December 7 2008

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Dec 7 2008

Why did Mumbai terrorists target Chabad's Nariman House; can Obama's foreign policy appointments bring the change he promised; and a look at the movement behind Harvey Milk.

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Mumbai

Topics: International Politics, Global, Asia

Guests: Aram Roston is an investigative journalist and the author of The Man Who Pushed America To War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi.

Hosts: Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark and Alisa Solomon

Aram Roston talks with us about who may be behind the Mumbai violence and the part that growing India-Israel military-intelligence cooperation and trade, and the conflict over Kashmir may have played.

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Obama's Foreign Policy Appointments

Topics: Foreign Policy, National Politics

Guests: Phyllis Bennis, senior analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. She is the author of Before and After:US Foreign Policy and the Septembe 11 Crisis; Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power; Understanding the US-Iran Crisis-A Primer; Ending the Iraq War: A Primer; and Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Primer.

Hosts: Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark and Alisa Solomon

Barak Obama's senior foreign policy appointments have garnered praise from a wide range of politicians and pundits. But many on the left see little opportunity for fundamental change. Phyllis Bennis weighs in on what we might expect.

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Milk

Topics: National Politics, Christian Right, Film, Gay Rights, Arts & Culture, Civil Rights

Guests: John D'Emilio is Professor of History and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Ilinois, Chicago. A pioneering scholar of gay studies his most recent book is Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in America.

Hosts: Alisa Solomon

The new Hollywood bio-pic, Milk, traces the rise of San Francisco community activist and pioneering gay elected official Harvey Milk. Gay scholar John D'Emilio discusses the political context of Milk's activism and compares and contrasts today's LGBT movement.

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