The Nation’s Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and

The Nation’s Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and

The Nation’s Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and

The Nation‘s Publisher Emeritus reflects on every convention since 1956–and ahead to Obama’s historic moment.

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The Nation Publisher Emeritus Victor Navasky is in Denver, CO this week covering the Democratic National Convention. In this interview with Nation correspondent Ari Berman, Navasky looks back fourteen conventions to his first time on the floor in 1956, offering lessons learned and reflecting on the significance of Obama’s nomination in 2008. Read his blogs from Denver here.

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Brett StoryBrett Story is a freelance journalist and independent documentary filmmaker based out of Montreal, and a 2008 spring intern for The Nation.


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