Leslie Thatcher

Leslie Thatcher was formerly Truthout’s content relations editor. She contributes French translations and author interviews.

What Were They Thinking? An Interview With Sophie Gherardi

On Thursday April 1, 2010, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher interviewed La Tribune editor and author of “Capital Sins” Sophie Gherardi over Skype. This February, Ms. Gherardi was awarded the French …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

April 19, 2010

Van Jones and Billy Parish, the Two Bird Challenge

On Monday, March 22, Van Jones and Billy Parish appeared together for a presentation entitled “Challenging America: Achieving Sustainability and Justice Through the Green Collar Economy” at Northern Arizona …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

March 30, 2010

Capital Sins

Péchés Capitaux, le Roman de la Crise Financière [Capital Sins, the Novel of the Financial Crisis] By Sophie Gherardi Bernard Grasset, Paris, 2009 The seven deadly sins (capital vices), …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

March 28, 2010

Leslie Thatcher | Haunted

Going Through Ghosts By Mary Sojourner University of Nevada Press, 2009 Reviewer's disclaimer: Nothing I write about Mary Sojourner's work may be considered “objective.” Mary has been my …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

March 27, 2010

“The Oasis“

During January, I had the opportunity to visit Tallahassee's “Cornerstone Learning Community,” an oasis of love, experiment and investigation, actual respect for each individual person, and a sense of …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

March 8, 2010

“Flirting With Disaster“

On the occasion of the paperback release of Marc Gerstein's, “Flirting with Disaster,” reviewed here last year, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher corresponded and spoke with Dr. Gerstein in mid-February about …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

February 26, 2010

“It’s a Question of Priorities“

On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Leslie Thatcher spoke with economist and frequent Truthout contributor Dean Baker over the phone about his new book, "False Profits - Recovering From the …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

February 12, 2010

False Profits

False Profits: Recovering From the Bubble Economy By Dean Baker PoliPoint Press, 2010 He who feels punctured must once have been a bubble. - Lao Tzu, Tao Te …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

February 7, 2010

“If You Can Think Differently, You Can Act Differently.“

On Wednesday January 27, 2010, Leslie Thatcher spoke over the phone with Henry Armand Giroux about his book, “Youth in a Suspect Society.” Public pedagogy and the war on …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

February 3, 2010

Reign of Moloch

Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? Henry A. Giroux Palgrave MacMillan, 2009 When, in a casual aside during a Macroeconomics lecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton …

By: Leslie Thatcher ,; Truthout

February 2, 2010

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