Podcast/Article: Ken Burns' Civility War

URL: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/badfaith/Bad_Faith_Episode_21.mp3?dest-id=2303135

Description: <p>We talk to Ben Cohen of the eponymous Ben & Jerry's and Professor Marjorie Cohn about Julian Assange's extradition hearing and his case's implications for freedom of the press. Brie reads a dispatch from the front lines of the ongoing Civil War between the progressive and corporate factions of the Democratic Party. Virgil and Brie give their initial review of Barack Obama's new biography and bet on whether Joe Biden will cancel their student loans.</p> <p><a href= "https://act.dsausa.org/signup/QA_about_DSA_11_19/">Sign up to watch Brie and Virgil’s live DSA Q&A</a> Thursday 11/19 at 8 ET.</p> <a href="http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast">Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon</a> to support our work and instantly unlock our full premium episode library: <a href= "http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast">http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast</a> <p>Our panelists:</p> <p>Ben Cohen is an activist who co-founded Ben & Jerry's. He currently divides his time between <a href= "http://AssangeDefense.org">AssangeDefense.org</a>, @<a href= "https://twitter.com/dropthemic2020">DropTheMic2020</a>, working to end qualified immunity, and eating ice cream.</p> <p>Professor Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and a member of the National Advisory Board of Veterans for Peace. Her website is <a href= "https://marjoriecohn.com/">https://marjoriecohn.com/</a></p> <p><em><a href= "https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/we-are-millions/">We Are Millions</a> </em>is available from <a href= "https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/we-are-millions/">OR Books</a>. The WeAreMillions photo campaign can be found at <a href= "https://wearemillions.org/">wearemillions.org</a>.</p> <p>Produced by Ben Dalton (@<a href= "https://twitter.com/wbend">wbend</a>).</p> <p>Theme by Nick Thorburn (@<a href= "https://twitter.com/nickfromislands">nickfromislands</a>).</p>

This content comes from: Bad Faith

URL: https://badfaith.libsyn.com/rss