Friday, July 25, 2008

Understanding Progressive vs. Conservative



Hear George Lakoff
as he spoke at a popular bookstore in Sacramento, CA on June 29, 2008.


The author of Don’t Think of an Elephant and Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley spoke about his new book The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain..

George Lakoff is known for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior and society. In recent years he has applied his work to the realm of politics, exploring this in his books. He is the founder of the progressive think tank the Rockridge Institute.

Duration 1:43:55

Great Speeches and Interviews' Past Programs

Friday, July 18, 2008

Notes from the Dark Side of Earth by Jeffrey St. Clair






On July 15. 2008 in Sacramento, CA Jeffrey St. Clair spoke on his book "Born Under a Bad Sky: Notes from the Dark Side of Earth"

Jeffrey St. Clair is an investigative journalist, writer and editor. He is the co-editor, with Alexander Cockburn, of the political newsletter CounterPunch, and a contributing editor to the monthly magazine In These Times. He has also written for The Washington Post, San Francisco Examiner, The Nation and The Progressive. His reporting specializes in the politics surrounding environmental and military issues.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?






Paul Smith is a candidate for Congress. He's running in the 5th District of California which is in Sacramento. He spoke on his background, why he is running, and his views on housing crisis, flooding, foreign policy, and many other issues.

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is a 1939 film about a naive and idealistic man who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Reaching Out To Our Veterans and Their Families




Reaching Out To Our Veterans and Their Families with Judith Broder, M.D. Founder/Chairperson of The Soldiers Project and Zohreh Whitaker of Military Families Speak Out

Recorded June 14th, 2008 in Sacramento, CA



Dr. Judith Broder, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, shared her experiences working with returning veterans and their families.

Zohreh Whitaker, whose son recently returned from Iraq, shared her experiences of the effect of war on her own and other families.


For more information go to The Soldiers Project. The program was cosponsored by Therapists for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Social Responsibility and California Society for Clinical Social Work. Duration 43:05

Re-thinking Immigration



Eric Vega, Professor of Chicano Studies at California State University at Sacramento spoke to the Sacramento United Nations Association on June 23, 2008.


Professor Vega has a law degree from the New College School of Law in San Francisco. He has taught at the Sacramento State College for the last 15 years. He has been the Executive Director of the Sacramento Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission and attorney for Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund . Duration 58:42.

Musings from the Left, Tom Hayden




To a stand room only crowd at one Sacramento's finest bookstores, Hayden discussed his books "Writings for a Democratic Society," and "Voices of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial." Hayden was the 60's radial icon, having been head of the Students for a Democratic Society, and one of the Chicago 8 who were put on trial for allegedly plotting to disrupt the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Recorded June 25, 2008. Duration 0:58:21.

Save Public Transit


Hear the rally at the California State Capitol
to stop funding cuts to public transit on June 17, 2008



Speakers addressed the proposed 10% cut of transit funds by the California State Legislature:Duration 1:04:01






Great Speeches and Interviews' Past Programs

CalPERS urged to divest from KBR



Hear the call for CalPERS to divest from war profiteer KBR!
Features interviews with Maggie Coulter, Debra Reiger, and Karen Bernal. Duration 16:15.


On Thursday, June 19th, 2008 in downtown Sacramento, CA representatives of Sacramento for Democracy, the Sacramento Coalition to End the War and True Majority presented 20,000 signatures to Board of Administrator of CalPERS urging them to divest from war profiteer, KBR. Hear the event as it happened.

CalPERS is the California Public Employees' Retirement System . KBR Inc. is a former Halliburton subsidiary that was formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root.



Great Speeches and Interviews' Past Programs