June 28 - Why Obama Is Not Standing Up to the Republicans; The Greek Economic and Political Crisis; Bulger Resurfaces the Wars Between Law Enforcement

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Part 1	We begin by examining why the president is not standing up to the blackmail by the Republican leadership, who are threatening to destroy the full faith and credit of the United States unless they get their way in cutting Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, they refuse to even consider raising revenues, let alone taxing the top one percent. The Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Robert Johnson, joins us to explain why the president is not standing with the American people.
Part 2	Then, amid strikes and protests, with the Greek parliament poised to make a crucial vote on the austerity measures required by European banks and bond holders to avoid default, we discuss the Greek economic and political crisis with Theofanis Stavrou, a professor of History at the University of Minnesota and the founder and editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies.
Part 3	Finally, we look into the wars between law enforcement that are bound to resurface with the trial of alleged mobster, Whitey Bulger, who was just arrested in Santa Monica. Maria Cramer, who covers crime for the Boston Globe, joins us. She was in court today in Boston as Whitey Bulger arrived in an orange jumpsuit to face a Federal Judge at the beginning of this long and painful trial that promises to be embarrassing for the FBI.