Excellent interview. Shining a light in dark places! Thanks

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA); the Pritzker Forum on Global Cities; the Global Cities movement; cities doing an end run around the nation state; cities developing their own foreign policy; Rahm Emanuel's "The Nation City: Why Mayors are Now Running the World"; SMART Cities; effect of the global pandemic on cities; issue of governance; violations of the US Constitution; funding of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; national sovereignty v globalism; Global Parliament of Mayors; World Affairs Councils of America (WACA); implement global locally.

Aired: February 10, 2021

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Guns and Butter 431

Global Cities:  Boom or Bust? - Mark Anderson, #431

We discuss Alison Weir’s extended essay, published as a pamphlet, “The International Campaign to Criminalize Criticism of Israel”; the traditional definition of anti-Semitism and the new “improved” 3-D definition of anti-Semitism; the history of the campaign to criminalize criticism of Israel; the many international and national organizations that have adopted and promote the new definition; policing the new anti-Semitism on college campuses; thought crime; AIPAC and ADL; the crack-down on pro-Palestinian political activity; the multiple hundreds of groups that lobby for Israel; current congressional legislation.

Aired:  March 13, 2019

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The Global Campaign to Criminalize Criticism of Israel - Alison Weir, # 402

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Global Cities: Boom or Bust? - Mark Anderson, #431

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