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We begin with 120 world leaders converging on the U.N. for a week-long General Debate and speak with The Nation’s U.N. Correspondent Barbara Crossette. A long-time foreign correspondent for the New York Times, she discusses the week’s agenda and the prospects for reform of the U.N. itself, as well as the re-emergence of a Cold War divide on the Security Council over what to do about Syria which the U.N.’s own envoy described as “extremely bad and getting worse”.

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Then, following remarks by Mitt Romney on “60 Minutes” about his vague voucher plan, we look into the role that the future of Medicare will play in the election as the once 20 point lead that Romney had with seniors, is diminishing rapidly. Jonathan Oberlander, a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill joins us to discuss the fallout from Romney’s remark that the emergency room is an option for the millions without health insurance.

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Then, following Mitt Romney’s categorization of 47% of Americans as victims, we explore the psychology of reverse victimization where many rich conservatives see themselves as victims of higher taxes that support freeloaders and a liberal mainstream media that does not appreciate their value. Robert Samuels, the president of the University Council joins us. He has an article at the Huffington Post, “Romney’s Victim Identification: What Really Drives Right-Wing Politics”.

Part 3

Then finally we discuss the so-called one state solution between Israel and Palestine with two authors who areb speaking at a forum “What Happens After Zionism?” Marcy Newman the author of “The Politics of Teaching  Palestine to Americans” joins us along with Antony Loewenstein, the author of a new anthology “After Zionism: One State For Israel and Palestine”. We discuss their ideas for a new way forward in the stalled so-called peace process.