47 min
The historical importance of the 2020 US presidential election with Ahmed Kaballo Solid Ground with John Wight
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On November 3 2020 the American people go to the polls to vote in what is arguably, indeed demonstrably, the most important US presidential election since Abraham's election in 1861.
Lincoln's election then was the catalyst for four brutal and bloody years of civil war, which ended with the crushing of the US Confederacy and the abolition of slavery.
However though the Confederacy may have been smashed back then, its values of racial injustice, bigotry and white supremacy have been provided with renewed oxygen by Donald Trump since entering the White House in January 2017 after defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
This time round the Democrats have gone with another establishment candidate in the shape of Joe Biden.
In the company of journalist and broadcaster, Ahmed Kaballo, this episode of Solid Ground focuses on the issues and controversies surrounding Trump's first term and the issue of racial justice/injustice that continues to ail a republic in crisis.
Follow Ahmed on Twitter @AhmedKaballo.
On November 3 2020 the American people go to the polls to vote in what is arguably, indeed demonstrably, the most important US presidential election since Abraham's election in 1861.
Lincoln's election then was the catalyst for four brutal and bloody years of civil war, which ended with the crushing of the US Confederacy and the abolition of slavery.
However though the Confederacy may have been smashed back then, its values of racial injustice, bigotry and white supremacy have been provided with renewed oxygen by Donald Trump since entering the White House in January 2017 after defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
This time round the Democrats have gone with another establishment candidate in the shape of Joe Biden.
In the company of journalist and broadcaster, Ahmed Kaballo, this episode of Solid Ground focuses on the issues and controversies surrounding Trump's first term and the issue of racial justice/injustice that continues to ail a republic in crisis.
Follow Ahmed on Twitter @AhmedKaballo.
47 min