Gulf Oil Spill Disaster, Update with guest, Aaron Viles, Campaign Director, Gulf Restoration Network, Bill Mckibbon 's “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet”, Crisis in Greece: Implications for Europe and the U.S. , The Story of Stuff : How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and … Continued
Close UK Elections, looking at a 'hung parliament'? with David Miller , Prof. of Sociology, Strathclyde Univ. Arizona triggers copycat bills in other states-who's funding?, with Seth Freed Wessler,Senior Research Associate Applied Research Center, publisher of Colorlines , Brian interviews Norman Finklestein , about his new book on Gaza, Hungry Times, daily series on Hunger … Continued
We speak with Conn Hallinan, with Foreign Policy in Focus and Rafia Zakaria, columnist for Dawn about the NY Bomber's Links to Pakistan. Ask an Economist looks at the history of Financial Reform with Professor Arthur Wilmarth , We speak with Lauren Compere , about Shareholders Challenging BP's environmental safety Another edition of Hungry Times … Continued
On today's show we continue our coverage of the Oil Spill-we speak with author & environmental activist Diane Wilson about whom should be held accountable. Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters to Washington speaks w/former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet about Latin America, politics & US relations. David Bacon's labor report will be covering the historic May … Continued
We speak with Stan Senner, of Conservation Science for Ocean Conservancy , for an environmental update on the oil spill. Is Bay Area transit on the decline? Randy Rentschler of Metropolitan Transportation Commission & Bob Allen of Urban Habitat gives us an update. Oklahoma's New Abortion Law is halted by lawsuit we speak with Linda … Continued
We speak with Daniel Becnel, a Louisiana-based trial lawyer about the lawsuit brought forth against British Petroleum.We speak with Tyson Slocum, of Public Citizen’s energy program about British Petroleum's track record on off shore oil drilling.We also speak with Bianca Sierra of Centro Legal de la Raza and Lawrence Glickman , Author of Buying Power … Continued
Gulf of Mexico's Oil Spill contiues to worsen,we speak with Cynthia Sarthou of Gulf Restoration Network Investors run away from Greece, Spain, & Portugal with Timothy Canova, Professor of International Economic Law Chapman University School of Law, SB 1070 & Immigration Reform mobilizes May 1st Actions across the country we speak with Coalition for Humane … Continued
We speak with Jane D'Arista, of the Political Economy Research Institute about the financial reform debate, 3 days later are we any closer to a deal? Ask an Economist on China & Currency Manipulation with guest Robert Scott, Economic Policy Institute Oakland Teachers Strike we'll hear from both sides-Oakland Unified School District & Betty Olsen … Continued
Massive Oil Spills heading towards Louisiana with guest Aaron Viles, Gulf Restoration Network Community Groups win battle in Cheveron-Appeals Court with guests Sandy Saeturn of Asian Pacific Environmental Network's Laotian Organizing Project and Deborah Reames, Attorney with Earthjustice David Bacon's Labor Digest- UC Students convene again to vote on Divestment of Israel, Student Activists Facing … Continued
Republicans block Financial Reform,Christopher Hayes, Editor of The Nation & Fellow at New America Foundation gives his analysis. A historical look at anti-immigration policies with author Peter Schrag, his new book Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America . Obama & The Falicy of Color with Professor Bonilla Silva, Smart Meters under … Continued
