Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:20 - Journalist Amanda Sperber reports on the known unknowns of the US drone program in Somalia.
Amanda wrote the article Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia for The Nation.
10:05 - Journalist Jesse Eisinger explains how a decaying, defunded IRS set its sights on poor people's money.
Jesse co-authored the report How the IRS Was Gutted with Paul Kiel for ProPublica.
11:05 - Filmmaker Astra Taylor explores what democracy has been, and what it might someday become.
Astra's new film is What Is Democracy?. The film is out now / soon depending on the city. Astra will be in Chicago Friday and Saturday screening and talking about the film.
12:05 - Historian Peter Cole examines the work of building labor solidarity and racial equality between dockworkers.
Peter is author of the book Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area from University of Illinois Press.
12:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen whacks the big stick from the Bay of Pigs to Caracas.