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There's more at stake in elections next week in Afghanistan than who wins: violence is on the increase, along with US involvement. We talk with reporter Tony Cross. Recently returned from Iran, a Bay Area peace activist has ideas for creating peace. PLUS: an honored American psychiatrist says he's found the formula for happiness. With … Continued
The Weatherman sets the failing tone for this show about historical and modern beliefs, myths, brainwashing, politics, patriotism, and how they fail. Contrasting today’s cultural obsessions with the builders of Stonehenge among other things, we hear from Doris Lessig, The Firesign Theatre, Lenny Bruce, and a lot of songs about personal, political, and cultural failure. … Continued
The Morning Show looks at what actually is in the Health Care Bill? Then asks a BART board member about plans for Civilian Police Review Commission. David Bacon, labor correspondent, is in to discuss labor's participation in town hall meetings that are discussing health care reform, and labor's stance on the Honduran coup. In the … Continued
California budget; torturers R us; And on it goes: a new dem plan to cut more, a new Guvernator pledge to veto taxes—and the same old budget crisis. We hear the latest. PLUS veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern want to stop US torture by bringing torturers to justice. He'll tell us how. With host Kris … Continued
We continue our drumbeat coverage of the ongoing military coup in Honduras, where yesterday, riot police attacked hundreds of students protesting against the coup; also, pro-democracy activists in Haiti clash with security forces and UN forces as former President Bill Clinton gets ready to address the Haitian diaspora; Catherine Austin Fitts returns with Community Business, … Continued
The Morning Show looks at the foreclosure crisis with John Pottow, Professor of Law, at University of Michigan Law School. And then a conversation with the editors of “Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis”. In the second hour Lamis Andoni comments on the Fatah Conference in Bethlehem. Wrapping up the program … Continued
