The Japanese people want these bases closed, and protests are growing. Will these voices be seriously heard when Obama meets Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G7?
A close ally of Brazil’s acting President has stepped aside after being caught on tape talking of the need to have President Dilma Rousseff impeached. Do the leaked tapes clearly point to Dilma’s removal from office as being nothing more than a stage managed political coup? Becker is joined by Dr. Francisco Dominguez, the head of the Centre for Brazilian and Latin American Studies at Middlesex University.
Bernie Sanders is facing mounting pressure from the Democratic Party establishment to end his presidential campaign, but instead he’s ramped up his criticisms of party elites. Sanders had accused the DNC of seeking to “annoint” Hillary Clinton as the Party's nominee. Becker is joined by Ted Rall, author and editorial cartoonist.
