September 27 – Greeks are Broke but Not Broken; World War II Did Not End for Japan and China; While Republicans Suppress the Vote, Democrats Could Increase Their Voters

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Part 1	We begin and go to Athens, Greece and speak with Eirene Esspathiou, a Greek/American artist and supporter of Syriza, the new party that opposes the austerity measures that 60,000 Greeks took to the streets yesterday to protest. We will discuss the general strike and today’s agreement by the three party ruling coalition on a package of spending cuts.
Part 2	Then we examine the escalating tensions in the East Pacific between China, Japan and Taiwan over a territorial dispute that has been simmering for over a century. The Washington editor-at-large of The Atlantic, Steve Clemons joins us. He co-founded, with Chalmers Johnson, the Japan Policy Research Institute and we discuss how both Japan and China are raising the stakes, with Japan nationalizing the Senkaku Islands and China seeking UN support to expand its continental shelf claim to include the islands.
Part 3	Then finally, we speak with a veteran political professional Steven Hill who has been working to reform America’s broken election systems for decades. He has an article at The Nation, “The Blue-State Strategy for Progressive Change” that argues the Democrats should focus on making voting easier in states where they control the governorships and legislatures, instead of whining about aggressive efforts on the part of Republicans to suppress Democratic votes in states that they control.
	MUSIC: Dirty Projectors – Rise Above; Bonobo – Prelude; Of Montreal – Doing Nothing; Tokyo Police Club – Your English is Good