July 29, 2012

Broadcast Date: 
Jul 29 2012

The Presbyterian Church votes to boycott Israeli settlement products--but not to divest from companies that profit from occupation. Mikey Weinstein's new book No Snowflake in an Avalanche investigates evangelical indoctrination in the U.S. military. And Dan Fishback's musical The Material World brings the revolution to Dixon Place.

Episode segments
  • Yes to Boycott, No to Divestment, Say Presbyterians
    International Politics, Israel/Palestine, Occupation

    Alex Kane is a staff reporter for Mondoweiss and an editor for AlterNet.

     
    Kiera Feldman

    The Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement, which aims to pressure Israel into abiding by international law, got a boost this month when the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to boycott goods made in Israeli settlements--but lost by two votes on a measure that would have the Church divest from companies that profit from the occupation. What's the net outcome for the BDS movement? Mondoweiss reporter Alex Kane joins us to discuss.

  • Evangelizing the Military
    National Politics, Christian Right

    Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein is a former Air Force officer, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and author of With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military.

     
    Nan Rubin

    Christian fundamentalist officers are trying to transform every branch of the U.S. military into a Christian fighting force--and they're succeeding more and more. Mikey Weinstein delves into this frightening phenomenon in his new book, No Snowflake in an Avalanche.

  • Dialectical Materialist Girl
    Theater, Arts & Culture

    Dan Fishback is a New York-based writer and performer. He last appeared on Beyond the Pale in 2011 to discuss his show thirtynothing.

     

     
    Marissa Brostoff

    It's 1921 in the Bronx, and the revolution is not coming fast enough for angsty 12-year-old communist Gittel Fenster in Dan Fishback's time-traveling musical The Material World. There's only one person who can help--and that's Madonna. Called "the best downtown musical I have seen in years" by Time Out New York's Adam Feldman, the show runs through Saturday, August 4, in the HOT! Festival at Dixon Place.