The New Post American World and The Populist Uprising

Farheed Zakaria & Post-America-Centric World

From May 27, 2008 in San Francisco, CA, hear the editor of Newsweek International, ABC News analyst, and New York Times bestselling author, Farheed Zakaria discusses a future where the U.S. no longer dominates the global economy, geopolitics, and culture. Duration 1 hr. 7 min.

From July 28, 2008, Glenn Greenwald Interviews David Sirota. Sirota's book explores how the pervasive and intense dissatisfaction among the citizenry with our political class can be channeled into genuine political change. Duration 36 min.


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In 1999, Farheed Zakaria was named "one of the 21 most important people of the 21st Century" by Esquire Magazine.












David J. Sirota is an American political commentator. He is a two-time New York Times betselling author, nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist and blogger.












Glenn Greenwald is a former American attorney and current political and legal blogger, and columnist at Salon Magazine. He is the author of "How Would a Patriot Act?" and "A Tragic Legacy", both New York Times bestsellers.








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Peace & Freedom Presidential Candidates Part 2

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

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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.













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.














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.











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.
Duration 80 min.











From September 13, 2005, State Senator Sheila Kuehl discusses the health care crisis in California and presents a blueprint for reform. Duration 16 min.

Charles Goyette Interviews Pat Buchanan on May 31st, 2008. Pat talks about his new book "Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World". Duration 9 min.

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The August Peace Event 2008

The August Peace Event of August 9th, 2008 in Sacramento, CA. For 22 years, the August Peace Event's mission is to remember the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and their victims and why nuclear warfare must never happen again.

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JoAnn served as California Common Cause's grassroots organizer when they passed public financing measures in Oakland, San Francisco, and Sacramento. Today she serves as Common Cause's Associate Director, with a special interest in media issues.










Rev. Bob Oshita of the Sacramento Buddhist Church












Patsy Byers, August Peace Event planning member


Dr. Bill Durston, MD, past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sacramento Chapter, and candidate for Congress









Pamela Vergun, Ph.D., Sociologist and Author, "A Dimly Burning Wick"














Jennifer Kocsis, a winner of the Physician for Social Responsibility 2008 Scholarship Essay Contest


Mary Youngblood, Grammy winning flautist














Duration 1:09:30

Interview with Linda Roberts, candidate for California's 5th Congressional District in Sacramento
Duration 37:10

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