Synopsis:
With Sweden seeking membership in NATO, a former party leader there says that beneath the country's professed "neutrality" lies a pro-U.S. tilt,
as well as a lucrative armaments industry. Farida al-Abani speaks with Eleanor Goldfield. In the second half of the program, Mickey interviews author
Charlotte Dennett; her latest book, Follow the Pipelines, explores the pervasive role that oil and gas have played in politics and war, in both the 20th and 21st centuries.
Guests:
Born in Libya, Farida al - Abani was brought to Sweden at an early age, grew up there, and became a leader in the Feminist Initiative party.
Charlotte Dennett is an attorney and author, and the daughter of a CIA official who died while on assignment in the Middle East. -