Old Mole Variety Hour November 2nd 2015

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Mon, 11/02/2015 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Prison reform, Mass Incarceration, capitalism, socialism, Bernie Sanders


Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which will include
  • Bill Resnick interviews Rebecca Gordon on the negotiations  -- including Russia and Iran  -- to find a path toward stopping the killing in Syria. Will this be a model for reconstructing the middle east? Not if the U.S. continues to support Saudi Arabia and its insistence on dominating and destroying its challengers.  Rebecca Gordon teaches in the Philosophy dept. at the University of San Francisco. Her New book American Nuremberg: The Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post 9/11 War Crimes, comes out from Hot Books in March 2016.
  • Tom Becker reads excerpts from an article by Garry Leech entitled The Elephant in the Room: Capitalism and Sustainable Development
  • The Left and the Law with Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken talk about the growing movement for prison reform--and why conservatives are joining progressives in calling for an end to mass incarceration, long sentences, and the extensive use of solitary confinement. Jan and Mike talk about some of the challenges in separating the rhetoric from the real reforms, and some of the dilemmas for activists around prison politics. 
  • Denise Morris and Bill Resnick explore the Bernie Sanders phenomena and question the conclusions drawn by Emma Caterine in her Thruthout.org op ed "Is Bernie Sanders Dangerous to Socialism?". http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33407-is-bernie-sanders-dangerous-...

 
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