Hear commentary and analysis on the Mumbai massacre and a look at America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq.

Mumbai, South Asian Nuclear Tensions and Obama: An Interview with Jacqueline Cabasso

Last week's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India is only the latest eruption in potentially explosive South Asia. What will the new Obama administration do as the conflict in Afghanistan spreads to its nuclear-armed neighbors? Will he undo the damage to nuclear non-proliferation efforts that resulted from the recent U.S.-India nuclear deal - a deal tht Obama, Clinton and Biden supported?

Author and analyst Phyllis Bennis discusses Obama's foreign policy appointments and the current tragedy in Gaza. And Timothy Canova, Professor of International Economic Law at Chapman University School of Law, talks about the Obama economic team and the current corporate bailouts.

Noam Chomsky on International Terrorism - An AR Classic Lecture in honor of Noam Chomsky's 80th birthday on December 7th.

Today's topics include creating an economy that works for peace, sustainable production, and compassionate human caring in the current crisis and a look at the roots of the Mumbai massacre.

We hear from the series Law and Disorder. Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney of the ACLU, discusses the case of Ali Al-Marri and whether the President can declare legal residents, including American citizens, enemy combatants. And journalist Jeremy Scahill talks about "20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House."

Tonight we explore the wide archives of interviews that Studs Terkel conducted during his prolific life as a  author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. 

Dennis Bernstein speaks with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern about Obama's decision to keep Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense and with Project Censored's Peter Phillips about his recent trip to Venezuela for the elections there.