Political Analysis - 11/15/11

Guests: Dr. Margaret Flowers, Aimee Allison

Political Analysis host Sandy LeonVest talks with Dr. Margaret Flowers at the top of the hour. Dr. Flowers updates listeners on Occupy Washington DC, and talks about (among other things) the so-called congressional super-committee, charged with proposing at least $1.5 trillion dollars in deficit reduction over ten years through spending cuts and/or revenue increases. Doctor Flowers is an organizer of Occupy Washington DC, and a longtime advocate of single-payer healthcare or Medicare for All. She has emerged in recent years as one of healthcare’s most inspiring advocates.

During the second half of the program, radio journalist, organizer and director of RootsAction.org, Aimee Allison updates listeners on the West coast Occupy movement. Aimee recently wrote an article about the murder of a young black man near the Occupy encampment in Oakland. She talks with Sandy LeonVest about the significance of that murder, in the context of the occupy movement, as well as the direction the movement is taking, as encampments are increasingly shut down by city officials across the nation. RootsAction is an online initiative dedicated to galvanizing Americans seeking economic justice, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protection and de-funding war.

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