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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, July 21, 2005
  • John Sweeney, head of the AFL-CIO
    John Sweeney, head of the AFL-CIO

    Hard Labor

    When John Sweeney was elected head of the AFL-CIO a decade ago, labor activists had high hopes that he could rejuvenate American Unions. But heading into a convention in Chicago next week, Sweeney faces an insurrection from old friends at SEIU who say he hasn’t done enough.

Hard Labor

John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO
- on calls to overhaul the labor movement in advance of the AFL-CIO convention next week
» AFL-CIO
And
Ruth Milkman, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UCLA,
- analyses the rift emerging within the labor movement in advance of the AFL-CIO annual convention
» Ruth Milkman

Double Take

Rob Hugh-Jones senior reporter in The World's London bureau
- on the latest reports from today's underground incidents
» The World

Theatrical Odyssey

Ariane Mnouchkine, experimental theater director, founder of the Paris-based Theatre du Soleil company
and
Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, former president of the International Rescue Committee
»
- on the U.S. premiere of "Le Dernier Caravanserail (Odysees)" as part of the Lincoln Center Festival and the role of art in addressing the role of refugees
and
Shaghayegh Beheshti actor, member of the Paris-based Theatre du Soleil collective, appearing in "Le Dernier Caravansery (Odysees)" at Lincoln Center
- on her experience interviewing refugees for the creation of the play and appearing in it
»
Lincoln Center Festival

The Envelope, Please…

Errol Louis columnist for the New York Daily News
- on the winners of the second-ever Brian Lehrer Show commentary slam
» The Daily News

Stryking Back

Stryker McGuire London Bureau Chief for Newsweek Magazine
- on the latest on the London bombings this afternoon (London time)
» Newsweek

Anti-Semantic

Bob Steele, Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism and Values at the Poynter Institute
- on media ethics and the use of the word 'militant' and 'terrorist' in Middle East conflicts
» Poynter Institute

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