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Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky

Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky

FromLiving in the USA


Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky

FromLiving in the USA

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Length:
197 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As trade talks with China continue, the DOJ has charged telecom giant Huawei with Iran sanctions violations, bank fraud and more; meanwhle, a million Uyghur Muslims are being interned at Chinese 're-education camps'. We talk with Jeff Wasserstrom, a UCI historian of modern China, about Trump, trade, and human rights in China.
Also: Politics after the shutdown -- Harold Meyerson reports, tracing the history of the air traffic controllers from Reagan breaking their union to last week's decisive sick-out at Laguardia airport.
Plus: TPS (Temporary Protected Status), the travel ban and Trump -- Sasha Abramsky reports on the human toll of initiatives that are simply cruel.
Released:
Feb 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Thursdays at 4.