Tuesday, July 26, 2016

robert reich, chris hedges and jill stein featured on democracy now today:07/26/16)

Special coverage of the Democratic National Convention can be heard
over: www.democracynow.org
This 2 hour expanded broadcast is herd across the nation, but cannot
be picked up in many locations. But as long as we have the internet,
we can listen on-line.
Jill Stein of the Green Party is part of a debate in the first hour.
Her outline of the purpose of the Green Party is good information.
But for me, the highlight comes in Part II of the program. Chris
Hedges and Robert Reich take part in a debate that anyone wanting help
in deciding who to vote for this election, should listen to. That is,
assuming no one reading this note is planning to vote for Donald
Trump.
For a long period of time I have followed the writings and speeches of
both these men, approving of much of their thinking. And I fully
admit my greater respect for Hedges over Reich in many issues. But
both men have good arguments for why they support the person they do,
for president.
Without giving anything away, Reich has moved from supporting Sanders,
to endorsing Clinton, while Hedges has continued to stand behind Stein
and the Green Party.
It would be interesting to see some posts on this list, discussing
your thoughts. My biases, once again, lead me to support Hedges
rationale over Reich's.
But I'll leave it there, and wait to see if anyone wants to post
regarding these discussions or others from the Democratic Convention.

Carl Jarvis

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