Cliff Schecter, News & Isabel Gillies, Movies & Jeff Smith D17 Trial

June 15, 2012

It’s Casual Friday and we’re back LIVE.   Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) from Libertas LLC is here as is film recommend-er extraordinaire, Isabel Gillies (@isabelgillies).  And Jeff Smith (@Jeff5mith) reports in on the D17 trial of Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in December protesting landholdings of Trinity Church.  Click thru for links and updates.  Use this post as today’s thread.

Read David Dayen’s take on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  And more from Salon, Trans-Pacific Partnership: Larger than NAFTA?  Also, link to Stop TPP.

Don’t say Vagina in Michigan!

And Darcy Burner stands up for women at Netroots Nation — and the Right starts a controversy.

Past Episodes

On today's Best of 2025, Sam and Emma speak with Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, to discuss her recent book We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance.   The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this ...
It's another Best of 2025 episode. On today's program: 8/11/25 - It's Monday! Sam and Emma are joined by Palestinian-Canadian emergency room physician, Dr. Tarek Loubani who is currently volunteering at Nasser hospital in Gaza. It’s a harrowing interview but we must bear witness to the terror ...
It's another Best of 2025 episode. On today's program: Live-streamed on January 15, 2025 Sam speaks with Zohran Mamdani, State Assemblyman for New York’s 36th District & candidate for Mayor, to discuss his candidacy. https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani Zohran Mamdani then joins, diving ...