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Saturday Morning Talkies – August 25, 2007

A tribute to Grace Paley, writer and social activist, who died Wednesday. With host Kris Welch. Guests: DeeDee Halleck, media activist, co-founder Paper Tiger Television and Deep Dish Satellite Network Joel Kovel, scholar and activist, ed. in chief "Capitalism Nature Socialism" journal Lily Rivlin, filmmaker, making film about Grace


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Saturday Morning Talkies – August 11, 2007

Journalist John Ross, live from Mexico City. And poet and novelist Ishmael Reed turns pianist with The Ishmael Reed Quintet, on their debut CD "For All We Know". With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. guests: poet, author, journalist John Ross (his piece on the killing of photographer Brad Will in Chiapas is on … Continued


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Saturday Morning Talkies – July 21, 2007

Manhattan steam explosion: the neo-conservative legacy. Plus, a delay in voting reform: good news or bad? With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Rick Perlstein, sr. fellow , Campaign for America’s Future Justin Levitt, assoc. counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law


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Saturday Morning Talkies – July 14, 2007

Activists are pressuring Congress is to keep the purse closed, bring the troops home and end the war. We get the details. PLUS: his first court martial ended in a mistrial. Lt. Ehren Watada began facing a second court martial last week. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice Betty … Continued


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Saturday Morning Talkies – June 30, 2007

The Supreme Court rules against integration. Now what? PLUS: The Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation: a new report about the newest voters. Guests: Ruy Teixeira, fellow New Politics Institute, co-author Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation report Rinku Sen, exec. dir. Applied Research Center, publisher Color Lines magazine