Letters and Politics – July 5, 2018
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics
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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – July 3, 2018
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Micth Jeserich is in conversation with the national correspondent of the Nation magazine, John Nichols about a wide-ranging conversation: the election victory of Alexandria Cassio-Cortez and the impact on the Democratic party, the upcoming Supreme Court fight and the further fall out over immigration policy.
Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Priya Satia about the connection of the gun manufacturing to the financial world to colonialism and also to slavery and how all these elements are still connected to the financial sector today. Priya Satia is a professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of Spies in … Continued
Today, the Supreme Court issued in Janus v. AFSCME against the unions. This decision has implications for the public sector unions to continue their work advocating for their members and for the ability of workers to organize collectively. To talk about this, host Philip Maldari talks to Ken Jacobs, Chair of the Labor Center at the University of California … Continued
A divided Supreme Court upheld president Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim nations. The 5-4 decision is a victory for Trump on an issue central to his agenda. Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for the 5 conservative justices. Roberts wrote that the president has substantial powers to regulate immigration and rejected … Continued
Throughout its immigration history, the US governments have used different narratives to deport immigrants who they don’t want. In the 1930’s, under American immigration law, if someone was a non-US citizen and that person was a member of the communist party, he/she could be deported as it was the case of Harry Bridges, who was put into … Continued
A conversation on the history of class consciousness in the United States with historian Steve Fraser. Guest: Steve Fraser, author of Class Matters: The Strange Career of an American Delusion. Then, in preparation of the Supreme Court decision on President Trump’s controversial travel ban, we re-air an interview with William D. Araiza about the role of … Continued
A roundtable discussion on asylum, the separation of families and the border and the politics of immigration on Capitol Hill. Guest: Catherine Tactaquin is Executive Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR), a nationwide alliance that advocates the human rights for all migrants, regardless of immigration status. Holly S. Cooper is Associate … Continued
We dive into the dynamics of the U.S. trade wars with China, Canada, Mexico, and several European countries with Dean Baker. Guest: Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. He is the author of several books, his latest is Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the … Continued