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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley were interrupted by Black Lives Matter protests during the Netroots conference in Arizona. Excerpts from Sanders’ and O’Malley’s speeches, and an interview with Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement. And Johanna Fernandez on Mumia Abu-Jamal, his health, and writing. Fernandez is editor of Writing on … Continued
With Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on nuclear security issues. Davenport’s most recent brief on the Iran Nuclear Deal, Iran Nuclear Policy Brief: An Effective, Verifiable Nuclear Deal With … Continued
Micah White is considered a co-founder of the Occupy Wall Street Movement as he put out the call for the original protest in 2011 while with the group Adbusters. He says the protest tactics of today are broken. And, Beyond Greece: Debt Globally With Tim Jones, economist with the Jubilee Debt Campaign and author of … Continued
Iran and six other nations reached a nuclear deal today, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement. We’ll discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal with Kaveh Ehsani, Professor of International Studies at DePaul University and Ervand Abrahamian, Professor of History at Baruch College, City University of New York. Then, Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, and … Continued
Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks in Brussels. With Richard Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and currently a visiting professor in the Graduate Program for International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. Author of such books as Democracy … Continued
Vijay Prashad, Professor of International Studies at Trinity College and author of several books including The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. We’ll talk about the similarities and differences between the Greek debt crisis and the debt crises of the Global … Continued
Demagogue: a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, fears, prejudices, and ignorance of the lower socioeconomic classes in order to gain power and promote political motives. With Richard Pirodsky, author of the novel The Demigod. Donald Trump made news recently for his outrageous comments bashing Mexico and Mexicans. “When Mexico sends … Continued
With Mansour Farhang, professor of international relations at Bennington College, Vermont. He resigned from his post as revolutionary Iran’s first ambassador to the United Nations when Khomeini’s regime refused to accept the UN’s recommendation to release its US hostages. He is author of U.S. Imperialism: The Spanish-American War to the Iranian Revolution and co-author of … Continued
The Greek people overwhelming voted ‘No’ on Sunday in a national referendum on the European Union’s bailout terms. We talk about the greek referendum results and what’s next for the country with Mark Blyth, Professor of economics at Brown University and author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea.
A. Brad Schwartz, author of the book Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News. About the book: On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. With sirens blaring in the … Continued
