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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Discussing the “Boston Bombing” with David Pakman of the David Pakman Show and Davey D of Hard Knock Radio. Later in the show we speak to attorney Pardiss Kebriaei who is representing a Guantanamo Bay Detainee on hunger strike.
In conversation about the history of the income tax with historian Ray Raphael, author of the book Constitutional Myths.
Jim Dean with Democracy for America Rebecca Griffin with Peace Action West Irene Florez interviews Melanie Warner, author of Pandora’s Lunchbox
President Obama releases his budget proposal for fiscal year 2014. Its considered a blueprint for the President’s bargining position on future budget negotiations with Congress. We’ll go over it with economists Sylvia Allegretto and Max Fraad Wolff. As thousands rally in Washington DC today for a pathway to citizenship, we’ll be in conversation about the … Continued
David Graeber, one of the original Occupy Wall St activists and author of the books Debt: The First 5,000 Years and The Democracy Project.
Today we spend the hour on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher and those who opposed her with British based historian, writer and activist Iain Boal and economist Richard Wolff.
With tensions on the rise in the Korean Peninsula, and as the threat of nuclear weapons are being discussed, we’ll look at the last 20 years of US Korean relations with Hyun Lee of the Working Group for Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. With the opening day of the baseball season now … Continued
As the Supreme Court considers same gender marriage this week, we’ll spend the hour in conversation about the social movements that formed out of the LGBT community over the last 6 decades and the important role that transgender activists have played in these movements. Our guest is Dr. Ardel Thomas, the Chair of the Lesbian, … Continued
The Supreme Court has wrapped up its second day of hearings on same gender marriage. Today the Court took up the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1996, that defines marriage at the federal level as being between a man and a woman. Coming up we’ll talk about what DOMA … Continued
