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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:39:10 -0600
Subject: [Announce] Bill Moyers in Back!
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From: Peter Dreier <dreier at oxy.edu>


Friends and Colleagues:



After almost two years of reluctant retirement, Bill Moyers, the most
important American journalist of the past half-century, is back with a
new television show, ?Moyers & Company,? that begins this month.



? Read Moyers? article in Truthout explaining why he decided to return
to the air:

http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers/1326216330.

? Read the New York Times? profile of Moyers from Sunday?s paper:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/arts/television/bill-moyers-returns-to-tv-but-not-with-pbs.html.


? Watch this wonderful interview with Moyers, about the tension between
democracy and capitalism, conducted last week by Val Zavala of Los
Angeles? KCET:
http://www.kcet.org/shows/socal_connected/content/politics/bill-moyers-biggest-story-of-our-time.html

? Read Moyers? fantastic article, ?How Wall Street Occupied America,? in
the November 21 issue of The Nation magazine:
http://www.thenation.com/article/164349/how-wall-street-occupied-america



In the spirit of Moyers? muckraking journalism, take a look at Donald
Cohen?s article in Huffington Post on light bulb wars. The Republicans
are so desperate to attack government that they?ve resorted to attacking
new regulations that encourage Americans to buy more energy-efficient
light bulbs. Michele Bachman introduced the Light Blub Freedom of Choice
Act last year to repeal the new standards. "President Bachmann will
allow you to buy any light bulb you want in the United States of
America," she said after announcing her presidential bid. "I believe in
liberty for light bulbs," she said in a speech last November. Hopefully
a reporter will ask one of the remaining GOP presidential candidates if
they share Bachmann?s enthusiasm for ?liberty for light bulbs.? Cohen?s
article puts this silly debate in its proper context.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-cohen/light-bulb-standards_b_1192981.html

Finally, for folks in the Los Angeles area, tonight (Wednesday) I will
be speaking on a panel -- along with Rabbi Jill Jacobs (executive
director of Rabbis for Human Rights), New York City Council member Brad
Lander, and historian/activist David Levitus --on the topic, "What's So
Jewish About the Occupy Movement?" The event is sponsored by the
Progressive Jewish Alliance and Jewish Funds for Justice. It will be
held at the Beth Chayim Chadashim synagogue, 6090 West Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90035. The "nosh" starts at 6:30 pm and the panel at 7
pm. All are invited. You can find more details at this website:
http://www.bcc-la.org/2012/01/whats-so-jewish-about-the-occupy-movement-panel-discussion-january-11-2012.




Peter Dreier

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Peter Dreier
Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics
Chair, Urban & Environmental Policy Department
Occidental College
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Justice Hall of Fame (Nation Books) - coming out in Spring 2012

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