July 7 – Right Wing Demonstrations and “Price-Tag” Attacks in Israel; A Report on U.S. Drone Policy; Taking Back Power Over the Economy and Our Lives

Full Program

Part 1

Following the murders of three Israel teenagers and the grisly revenge killing of a young Palestinian, we will begin with the volatile situation in Israel and Palestine as Hamas fires rockets at Israel and Israel’s Air Force retaliates with strikes on Gaza. Award-winning investigative journalist Max Blumenthal, author of “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel”, joins us to discuss demonstrations across Israel by right-wing youths chanting “death to Arabs” as Justice Minister Tsipi Livni warns Israelis against incitement that leads to so-called “price-tag” attacks against Arabs.

Part 2

Then we speak with Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with the Stimson Center and a co-author of their just-released “Recommendations and Report on the Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drone Policy”. She joins us to discuss the bipartisan panel of former senior intelligence and military officials that finds the Obama Administration’s embrace of targeting killings with drones is putting the U.S. on a “slippery slope” into perpetual war while setting a dangerous precedent for lethal operations that other countries might adopt in the future.

Part 3

Then finally we speak with John Hope Bryant, the founder and CEO of Operation HOPE and Bryant Group Companies. He was Chairman of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, Subcommittee on the Underserved and Community Empowerment and was recently appointed by President Obama as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. We will discuss his new book “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class” and look into how the poor and all consumers can take power over the economy and their lives.