Thursday: talks continue on Iran’s nuclear program with the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Why are hardliners in Iran and the US are putting up roadblocks? What role is Israel playing? What is the position of the Obama administration?
Our guest is Dr. Stephen Zunes, chair of the Middle Eastern Studies program at the University of San Francisco, and an analyst of the Foreign Policy in Focus Project of the Institute for Policy Studies.
And the M23 Rebels in the Congo have laid down their arms. What does it mean for the decades of proxy wars fought in the Congo? What’s at stake for western governments including the United States as well as the government of Joseph Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
And for our weekly Earth Watch, Amanda Lickers an Indigenous campaigner against tar sands is our guest.
And happy 70th birthday to Joni Mitchell!
Sojourner Truth, Thursday September 19th
