American politics in a post-cold war environment : spending the peace dividend / Daniel Sheehan ; introduced by Bill Davies.

Program Title:
American politics in a post-cold war environment : spending the peace dividend / Daniel Sheehan ; introduced by Bill Davies.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ1636
Description: 

Talk by legal advisor for the Christic Institute, Daniel Sheehan, about developments in American foreign and domestic politics. He examines: Constitutional rights; the Savings and Loan bailout costs compared to the Gulf War, 1990-1991; the failure of the judicial system as seen by Seacourt's 2 year suspended sentence for Iran-Contra crimes; the crucification of the peace and justice movement; United States coping with the fall of the Berlin Wall; retooling the military for new, low-tech opponents; funding Saddam Hussein and Iraq; and the 1953 attempt to overthrow the government of Iran.

Station: 
Date Recorded on: 
Pasadena, Mar. 1991.
Date Broadcast on: 
-0-
Item duration: 
2 reels (99 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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