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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MERA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. He is the author of several books including his latest, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. Photo by Kurt Cotoaga on Unsplash
Part 1. On Executive Powers and the Courts Guest: Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books on constitutional law including his latest, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. His latest opinion piece in The New York … Continued
Guest: Cedric de Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity.
Guest: Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist. She is the author of A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis.
Guest: Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His blog, Beat the Press, provides commentary on economic reporting. Photo by lonely blue on Unsplash … Continued
Guest: Nancy Altman is the President of Social Security Works.org. She is the author of The Truth About Social Security: The Founders’ Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings; The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble; and the coauthor with Eric Kingson of Social Security Works For Everyone!: Protecting … Continued
Guest: Fred Glass is a labor Scholar. He’s also the former communications director for the California Federation of Teachers and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He is the author of the book From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement. He also the director of the film We Mean … Continued
Host Mitch Jeserich analysis and calls from listeners about the action of Senator Cory Booker in the Senate Floor.
Guest: Miriam Pawel is an award-winning reporter and editor who spent twenty-five years working for Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography.
Part 1. Gutting the Federal Work Force Guest: Eric Blanc is a professor of labor studies at Rutgers University, Eric Blanc is author of the substack Labor Politics as well as the new book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. Blanc is an organizer trainer for the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. Part … Continued
