Remembering Mike Gravel, Fighter For Peace

Mike Gravel, a rare Senator who never stopped fighting against the U.S. war machine, has passed away at 91. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss this.

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MIKE GRAVEL HAS PASSED AWAY AND LIVED INTO HIS 90S AND CERTAINLY LIVED I I THINK AN IMPRESSIVE UH LIFE UM LEFT HIS MARK WITHOUT A DOUBT ON THIS COUNTRY UM I THINK IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO FIND THE UM UH VIDEO OF HIM READING INTO THE RECORD THE PENTAGON PAPERS JUST AS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS BUT BUT SOME MIGHT NOT YOU YOU HAVE WIDE LATITUDE AS A SENATOR OR A CONGRESSPERSON TO UM TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS BY READING THEM INTO THE RECORD YOU CANNOT YOU HAVE BASICALLY AN IMMUNITY UM FOR WHATEVER YOU SAY ON THE UH AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A FOUL OF THE YOU KNOW THE RULES UH OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN TERMS OF LIKE PERSONAL INSULTS AND WHATNOT UM BUT YOU HAVE WIDE BERTH TO UM TO DO THESE UH TO SAY THESE THINGS AND BY READING THE PENTAGON PAPERS INTO THE RECORD IN THE SENATE WHAT HE DID WAS ESSENTIALLY SORT OF A DE FACTO DECLASSIFICATION WOULD YOU WOULDN'T YOU DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR REPORTERS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO ESSENTIALLY UM EXAMINE THOSE PAPERS UH REPRINT THEM UM THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY REPRINT THE PAPERS WHAT THEY DID IS THEY REPRINTED THE RECORD THAT HE INCLUDED INTO THE UM THE SENATE RECORD UH EXHAUSTING THE IDEA OF READING 4 000 PAGES I MEAN I THINK IT TOOK HIM INTO WELL INTO WHAT TWO IN THE MORNING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OH IT WAS INSANE YEAH AND UH HE HE BROKE DOWN BECAUSE HE LIVED A LIFE OF ANTI-IMPERIALIST ANTI-WAR PASSION AND UM I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT'S HOW HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT SINGULARLY FOCUSED BUT INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON YOU KNOW ONE OF THE GREAT HORRORS PERPETUATED BY MEGA POWERS LIKE THE LIKE THE UNITED STATES AND YOU KNOW MOSTLY US FOR FOR THE PAST UH YEARS AND HE WAS HE WAS UM SOMEBODY WHO IS I THINK YOU KNOW UH INCREDIBLY DEDICATED IN THAT PROJECT AND THAT'S HOW HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND AND WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT THE PENTAGON PAPERS IT BASICALLY UM ALLOWED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO REALIZE THAT THEY WERE SORT OF GETTING LIES FROM THE UH NOT SORT OF UH FROM THE UM THE MILITARY IN TERMS OF THINGS ARE GOING GREAT AND NOW UM IF THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU UH YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE IRAQ WAR OR PARTICULARLY THE AFGHANISTAN WAR UH WHICH NOW AFTER 20 YEARS IS UM WE ARE FINALLY LEAVING AFGHANISTAN UM HERE IS MIKE GRAVEL HE SERVED AS A UM TWO TERMS AS THE CENTER FROM ALASKA FROM 1969 TO 1981 AND UM AND THEN RAN FOR PRESIDENT MOSTLY AS LIKE A MESSAGE CAMPAIGN TO UH TO PUSH THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE IN IRAQ UH IN 2008 UM AND UH AND AFGHANISTAN UM HERE IS A CLIP OF HIM IN 2008 RIGHT THIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FROM 2008. HERE'S A CLIP OF HIM UH DURING THAT PRIMARY SENATOR GRAVEL.