Author
Michael Slate
“The Politics of Empire and the Hopelessness of the System”
Joshua Frank, the managing editor of Counterpunch.org and the co-editor of Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, talks about the false hope, self deceit and harm caused by refusing to face up to the real politics concentrated in these elections.
Raha, Iranian activist, a member of Raha Iranian Feminist Collective, speaks on their Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement insisting on new standards in the movement and in relation to Iran the need to stand up against both outmoded oppressors - the US imperialists and the fascistic Iranian fundamentalist regime.
Charles Bowden, author and journalist, talks about his latest book - Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. Bowden paints a powerful and revealing portrait of the impact on Mexico - and the city of Juarez in particular - of capitalism and all it spawns.
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