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.
File type: MP3
Length: 1:03:34
Bitrate: 32kb/s
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Email Keith:
kppgarv@mindspring.com
