Letters and Politics – December 8, 2011
Round table discussion on Occupy Movements plan to shut down west coast ports on Monday. Boots Riley of the Coup, Barucha Peller, Leo Ritz Barr & Ali.

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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Round table discussion on Occupy Movements plan to shut down west coast ports on Monday. Boots Riley of the Coup, Barucha Peller, Leo Ritz Barr & Ali.
Congress takes up tax payroll holiday, Mumia Abu Jamal’s death sentence is changed to life without parole and labor historian Sean Burns on the epic labor struggles on the docs.
In conversation with Frances Fox Piven, report on climate change talks from Durbin, South Africa and History of Science series with Dava Sobel on Copernicus.
Episode 1 of series on History of Science. Stephen Greenblatt, Swerve: How the World Became Modern.
Congress takes up two controversial measures to curb on-line privacy, the Senate debates detainee provisions & Lim Lehrer. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Senate considers controversial changes to policies governing “enemy combatants.” UC Davis holds Campus Strike. Criminologist Luis Fernandez on Policing the Occupy Movement. Report from climate change talks in Durbin, South Africa.