10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday-Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Nelson Denis, author of War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony And a tribute to Wesley Burton, a member of the KPFA family. “In 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence … Continued
With John Carr, author of The Defense and Fall of Greece 1940-41.
Opal Tometi, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, Black feminist writer, communications strategist and cultural organizer. She is the Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. And David Cay Johnston, American investigative journalist and author, specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting joins us to discuss taxes … Continued
Kevin Kruse, professor of history at Princeton and author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America.
Hillary Clinton threw her hat in the ring for the Democratic Presidential nomination. We’ll host a roundtable discussion on the Clinton candidacy. With: Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate, Community Organizer, and Visiting Professor at Cal State LA Adele Stan, Senior Editor at The American Prospect John Nichols, political correspondent with The Nation … Continued
Sean McFate, author of the book The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order. Former hired soldier Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. And Carlos Mauricio on the deportation … Continued
Mark Arax is a former reporter with the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of many award winning books including The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire and his latest West of the West : Dreamers, Believers, Builders, And Killers In The Golden State.
Author and activist Maude Barlow, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the human right to water. And Penny Rosenwasser, “a life-long rabble-rouser for social justice,” on antisemitism, the Left, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, on the Arab League and US weapons trade to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. And David Boaz, Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute and author of the book The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom.
A conversation with Abdi Samatar, Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, about Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab. And Tom Burgis, author of the new book The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth.
