Saturday Morning Talkies – June 5, 2004
West Oakland Food Project Collaborative: Making the connection between food, social and economic justice, and social empowerment and education.
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
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.
West Oakland Food Project Collaborative: Making the connection between food, social and economic justice, and social empowerment and education.
In the 2003 San Francisco election, Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez ran for mayor on a populist platform, energizing a new electorate and attracting a large and diverse coalition of voters. In a surprising turn of events, Gonzalez announced he will not run for re-election in District 5, shocking his local supporters. Matt will … Continued
Historian, author, film maker, Tariq Ali, author of many books, including The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity and Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq; Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich – www.kucinich.us.
Larry Everest, author of Oil, Power, & Empire : Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda. Also: The 6th Annual Funny Girlz: A Smorgasbord Of Women’s Humor, at The Herbst Theatre, San Francisco May 15th – www.koshercomedy.com.
The California Elections Panel’s rejection of Diebold electronic voting machines; Also, a big win – and a big threat – to medical marijuana in California.
Guest host Donald Lacey.
Sahar Saba of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan – RAWA; Subversive Pianos: Ben Treuhaft’s "Send a Piana to Havana" program.
Berekeley Schools integrated in 1964, but that might be over if a lawsuit wins; Barbara Powers on getting your mind, heart, and soul on the same page.
Worldwide protest today on the 1 year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq; Update on Haiti and Venezuela with Larry Burns; A protest yesterday in SF Financial District; And today is the first day of spring.
The state of our schools, update on Contra Costa County, Oakland, and higher education throughout the state. Plus: "The Passion of Scoop" – a commentary by Scoop Nisker.