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 – September 28, 2011
UN Takes up Palestinian Recognition Request. Matt Cate, Secretary of CA Dept of Corrections on CA Prison Hunger Strikes. Laura Magnoli, member of mediation team for CA prison hunger strikers.
Letters and Politics – September 26, 2011
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither warns of 2nd economic downturn. Chris Hedges on Occupy Wall St protests. Aaron Belkin, author of How We Won.
Letters and Politics – September 22, 2011
-AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka. -What’s next for the death penalty abolition movement. -Revisiting the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. -CA Nurses and student strikes.
Letters and Politics – September 21, 2011
Report from Georgia on Troy Davis. Pres Obama address to UN concerning Palestine. History of the death penalty.
Letters and Politics – September 20, 2011
Board of Pardons and Paroles denies Troy Davis clemency. Dorothy Roberts, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics and Big Business Recreate Race in the 21st Century.
Letters and Politics – September 19, 2011
Update on Troy Davis Clemency hearing. Dean Baker on Pres Obama’s defecit reduction proposal. David Pakman, host of David Pakman Show, on national politics.