Progressive Commentary Hour - America’s war and foreign policy on Syria - 08/06/12

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is an award winning author, sociologist and geopolitical analyst. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Geopolitica in Italy, a contributor the Moscow-based Strategic Cultural Foundation and an associate with the Center for Research on Globalization. Among his books are The Globalization of NATO, and a forthcoming book on the War on Libya and the Re-colonization of Africa. Russ Baker is a leading investigate reporter and analyst in alternative media best known for his coverage of the Hutu-Tutsi massacres in Rwanda, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the overthrow of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. He is the founder of the progressive news site WhoWhatWhy.com, author of the bestseller Family of Secrets about the Bush family, and teaches journalism at Columbia University. Finian Cunningham is an Irish investigative reporter and journalist living in East Africa, and the Middle East and East Africa Correspondent for the Center for Research on Globalization in Montreal.