AmericasDemocrat.org Netcast - February 22, 2014

Published: Feb. 21, 2015, 8:16 p.m.

The buzz about the movie “Selma” from historian Julian Zelizer. Mike Barnes on Putin, the thug … and Bill Press interviews Elizabeth Warren backer Erica Sagrans.

 

Historian and LBJ expert Julian Zelizer says Hollywood missed an opportunity with the movie “Selma.” Former Congressman Mike Barnes calls Vladimir Putin “a KGB thug” but says he has lost his swagger. And Bill Press talks with Erica Sagrans, head of the group trying to draft Elizabeth Warren.

 

Julian Zelizer

Princeton Professor Julian Zelizer is an expert on Lyndon Johnson and the civil rights movement. He is disappointed that “Selma,” which he thinks is a “phenomenal movie” but missed a chance to get history exactly right.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Fierce-Urgency-Now-Congress/dp/1594204349/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0

 

Mike Barnes

Former Congressman Mike Barnes takes a look at Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, and says President Obama has handled him brilliantly.

http://www.ciponline.org/about-us/experts-staff/michael_barnes

 

Erica Sagrans

Bill Press and his guest, Erica Sagrans, who is trying to get Elizabeth Warren to run.

 

Jim Hightower

 

Turning human misery into corporate profits.