation Tips From Viewers. What to Do Before You Board a Cruise Ship Make sure to complete your online check in early with the cruise line. Make sure your passport has at least 6 months of life left after the end of your cruise. Gather up a bunch of $1 dollar bills for tips, contact your cell phone provider for out of country phone and text deals. Research your ports of call using youtube to see what kind of shore excursions are available. There's a whole bunch more of these in the video. Check them out!
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Audiobook by Mark Twain | Audiobooks Youtube Free
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark TWAIN
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Genre(s): Children's Fiction
Desperate Druids: Part 8 - Identity
Amongst the threatened great trees of the arboretum, Dan descibes to Peter his Druidic identity, one that is far simpler than all the other branches of Reformed Druidism. The ever strange Zoe is shocked to discover Peter's arrival at the Jackpine Grove. Jody gives advice on whether Andrea's daughter Anika should or should not come out of the closet during highschool; and how that decision bears similarity to how Wiccans, Pagans and Druids consider telling their family and friends about their religious views.
This 60 episode webseries will follow the fictitious Jackpine Grove of the RDNA in Ypsalantu University through a tumultuous year as Peter learns about the Druids, members explore earth-based spirituality and world religions, find romance, help each other through crises, and deal with some rather unusual occurrences in the nearby Spooky Woods. About 2 episodes released each month.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain | Full Audiobook
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
(Summary from Wikipedia)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark TWAIN
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