Letters and Politics – April 26, 2012
Arun Gupta, founding member of Indypendent & Occupy Wall St Journal, on the state of the Occupy Movement. Kieth McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs.

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Arun Gupta, founding member of Indypendent & Occupy Wall St Journal, on the state of the Occupy Movement. Kieth McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs.
Live report from protest at Wells Fargo shareholders meeting. Legal analysis of Supreme Court hearing on SB 1070.
This week on Capitol Hill with Alice Ollstein of Free Speech Radio News. David Solnit on Wells Fargo Shareholders meeting. A report on Occupy the Farm in Albany. Ken Jennings on artificial intelligence.
With this week marking the 2nd anniversary of the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast, we’ll be in conversation with Abrahm Lustgarten, he covers energy issues for Pro Publica and he is author of the book Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deep Water Horizon Disaster. Ira Shapiro on the Senate … Continued
Simon Johnson, professor of economics at MIT, former Chief Economist the IMF and author of the book White House Burning. Tom Mueller on the olive oil industry.
Jeffrey Clements on the history of campaign finance reform.
Analysis of the Summit of the Americas with Miguel Tinker Salas professor of Latin American history at Pomona College. As Iranian and US diplomats begin a new round of conversations this weekend, we’ll be in conversation with Trita Parsi who has written a book about the behind the scenes maneuvering between the two countries over … Continued