Today: The U.S. has struck a nuclear deal with Iran. It is said to prevent the country from building nuclear weapons for at least 15 years. What will this mean for the United States, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran? Here to discuss with us is Robert Naiman, the Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy. Also, how is the US Congress reacting?
In Europe, Greece has accepted a worse austerity deal than the one rejected by the Greek people a week ago in last week’s referendum vote. What is in the deal? What are the implications? Our guest is Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
And July 8th marked the two-year anniversary of the California Prison Hunger Strike that began 30,000 strong among prisons across the state of California. Here to discuss the impact of the hunger strike and what has happened since is Dolores Canales the co-founder of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement.
Also, our weekly Earth Minute.
