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StocktonAfterClass Ronald Stockton
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Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion and Politics, the Politics of Revolution, Non-Western politics, and American politics. He also taught in the Honors Program, focusing upon foundational readings from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has an interest in religion and politics and in the role of religio-ethnic groups in the political system. The listener can anticipate talks on Arab-Americans, Jews, African-Americans, the Scots-Irish, and Evangelicals. He has lectured and written on American politics, public opinion, and voting behavior and on the role of religious organizations and ideologies in the political system. There will be occasional discussions of books and films that address serious issues. And he has lectured and published and even taught a class on gravestones, especially those of different ethnic and religious groups such as Muslims, African-Americans, Jews, and Native Americans. The goal of the podcast series is to provide analysis and commentary by a political scientist to explain and make accessible political, historical, and cultural developments in the United States and around the world, and to give the listener analytical tools to understand those developments. It is also to entertain the listener.
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John Mearsheimer on the Gaza War. Israel: Loser; America: Loser; Iran:Winner. Ouch!
John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago is one of the very top strategic analysts in this country. He is of the Realist School. He thinks we should look at the reality of power, and that each country should look after its own interests. Earlier in this month, he delivered a talk in Australia on the Gaza War. He came up with data I had never heard and insights I had never considered. This is a faithful summary of his key points. It will change the way ...
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Visiting Palestine During A Time of War and Genocide, Part II
This is the second of two podcasts on my visit to Palestine in early June, 2024. If you have not listened to the first podcast, please do so before listening to this one.
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Palestine during a Time of War and Genocide, Part I.
In early June, 2024, I visited Palestine. It was a visit that changed my way of thinking. As someone who had taught a course on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict for 40 years this surprised me. This is Part I of a two-part podcast. The second part is not this long and has a different focus.
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Request for Warrants to Arrest Netanyahu, Sinwar, and others for War Crimes trials
On May 20, the War Crimes Prosecutor Karim Khan asked the International Criminal Court for warrants to arrest the leaders of Hamas and Israel, and three others. This was a stunning development. This podcast is a discussion of what is included in that document. Later in the week, South Africa asked the High Court of Justice for additional Provisional Rulings ordering Israel to stop its attack on Rafah, to allow supplies to get through, and to allow teams in to investigate the is...
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Roe V Wade Overturned. A Reposting two years after the event of the Alito decision.
Two years ago we learned that the Supreme Court would reverse Roe v Wade. I worked through the leaked draft and tried to extract the logic of the decision. It was painful to see such tortured analysis. Some of those Trump justices had actually said that Roe was "settled law" during their hearings. That is a phrase that means, everyone agrees and it is not subject to reversal. Now, in May of 2024, Trump is running on the fact that his justices were the ones that tipp...
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Nelson Mandela Freed, 1990 A Reposting
Back in February of 1990 Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years in prison. When he walked out of prison that Sunday morning, the whole world was watching. At least everyone in our house was watching. Mandela quickly became the world's greatest statesman. This is my assessment of his life and contribution. And of the two times Jane and I crossed paths with him.