Chevron’s attacks on award winning environmentalists from Ecuador, followed by a half hour with activist Cindy Sheehan, live in the studio. In the second hour analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday that lethal injection is constitutional. Wrapping up the program author, Hilton Obenzinger, is in studio to discuss his memoir, "Busy Dying."
Hearings on the plan to spray the Bay Area to eradicate the Light Brown Apple Moth, followed by analysis of the election results in Italy. Next David Bacon, labor correspondent, looks at the workers’ movement in China. In the second hour Aimee Allison talks with author, Adam Mansbach, about his book "The End of the … Continued
Morning Show interviews Pratap Chatterjee, Executive Director of Corpwatch, who was recently embedded in Iraq with the US military. Also, the realities of the sex trade and a program to reform johns, the men who solicit women for sex. In the second hour Phil Donahue, discusses his new film “Body of War.”
The Olympic torch changes its course in the streets of San Francisco; Election Unspun; Lawyers Guild calls for removal of John Yoo from Boalt Hall faculty; Jennifer Stone; Club Foot Orchestra plays scores for Silent Films at the Castro.
The Olympic Torc”s arrival in San Francisco. David Bacon, labor correspondent, covers a live demonstration at the Blue Diamond warehouse in Sacramento. In the second hour Jeffrey Sachs joins host Aimee Allison to discuss his book "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet". Wrapping up the program a tribute to Paul Robeson who turns 110. … Continued
Food scarcity around the planet with Jennifer Parmelee, Public Affairs Officer UN World Food Programme and Eric Holt Gimenez, Executive Director of Food First, followed by a conversation with Ha-Joon Chang, author of "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism". In the second hour a conversation with Dr. Irvin … Continued
Arecent testimony that the Federal Aviation Administration has bent the rules on airline safety. Followed by more information on the recently declassified torture memo from John Yoo.In the second hour Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie will be in the studio to discuss "Let Me Stand Alone, The Journals of Rachel Corrie". Wrapping … Continued
