The Morning Show discusses the budget train wreck in Sacramento with Frank Russo, publisher California Progress Report, and Corinne Jan, RN, Chief Executive Officer Family Bridges, Inc. Followed by a conversation with Chalmers Johnson about "The Military Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think." In the second hour an unarmed man was shot by … Continued
The Morning Show features "Constantine’s Sword" a film by Owen Jacoby in the first hour. In the second hour "Strange Fruit" , a film about the famous song sung by Billy Holiday and composed by Abel Meeropol.
The Morning Show features "A Crude Awakening" about the political ecology of petroleum and "China: A Century of Revolution, The Definitive Six-hour History of Modern China."
The Morning show asks, "Is Obama Drifting to the Center?" In the second hour Captain Charles Moore, founder of the Algualita Marine Research Foundation describes a sea of plastic waste in the north Pacific and the danger it implies. Then Isabel Allende discusses her memoir, "The Sum of Our Days."
Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights talks about preventive detention and the Bush legacy. Then a conversation with Steve Levine about "Putin’s Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia". In the second hour Al Gore’s call for Zero Energy from Fossil Fuels is discussed with Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor … Continued
The Morning Show discusses the US economy with Lawrence Mitchell, author of "The Speculation Economy, How Finance Triumphed Over Industry", and Professor of Business Law at George Washington University, and James Galbraith, Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of "Unbearable Cost, Bush Greenspan and the Economics of Empire." Then Barbara … Continued
The Morning Show discusses Canadian government’s decision to expel an American war resistor, then Jane Mayer, author of "THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals." Followed by an interview with Malalai Joya—considered by many to be the bravest woman in Afghanistan. She was … Continued
The Morning Show talks with Nathan Witling, GTMO Detainee, Omar Kadr’s lawyer. Followed by excerpts from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing with Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense. Then David Bacon, labor correspondent, talks about lay offs at the Contra Costa Times and a statewide strike at the University of California. In the second … Continued
