Friday on our weekly roundtable national and global fallout from the Boston Marathon bombings: the entanglement of US/Russia relations; Islamophobia, race and roadblocks to comprehensive immigration reform; increasing global anger at US wars, occupation, drone attacks and for Guantanamo.
The US says it has reached a “red line” with Syria’s Assad regime, what does that mean? Does anyone really know where the loyalty of the so-named rebels lay? What is the Chechnya/Syria connection? And, as the Emir of Qatar meets with President Obama, criticism of Qatar’s role in the region emerges. Also, tensions are peaking yet again between Israel and Hezbollah.
And as May Day celebrations approach, we face a world where corporations are people, and people and the environment matter less than profits. What can we learn from the building collapse in Bangladesh where the death toll is continuing to rise and from the fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas?
Panelists are: Jackie Goldberg; Tom Hayden; Dr. Gerald Horne.
Sojourner Truth Friday, April 26th
