Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – Award Winning Journalist in Syria David Enders
David Enders, McClatchy’s Bureau Chief in Syria. Dana Frank, professor of Labor History and Gender Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Kat Gutierrez, Anakbayan East Bay. Ariana Gil-Nafarrate, Mujeres Unidas Activas.
Letters and Politics – Pres Obama Talks Syria & GTMO Hunger Strike
Vijay Prashad, the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and director of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Author of the Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. Wells Dixon, Senior Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Letters and Politics – April 29, 2013
Shahid Buttar, executive director, leads the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Joey Cain, activist who nominated Bradley Manning as an honorary Grand Marshall at the SF Pride Parade. Letters & Politics Food and Agriculture correspondent Irene Florez speaks to Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
Letters and Politics – April 25, 2013
What does the New Deal Laws and Jim Crow Laws have in common? A lot, and today we’re in conversation about this with Ira Katznelson author of the book Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time.
Letters and Politics – How the FBI Foils “Terrorist Plots”
Today we’ll be in conversation with investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson about his article “How the FBI in Boston May Have Pursued the Wrong Terrorist.” He is also the author of the book The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. We’ll also speak to journalist Charlotte Silver.
Letters and Politics – The Case of Lynne Stewart
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
Letters and Politics – Drones & Surveillance debate post Boston Bombing
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
Letters and Politics – Iconic Debt Study Challenged
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
Letters and Politics – April 17, 2013
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.