Salmon Fishing on the California and Oregon Coast – Tony DeFalco, West Coast Regional Organizer with the Marine Fish Conservation Network; Todd Stiener, Director of SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) www.spawnusa.org; Seth Zuckerman, Environmental writer and Journalist, co-author and editor of Salmon Nation: People, Fish and our Common Home David Bacon on Labor – … Continued
Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act SB 1955, (HIMMA) sponsored by US Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming – Carmen Balber, Consumer Advocate with The Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer rights, consumerwatchdog.org; Jane Loewenson, Directory of Health Policy for the National Partnership for Women and Families, nationalpartnership.org The 20th Anniversary of the Chernobl Nuclear Disaster … Continued
Crisis in Nepal – Reese Erlich, freelance foreign correspondent; Mary Des Chene, anthropologist who co-founded the journal "Studies in Napali History and Society" Hope Edelman, author of "Motherless Mothers: How Mother Loss Shapes the Parents We Become" Estate Planning Seminar; Penny Righthand Estate Planner; Michelle C. Lerman, Attorney at Law Anthony Platt (with Cecilia O’Leary) … Continued
A Wi-Fi Plan for San Francisco – Sydney Levy, Program Director at Media Alliance; Tim Redmond, editor of the SF Bay Guardian Chevron Runs Amok in Ecuador – Steven Donzigor, attorney for the Plaintiffs; Leila Salazar-Lopez, Clean Up Ecuador organizer People with Disabilities Prepare for the Big One – Christina Aanestad, KPFA NEWS Dept. Travel … Continued
One Day Strike by Oakland Teachers – David Bacon KPFA’s Morning Show Labor editor Bill Balderston, member of the bargaining team, OEA Executive Board at Castlemont High; Henry Hitz Coordinator, Oakland Parents Together Bay Area Students and Educators to Stop the War Conference – Saturday April 22, Mission High School 3750 18th St. SF 10:00-6; … Continued
What are the bills now in Congress? What do the AFL-CIO and Teamsters think about them? – Ana Avendaño, Director, Immigrant Workers Project, AFL-CIO; Ernesto Medrano, Organizer, Teamsters Union Local 952; Ernesto Medrano — we’re keeping him on for the whole hour; Sergio Sosa, Organizer, Omaha Together One Community Simon Winchester, author of "A Crack … Continued
Suicide Bomber in Israel and Still No Governments in Israel and Palestine – Joel Beinin, Prof. of Middle East History, Stanford Univ., editor of "The Struggle for Sovereignty: Israel and Palestine 1993 – 2005 Fernando Ramon Vegas Torrealba, Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Student Loans Out of Reach – Toby Chaudhuri, Communications Director, Campaign for America’s … Continued
Reclaiming Taxes for the Public Good – "Ruth Rosen," professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, visiting professor of public policy and history at U.C. Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Longview Institute. Her most recent article on alternet.org is, "Talking Taxes." Earthquake Preparedness for the under-served in our communities – "Ana-Marie Jones," … Continued
Wells Fargo and Racial Disparities in Lending – Marnie Thompson of Responsible Wealth; Waiching Wong, Economic Fellow at the Greenlining Institute From the KPFA Archives John Trudell, Native American author , activist and AIM leader in the 1970’s, speaking at the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz – Gregg McVicar, KPFA Programmer, Producer of "Earthsongs" (5 … Continued
Tax Day Is Approaching – Bob McIntire, Director of Citizens for Tax Justice; Ed Hedman National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee and author of "War Tax Resistance published by the War Resisters League" Kris Welch and the History of the Morning Show San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society Remembers ’06 – Captain James Lee (www.1906expo.com) … Continued
