Letters and Politics – Andrew Bacevich
Andrew Bacevich, author of “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.”
Letters and Politics
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.
Letters and Politics – Discussion on Shia/Sunni Islam
Muhammad Ali, Chaplain Intern, UCSF Medical Center, Resident Aalim, Islamic Center of Zahra, Pleasanton, CA. Hatem Bazian is a lecturer of near eastern studies at UC Berkeley & co-founder of Zaytuna College-the first 4 year liberal arts Muslim college.
Letters and Politics – House Hearing on Syria
House Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Authorization of Use of Military Force on Syria Resolution.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Usage of Force on Syria
A gavel to gavel coverage of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the Authorization of Use of Force on Syria.
Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Reza Aslan, Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.
Letters and Politics – Barbara Lee on Syria
Democratic Representative Barbara Lee on potential attack on Syria. Eugene Rogan, Director of The Middle East Center at St Antony’s College, on the history of Syria.
Letters and Politics – Understanding the Syrian Conflict
We’ll go through who all the players in the Syrian conflict with journalist Reese Ehrlich…author of the forthcoming book Syria’s Uprising: Assad, the Rebels and US Policy. Andres Conteris on his 51 day hunger strike is solidarity of California prisoners.
Letters and Politics – Government Crackdown on Hackers
Conn Hallinan, of Foreign Policy in Focus, on a possible US attack on Syria and the history of chemical weapons. Peter Ludlow, professor of Communications at Northwestern University, on the case of Barrett Brown and the government’s crackdown on hackers.
Letters and Politics – The Technology & Money Behind Digital Surveillance
Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, on the technology and money behind digital surveillance. Lauren McNamara “Zinnia Jones” on Chelsea Manning.