December 2, 2012

Broadcast Date: 
Dec 2 2012

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly votes in favor of recognizing Palestine as a non-member observer state.  CNN/ORC poll on Israeli military action in Gaza reveals deepening partisan divide in U.S. Jewish Voice for Peace Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson weighs in.

On the streets and in the courts, activists push back against continuing work on Spectra and Rockaway Lateral high pressure natural gas pipelines in NYC. We talk with the Sane Energy Project's Owen Crowley and CARP's Martha Cameron.

Beyond the Pale contributor and civil rights attorney Alan Levine talks with us about NYPD's aggressive surveillance of Muslim businesses, associations, and places of worship.