Our weekly roundtable is back: As IS gains more ground in Iraq and in the region, President Obama ramps up the number of US military “advisors” on the ground in Iraq. The latest on the Iraq front: what are the wider implications at home and abroad? Is this Vietnam revisited?
The battle over TPP and fast track continues in Congress. In early Presidential election politics Bernie Sanders, who threw his hat in the ring, is pressing Hillary on TPP. In a shock to the Clinton machine, two recent straw polls show Bernie within distance of Hillary; what impact will this have on the movement against fast track, on the progressive agenda? Can Bernie’s populism manage to push Hillary to the Left?
And the IMF has walked out of talks between Greece and the EU. The battle over austerity as an approach in the economy heats up from Greece, to Spain, to Ireland to the US. What are the global implications?
The Los Angeles Police Commission contradicts the LA Police Chief on the police killing of Ezell Ford, and the now infamous pool party incident in McKinney Texas. How is it possible that an unarmed 15-year-old Black girl be treated as a threat to an armed white police officer? What should accountability look like? Are the Black and Brown Lives Matter Movements having an impact?
Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Tom Hayden, Dr. Gerald Horne.
