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What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
New Orleans housing activists rally to stop the demolitions. PLUS: Iraq reality check, to get war back in the electoral mix. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Sakura Kone, Common Ground, New OrleansEric Leaver, policy outreach dir. Foreign Policy in Focus; research fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Update on Pakistan. Lakota Freedom: the best news of 2007? And what’s ahead, in 2008. With host Kris Welch. Guests:Junaid Ahmad, pres. U.S.-based National Muslim Law Students Assoc.; member Pakistan-based Peoples Rights Movement
Rep. Robert Wexler has called for impeachment hearings for Vice-President Dick Cheney. We hear all about it. PLUS: threats, burglaries, assaults, attempted kidnapping—is this how Chevron faces a landmark, class-action environmental lawsuit for its poisoning of the Amazon? With host Kris Welch. Guests: David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, re: www.wexlerwantshearings.comMitchell Anderson, Amazon Watch, ChevronToxico.com
Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from Iowa, and primary season. PLUS: Daniel Ellsberg, on Target Iran. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. guests: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Free Speech Radio News Aaron Sanger, dir. Patagonia Campaign, International Rivers NetworkJuan Pablo Corrego, Ecosistemas, Chile Daniel Ellsberg, activist (released Pentagon Papers ’71); author ("Secrets: A Memoir of … Continued
In the wake of the oil spill: is it safe to breathe the air? Plus: Mexico expert John Ross. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Karen Schkolnick, spokesperson, Bay Area Air Quality Management DistrictHenry Clark, exec. dir. West County Toxics CoalitionJohn Ross, journalist, poet, author (Zapatistas: Making Another World Possible; Unintended Consequences; Murdered by Capitalism)
Bloody hands in Condi’s face, called out by President Bush: Code Pink in action. PLUS: feminist scholar and poet Melanie Kaye-Kantorwitz with her new book, "The Color of Jews". With host Kris Welch. Guests: Desiree ali-Fairooz, Code Pink, Chevelle Richardson, Steven Pippins, Richardson-Pippins Foundation for the HomelessMelanie Kaye-Kantorwitz, adjunct prof. Womens’ Studies, CUNY
