Saturday, August 30, 2008

Peace & Freedom Presidential Candidate Debate and the Imperial Presidency

From Aug. 1st, in Sacramento, CA, hear the Peace and Freedom Party State Convention debate among the four Presidential candidates.

Click here to download or listen to mp3 Total Duration 1:46:39



Ralph Nader is the 1996 and 2000 Green Party presidential nominee. The consumer rights icon ran an independent presidential campaign in 2004, and became the Peace & Freedom Presidential candidate on Aug. 3, 2008.












Brian Moore has been selected as the Socialist Party USA presidential nominee for 2008. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer, anti-war and labor rights organizer.











Gloria La Riva is the 2008 presidential candidate of the Party for
Socialism and Liberation, and the 1994 and 1998 PF Party candidate for governor of California.















Cynthia McKinney is the 2008 presidential candidate for the Green Party and served 12 years in the U.S. Congress as a Democratic Representative from Georgia.
Duration 58:18











The Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA, on Apr 21st, 2008 features author Gene Healy on The Bipartisan Romance with the Imperial Presidency.

Gene Healy, author of "The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power", discusses how the role of the President has changed from the vision of the Framers of the Constitution and the obstacles to returning it to its narrow, constitutional function.

Gene Healy is an American political pundit, journalist and editor. Duration 44:56


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Friday, August 22, 2008

Gene Baur: Farm Sanctuary

From July 25, in Sacramento, CA, hear animal rights activist Gene Baur as he talked about his recent book, "Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts & Minds about Animals & Food".


Gene Baur grew up in Hollywood, California and worked in television, film and commercials, including some for McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants. Today, he campaigns to raise awareness about the negative consequences of industrialized factory farming and our cheap food system. He lives in rural New York state and is the co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, America's leading farm animal protection organization. Gene holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from California State University Northridge and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University.
Duration 1:17:53

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Geraldo Rivera speaks at the California State Capitol


Listen to Andrew Bacevich, Geraldo Rivera, and James Bovard

Part 1(0:26:40)

Part 2(0:26:40)

Part 3(0:26:40)

Part 4(0:26:40)



Antiwar Radio: Charles Goyette Interviews Andrew Bacevich. Andrew Bacevich discusses the president’s comparison of Iraq to Vietnam. Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of international relations at Boston University. A graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, he received his Ph. D. in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University. Before joining the faculty of Boston University in 1998, he taught at West Point and at Johns Hopkins University.
Duration 16:35

In today’s media climate of anti-immigrant propaganda, perpetuated by talking heads such as Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage, there is one “talking head” that stands apart – Geraldo Rivera.


On May 8, 2008, this world-renowned journalist addressed a capacity crowd at the State Capitol to present his recently published book, His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S., Geraldo, who has been a fixture on television for over 40 years and currently hosts Geraldo at Large on Fox News Channel, has become a leading voice against what he describes as “anti-immigrant hysteria” throughout the United States.
Duration 1:06:27



Antiwar Radio:
Charles Goyette Interviews James Bovard


James Bovard is the author of "Attention Deficit Democracy". He discusses the similarities between the Vietnam and Iraq wars and the Democrat Congress.
Duration 16:52


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Saturday, August 16, 2008

How the Teamsters won the UPS strike and Ralph Nader





Hear Deepa Kumar
as she spoke on her book "Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization and the UPS Strike" on July 10, 2008 in Sacramento, CA.
Deepa Kumar is an assistant professor of media studies at Rutgers University. Deepa Kumar teaches and writes about the limitations of the corporate media systems and the ways in which dissenting voices are marginalized from the public sphere. Her areas of research includes media, war, imperialism, globalization, class, gender, Islam, the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, on which she has published several scholarly articles.
Duration 0:56:10




Hear Ralph Nader's
press conference on Aug. 1, 2008 in Sacramento, CA.
The press conference in Sacramento, CA was with Matt Gonzalez, Former President San Francisco Board Of Supervisors, Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate, Steve Basile, Injured Worker Downey Studios Worker, Gloria La Riva, Union President of Typographical section of Media Workers of Northern California. Ralph Nader and injured workers and health and safety advocates addressed the public about the affects of the collapse of Ca-OSHA, the deregulation of Workers Compensation and the growing corruption crisis within EPA and other oversight agencies.
Duration 0:45:24

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