International Workers Day, the Morning Show asks the question, What Is It Going to Take to End This War? Will demonstrations on May Day make a difference? Then open phones for listeners to comment on the Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright controversy. In the second hour a brief history of International Workers Day. Wrapping up … Continued
Congressman Pete Stark from the South Bay discusses Iraq War funding. Then David Bacon, labor correspondent, reviews new laws in Mississippi and Arizona that will criminalize undocumented workers. In the second hour V.V.Ganeshananthan discusses her novel "Love Marriage". Wrapping up the program New York Times science correspondent,George Johnson talks about his latest book, "The Ten … Continued
John Russo, Oakland City Attorney about legal actions to prevent spraying for the light brown apple moth.Then a debate between proponents of Proposition 98 and Proposition 99 on the June ballot. Both would regulate the way the state can use eminent domain. In the second hour Michael Eric Dyson, author and University Professor of Sociology … Continued
John Russo, Oakland’s City Attorney talks about the city’s suit against Major Financial Firms for Bid-Rigging, Conspiring to Cheat Taxpayers. Then a conversation with Clarence Jones, author of "What Would Martin Say?" In the second hour Supervisors in Contra Costa County are looking at privatizing jail medical services to save money. Wrapping up the program … Continued
A discussion of the global food crisis with Christopher Cook, author of Diet for a "Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis" and RACHEL SMOLKER, Research biologist at the Global Justice Ecology Project. Then Jared Bernstein, author of "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)" discusses his book. … Continued
The presidential primary results from Pennsylvania with Dr. Ron Walters, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland. Then David Bacon, labor correspondent provides a round up of International Workers’ Day, May Day events. In the second hour Gene Healy, author and senior editor at the Cato Institute, discusses his most recent book, "The … Continued
Preview of the presidential primary in Pennsylvania with Leigh Ann Caldwell, with Free Speech Radio News and Mary Beth Kuznik, Executive Director of VOTE PA. Then a look at the election results in Paraguay where an ex-catholic bishop will be the next President. In the second hour a discussion of plans in Marin County to … Continued
Veterans with Disabilities go to Court today, Michael Klare’s new book,"Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy"; Fresno police shooting of mentally ill Highschool student; Feliciano Dos Santos, musician from Mozambique, winner of the 2008Goldman Environmental Prize.
The controversy over Jimmy Carter’s decision to talk with Hamas. Conflicts have arisen when rival unions, CNA and SEIU have attempted to organizing health care workers in Ohio. In the second hour the debut of a new performance "Cross Currents" A Multi-media Collaboration with Dimensions Dance and Fifth Stream Music in Oakland. Wrapping up the … Continued
