Saturday on This Is Hell!
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9:15 - Writer George Monbiot explores the possible new worlds to emerge from the wreckage of this one.
George is author of Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis from Verso.
10:00 - Kali Akuno and Ajamu Nangwaya discuss building alternative economic and social models at Cooperation Jackson.
Kali and Ajamu are edited and contributed to to the new collection Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi from Daraja Press.
11:05 - Sociologist Alex Vitale looks to the end of policing, and the start of democratic solutions to social problems.
Alex is author of The End of Policing from Verso.
12:00 - Journalist Martha Pskowski reports on bureaucratic disasters before and after Mexico City's earthquake.
Martha wrote the Guardian article 6,000 complaints ... then the quake: the scandal behind Mexico City's 225 dead.
12:35 - The Oakland Institute's Anuradha Mittal documents the struggle for land and livelihood in occupied Palestine.
The Oakland Institute released a series of nine reports on everyday life for Palestinians, titled Palestine: For Land and Life.
1:05 - Our Man in San Juan, Dave Buchen checks in from tomorrow's dystopia, today - post-Irma Puerto Rico.
Dave is in town to work on Theatre Oobleck's Apocalypse Cabaret: A Benefit for Puerto Rican Artists in November.
1:25 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen's appearance discrimination gets ugly.
Not a good look for Jeffy.