Letters and Politics – December 19, 2011
Paul Liem, Korea Policy Institute on the death of Kim Jung Il. Jeff Patterson, of Courage to Resist, from the pre-military trial of Bradley Manning. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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Paul Liem, Korea Policy Institute on the death of Kim Jung Il. Jeff Patterson, of Courage to Resist, from the pre-military trial of Bradley Manning. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Exploring Occupy/Labor dynamic with labor historian Stanley Aronowitz and labor journalist Evan Rohan. Remembering Christopher Hitchens.
GTMO’s historic role in US Imperialism with Jonathan Hansen, author of Guantanamo: An American History. Also latest details of controversial provisions in the Defense Authorization Act and unemployment extension with Alice Ollstein, FSRN Capitol Hill Correspondent.
Juan Gonzalez: News for All the People.
Coverage up and down the West Coast as the Occupy Movement attempts to shut down the ports.
Senate Republicans block nomination of Richard Cordroy to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Analysis of international climate change talks with Brian Edward Tiekert. Native Americans raise concern about the term “Occupy” in the Occupy Wall St Movement. Michael Steele on Afghanistan.
Round table discussion on Occupy Movements plan to shut down west coast ports on Monday. Boots Riley of the Coup, Barucha Peller, Leo Ritz Barr & Ali.
Congress takes up tax payroll holiday, Mumia Abu Jamal’s death sentence is changed to life without parole and labor historian Sean Burns on the epic labor struggles on the docs.
In conversation with Frances Fox Piven, report on climate change talks from Durbin, South Africa and History of Science series with Dava Sobel on Copernicus.