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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
As Dzhokhar Tsaernaev is charged for the Boston Marathon bombing, today we look at the perils that exist for lawyers willing to take on such suspects by looking at the case of Lynne Stewart who is serving a 10 year jail sentence for her conduct in representing Omar Abdel Rahman, the man accused of masterminding … Continued
After last week’s Boston Marathon bombing, the debates are renewed over the legal system, drones, surveillance and the war on terror. Today we’ll talk to Constitutional scholars Marjorie Cohn and Erwin Chemerinsky. We’ll also speak to Neil Richards, who last month published in the Harvard Law Review an article titled The Dangers of Surveillance, and … Continued
Economists are in a vigorous debate this week after the release of a new report that is challenging the commonly stated notion that economies stall when debt reaches 90% of Gross Domestic Product. It is an argument that has become an intellectual underpinning for proponents of austerity. We speak to John Nichols of the Nation … Continued
Before there was Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan, there was Louis B Mayor, founder of MGM Studios, who used the power of the film industry for conservative political aims. Today we talk about that history with historian Steven Ross, author of the book Hollywood Left and Right.
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.
