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Law and Disorder: Chris Hedges, Flint Taylor
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Hosted by Michael Ratner, Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith, Jim Lafferty, Maria Hall, and Stephen Rohde.
The World Supports Julian Assange
Guest - Chris Hedges, award-winning journalist and political writer. Chris Hedges reported for The New York Times from 1990 to 2005 and served as the Times Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief during the wars in the former Yugoslavia. In 2001 Hedges was one of the Times writers on an entry that received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Prior to his work for the Times, he worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for the Christian Science Monitor, NPR and the Dallas Morning News. His books include Death of the Liberal Class, War on America, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, and his book War Is a Force That Gives US Meaning, which was a finalist for the national Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction.
Flint Taylor Representing Malcom X's Family In Reinvestigation Case
Guest - Flint Taylor of the Peoples Law Office. Taylor is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney. He represented the family of Fred Hampton demonstrating that the Chicago Police Department and the FBI were responsible for the assassination of the young Black Panther leader. Hes written the book The Killing Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago. He is one of the editors of the Police Misconduct Law Reporter. He's the author of The Torture Machine: Racism And Police Violence In Chicago.
Co-hosts Heidi Boghosian, Michael Smith, Marjorie Cohn, Jim Lafferty and Julie Huriwitz are activists and attorneys. Each show features two or three interview segments with brief introductory host exchanges or editorials on current affairs. Each segment ends with a way that listeners can learn more about, or even get involved in, the issue at hand. Show focuses on civil liberties, civil rights and human rights, and is produced at WBAI New York. Go to https://lawanddisorder.org/ for more information.
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