Ari Ratner: Can Syria survive? Francis Moore Lappe: 400ppm

Can Syria survive or is it destined to become a failed state like Somalia, only in the middle of the Middle East.  Ari Ratner, former State Department Mid-East expert joins us.

The world saw its first breach of the 400 ppm , concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere isince the Pliocene - millions of years ago.  And the world experienced the hottest summer and the most violent storms on record.  Do we need a new way of thinking?  Francis Moore Lappe' says yes.

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