Anthony D. Romero: This is what democracy looks like
أنتوني روميرو: هكذا تبدو الديمقراطية.
Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Full bio
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is obsessed with disruption,
didn't come out of Silicon Valley.
لم يصدر من وادى السيليكون.
became activists overnight,
نشطاء بين عشية وضحاها،
to family holiday dinners
بالعشاء العائلي في الإجازات
to New York City's taxi system.
سيارات الأجرة في (نيويورك).
and marriages disrupted.
is doing to my private life
is on the front lines 24/7,
في خط المواجهة 24 ساعة طوال أيام الأسبوع،
for a couple of miles on the treadmill,
على آلة الركض الرياضية،
is instantly obliterated
تذهب هباءً على الفور
on the headline scroll.
أطارد الفنانين القدامى.
with a necessary break
الأمريكي للحريات المدنية،
in San Francisco
في (سان فرانسسيكو)
"This is what democracy looks like."
and my umbrella in the rain,
ومظلتي تحت الأمطار،
منذ أن رأيتها أول مرة.
the different pieces
was taunting me.
what democracy looks like?
finished a monumental commission
عام 1339 من عمل بارز
في قصر (بلاتسو بابليكو) في (سيينا).
of Siena's Palazzo Pubblico.
even screams to us, today.
تصرخ في وجوهنا اليوم.
realize truth,"
about government,
in our collective mind's eye.
رمز في عقلنا الجماعى.
of Italian city-states
leading up to the commission.
إلى المفوضية.
who would literally govern
الذين كانوا يحكمون بالفعل
of these allegorical figures,
studying these frescoes.
هذه الأعمال الجصية.
must rule themselves.
وأن لا يدعوا الأمر لملك أو طاغية.
her scales of justice.
off the scales of justice
compatriots in the republic.
the effects of good government
of ordinary people
للأشخاص العاديين
the hills are landscaped and farmed.
المساحات الخضراء وحرثها.
hoed, reaped, milled, plowed,
ثمارها وطحنها وحرثها،
are being brought to market.
a TED Talk of the 14th century.
محادثة TED في القرن الـ14.
is the winged figure Security,
رمزية مجنحة تمثل الأمن،
freely without fear."
about these images from 800 years ago
of good government in our lives,
since November 9.
is not the Commune
ليس عامة الشعب
a lot of time on that hair.
to the Tyrant,
the vices that animate bad government.
الرذائل التي تدعم الحكومة الفاسدة.
clutching the strongbox
against narcissistic leaders
by their own ego and vanity.
to chop her body in half.
Lorenzetti shows us
elsewhere in this room have failed us,
تم تمجيدها في هذه القاعة،
has fallen to pieces,
is not the winged figure Security,
the most important one, really,
for Lorenzetti's frescoes
in front of his allegories
that we must recognize the shadows
across our political landscape,
to be the voice of good government
أنهم يمثلون صوت الحكومة الصالحة
( أمريكا) عظيمة مرة أخرى.
مباراة للمشاهدة.
the right to assemble freely,
Fraud and Division,
of Lorenzetti's bad government,
passionately here.
by 63 million people.
قِبل 63 مليون شخص.
عن المثالية
what he was elected to do.
بدوره الذي أُنتخب من أجله.
I think we have to recognize
أعتقد أنه علينا أن ندرك
are contrary to fundamental values,
المخالفة للقيم الأساسية،
of our skin or the religion we worship,
أو بديننا الذي نعتنق،
who is championing those values.
يدافع عن تلك القيم.
this force on the left, right?
ليس مجرد قوة يسارية، أليس كذلك؟
everyone off at one point.
في امر ما.
to be able to speak at Berkeley,
لإلقاء كلمة في بيركلي.
among some of our members,
بين بعض أعضائنا.
when we talked about the fact
عندما تحدثنا عن حقيقة
has free speech rights as president,
حقوق حرية التعبير كرئيس،
at his marches or his rallies
وتجمعاته
to fight Donald Trump,
عندما تحارب ترامب،
"Wait, these rights are for everybody,
(هذه حقوق مكفولة للجميع،
to so many of us so powerfully.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anthony D. Romero - Attorney, public-interest activistAnthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Why you should listen
The ACLU is dedicated to defending liberty and individual freedom in the US -- which is an interesting mandate to have right now. Anthony Romero has headed the organization since 2001, focusing on building capacity in order to defend the laws that protect Americans' freedoms.
Under Romero's watch, the ACLU launched its national "Keep America Safe and Free" campaign to protect basic freedoms during a time of crisis; launched its unique legal challenge to the patents held by a private company on the human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer; launched litigation and lobbying efforts to win the freedom to marry for same-sex couples; and filed the first lawsuit against President Trump’s Muslim Ban.
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