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XM 169 - The Power

Wednesday March 21, 2007
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Show Overview
Points of View:
'Death of a Marine' by Bob Herbert
'Don't Cry for Reagan' by Paul Krugman
'Defense spending soars to highest levels since World War II' by James Rosen
'From Shock and Awe to the Surge without End' Independent (UK)
'The problem with building an embassy fit for an empire' by Adil E. Shamoo


Guests:
Eric Klinenberg
Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media

Frances Fox Piven
The Breaking of the American Social Compact

James Rucker
Color of Change.org


Show Segments - Right-Click on links to download MP3s.

Points of View:

Death of a Marine
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Ambrose begins today with a piece from Bob Herbert: 'Death of a Marine'.

 

Don't Cry for Reagan
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Ambrose continues with an article by Paul Krugman: 'Don't Cry for Reagan'.

 

Defense spending soars to highest levels since World War II
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Ambroxse reads from the McClatchy Newspapers article 'Defense spending soars to highest levels since World War II' by James Rosen.

 

From Shock and Awe to the Surge without End
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Ambrose reads from the Independent (UK) 'From Shock and Awe to the Surge without End'.

 

The problem with building an embassy fit for an empire
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Ambrose reads from the Baltimore Sun 'The problem with building an embassy fit for an empire' by Adil E. Shamoo.

 

 


Guests:

Eric Klinenberg
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Ambrose welcomes author Eric Klinenberg to We Ourselves. Mr. Klinineberg discusses his book 'Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media' an powerful account of the devastating elimination of localism in U.S. media and journalism, and how Americans from all walks of life are rising up to challenge the great media crisis that grips our nation today.

 

Frances Fox Piven
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Ambrose speaks with author Frances Fox Piven.

Frances Fox Piven is a distinguished professor of political science and sociology and on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of Regulating the Poor (Vintage), The Breaking of the American Social Compact (New Press) and Why Americans Still Don't Vote.

 

James Rucker
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Ambrose speaks with author Frances Fox Piven.

Ambrose talks with James Rucker, CEO of Color of Change.org.

Referenced article: Dancing with the Devil

Dancing with Devil: Fox and the CBC Campaign

James Rucker, 36, served as Director of Grassroots Mobilization for MoveOn.org Political Action and Moveon.org Civic Action from the fall of 2003 through the summer of 2005, and was instrumental in developing and executing on fundraising, technology, and campaign strategies.

 


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