A huge win for the anti-austerity movement in the UK as left leaning MP Jeremy Corbyn wins overwhelmingly as leader of the powerful Labour Party. What does his win mean for a shifting politics in the UK? For anti-austerity movements elsewhere? Can he continue to inspire a movement on the streets as well as govern? Who will be his advisors? How is the political establishment, the Tories as well as Corbyn’s own Labour Party reacting?
Our guest is London based author, strategist and women’s rights campaigner and Corbyn supporter Selma James.
And on the US Presidential election front, Bernie, while gaining on Hillary in the polls, faces some criticism on his foreign policy record. What’s going on? Sam Husseini communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy joins us.
And President Obama recently met with Saudi King Salman. What came out of that meeting, and why are the Saudi’s increasingly flexing their muscle in the region including their invasion of Yemen? What are the shifting centers of power in the region? We speak with Robert Naiman, author and policy director of Just Foreign Policy.
