News of the Week
ROUNDTABLE: Gangs, Protesters, Facebook Groups, Whistleblowers, and more

June 23, 2013

A roundtable discussion of current events with ATS senior editors Keith Preston, Vincent Rinehart, and Michael Parish.

Topics include:

• Recent gang killings in Chicago and the significance of gangs as a socio-political phenomenon.
• The protests in Turkey and Brazil.
• The limitations and possibilities of protest movements.
• How people choose their political ideologies as package deal consumer products.
• Social media as a double-edged sword.
• How whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning, or Julian Assange will likely become more common in the future.
• Implications of the public reaction to the Snowden case.
• Possible motives of U.S. foreign policy in Syria.
• The recent elections in Iran.

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Email Keith:
kppgarv@mindspring.com