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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: Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. She is the author of several books, including Undocumented, They Take Our Jobs!, and most recently, Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration. Chomsky has been active in the Latin American solidarity and … Continued
Guest: Nazif Shahrani is Professor of Anthropology, Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War and the editor of Modern Afghanistan: The Impact of 40 Years of War.
Guest: Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History & African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of more than three dozen books including White Supremacy Confronted: US Imperialism & Anticommunism vs the Liberation of Southern Africa from Rhodes to Mandela, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, and … Continued
Part I – The Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Guest: John Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest, The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics. Part II – The Current Housing Crisis Guest: … Continued
Part 1- Mass shooting and gun control policies Guest: Erica Rice, City Program Manager, Combating Crime Guns Initiative in Oakland with the Brady Campaign. Part 2 – The Current Landscape of Covid-19 Guest: Dr. Chris Beyrer MD, MPH Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights Professor of Epidemiology, Nursing and Medicine at … Continued
Part 1. The Significance of Convicting Derek Chauvin Guest: Justin Hansford is a Howard University School of Law Professor and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. Professor Hansford is a leading scholar and activist in the areas of law, critical race theory, human rights, and social movements. He is a co-author of … Continued
Guest: Ioan Grillo is a journalist and author specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of the books Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America, El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, and his latest, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. Photo credit: Rifles at the National Firearms Museum on Wikimedia
Guest: Timothy Brennan is the author of several books, including At Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now; Borrowed Light: Vico, Hegel, and the Colonies; and Salman Rushdie and the Third World: Myths of the Nation, and his latest, Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said. Professor Brennan teaches in the humanities at the University of Minnesota.
Guest: Richard A. Walker is professor emeritus of geography at U.C. Berkeley. He created the pamphlet A Guide to the Art and Public Works of the New Deal: Washington DC. Find more at livingnewdeal.org
Part I – Reflecting on Biden’s First 100 Days Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He currently is authoring the Prospect Magazine special series First 100: An In-Depth Look at President Biden and the New Administration. David Dayen is the author of Monopolized: Life in an Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title, winner of the Ida … Continued
