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ucrdem's JournalKennedy sent the 1964 Civil Rights Act to Congress in 1963
That's not to say that you're wrong about who had the bigger impact, but Kennedy's role in that legislation is usually forgotten:
The Report to the American People on Civil Rights was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by United States President John F. Kennedy from the Oval Office on June 11, 1963 in which he proposed legislation that would later become the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcivilrights.htm
FranceCulture: De la fin de la democratie ?
LE 11/01/2021 - De la fin de la démocratie ? Avec professeurs Marc Lazar et Marie-Cécile Naves
Le mouvement d'intrusion dans le Capitole, qui a fait 5 morts, a choqué les pays démocratiques, tandis que les régimes autoritaires ont crié à l'hypocrisie des Etats-Unis.
L’invasion du Capitole à Washington a suscité l’émotion des pays démocratiques, tandis que les régimes autoritaires ont ironisé sur le sort des Etats-Unis.
Le Président iranien Hassan Rohani, ennemi traditionnel des Etats-Unis, a déclaré que la démocratie occidentale était "fragile et vulnérable" et a mis en garde "le monde entier" contre la montée du "populisme".
Alors, qui, pour défendre encore la démocratie ? Qui sont ces populistes qui se veulent plus démocrates que les démocrates ? Ces mouvements sont-ils le signe que les démocraties sont plus vivantes que jamais ?
Marie-Cécile Naves:
L’électorat républicain est dans une guerre culturelle et refuse un certain nombre d’évolutions comme les droits des femmes et des minorités. ...
Les désordres de l’information, ici l’occurrence la croyance selon laquelle l’élection américaine a été truquée, constituent une première pierre du fascisme. ...
Marc Lazar:
Dans le fascisme, il y a une idéologie très structurée et une volonté d’engendrer une humanité nouvelle. ...
La crise de Covid-19 sera déterminante à court et moyen terme. Elle le sera en France pour l’élection présentielle de 2022, puisque le bilan du Président Macron sera jugé au regard des effets des mesures prises. ...
Marie-Cécile Naves:
Aux Etats-Unis, la défiance démocratique était là avant Trump, elle s’est aggravée avec lui et elle lui a servi à accéder au pouvoir. C’est donc un problème ancré dans le régime américain. ...
https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/linvitee-des-matins/de-la-fin-de-la-democratie
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Ever get the feeling life is imitating early episodes of "Un Village Français"?
Trudeau Blasts Trump's Role in Inciting 'Horrifying' U.S. Riot
Source: Bloomberg
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for inciting his followers to mount a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week.
“What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians,” Trudeau told reporters Friday in Ottawa. “Violence has no place in our societies and extremists will not succeed in overruling the will of the people.”
Trudeau’s rebuke comes two days after pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol building in Washington, disrupting Congress’s count of Electoral College votes -- a scene the prime minister described as “horrifying.” U.S. lawmakers are now pushing for Trump to be impeached, even as his term enters its final days.
“As shocking, deeply disturbing and frankly saddening as that event remains, we’ve also seen this week that democracy is resilient in America, our closest ally and neighbor,” he added.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/trudeau-blasts-trump-s-role-in-inciting-horrifying-u-s-riot
4 dead, 52 arrested, 14 police officers injured after pro-Trump rioters breach US Capitol; FBI opens
Source: USA Today
DC updates: 4 dead, 52 arrested, 14 police officers injured after pro-Trump rioters breach US Capitol; FBI opens investigation
Updated 1:00 am E.T. Jan. 7, 2021
WASHINGTON — The nation's lawmakers took to their electoral duties late Wednesday amid broken glass and smashed doors in the U.S. Capitol following an historic day of havoc wrought by pro-Trump rioters who breached the building in hopes of thwarting President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
Thousands of rioters had gathered at the National Mall to protest the election results. At a campaign-style rally about an hour before the mob broke through police lines at the Capitol, Trump had urged them to go to the building.
D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said the chaotic day included four fatalities: a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as three others — two men and one woman — who died in “separate medical emergencies.” Police had made "in excess of 52 arrests," including 26 on U.S. Capitol grounds, he said.
At least 14 Metropolitan Police Department Officers were injured during the demonstrations, Contee said. Two pipe bombs — one from the DNC and one from the RNC — were also recovered by police, he said.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/06/dc-protests-live-updates-trump-supporters-electoral-college-proud-boys/4126018001/
I didn't find the latest numbers posted but feel free to lock if they have.
A supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protests inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021.
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