Topics include the U.S. in the Middle East, class in capitalist society, the depiction of Arabs in movies, Penelope Lively's latest fiction, and two tales of guerrilla political theater.
Host: Clayton Morgareidge Engineer: Tami Dean
1. Introduction to the show 2. Political Theater Item 3. Professor and author Stephen Zunes discusses the impact of US foreign policy on throughout the Middle East. Zunes writes for Foreign Policy in Focus (www.fpif.org). 4. The Well-read Red presents a class analysis of capitalist society from a blog by Michael Yates. 5. Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the documentary "Reel Bad Arabs". It deals with images of Arabs in western film. 6. Larry Bowlden reviews "Making It Up," a book of stories about paths not taken, by Penelope Lively. 7. One more moment from the annals of political theater--the Yes Men at work in Calgary. 8. Wrapping up the show.