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Friday, April 22nd |
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Earth Day
John Stauber, Exec. Director, Center for Media and Democracy and
author of "Toxic Sludge is Good for You"
Meche Lu, environmental research scientist at
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide(ELAW)
7:30 am
Food Pyramid
Linda Neuhauser, clinical professor at UCB School of Public Health,
principal investigator at Center for Community Wellness, lead author
"Hunger and Food Insecurity in California" (4/95)
(in studio)
Kim Severson, author of "The Transfat Solution"
8:00 am
Reyna Cowan on film -- San Francisco International Film Festival
8:30 am
An interview with the always-provocative Camille Paglia, author of
the new book: Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems.
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Food Pyramid
Linda Neuhauser, clinical professor at UCB School of Public Health,
principal investigator at Center for Community Wellness, lead author
"Hunger and Food Insecurity in California" (4/95)
(in studio)
Kim Severson, author of "The Transfat Solution"
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Reyna Cowan on film -- San Francisco International Film Festival |
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An interview with the always-provocative Camille Paglia, author of
the new book: Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems. |
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Monday, April 25th |
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7:00 am
Section 8 housing.
Rebecca Logue Bovee in studio Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Will Fischer, senior policy analyst with the
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, focusing on low-income housing policy
7:30 am
An interview with Tariq Ali, author of Speaking of Empire and
Resistance.
8:00 am
A conversation about the humane treatment of animals. Wayne Pacelle, new president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States.
8:30 am
The first in our series on consumerism and capitalism: How did we get to be a consumer society? Stuart Ewen, author of many books including Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture and All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture; Carrie McLaren, editor of "Stay Free!", a nonprofit, Brooklyn-based
magazine that explores the politics and perversions of American consumer
culture.
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An interview with Tariq Ali, author of Speaking of Empire and
Resistance.
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A conversation about the humane treatment of animals. Wayne Pacelle, new president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States. |
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The first in our series on consumerism and capitalism: How did we get to be a consumer society? Stuart Ewen, author of many books including Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture and All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture; Carrie McLaren, editor of "Stay Free!", a nonprofit, Brooklyn-based
magazine that explores the politics and perversions of American consumer
culture. |
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Tuesday, April 26th |
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7:00 am
Japan and China relations. Ling Chi Wang, Professor Asian American Studies, UCB; David Erase, Professor Of Politics at Pomona College.
7:30 am
John Markoff, senior writer for the New York Times and author of
What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer.
8:00 am
A consideration of Cambodia with Loung Ung, author of Lucky Child: A
Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind.
8:30 am
The second in our series on Consumerism and Capitalism: Kids as Consumers, with Allen Kanner, psychotherapist and co-editor of Psychology and
Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic
World; Juliet Schor, consumerism expert and author of Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture; Susan Linn, psychiatrist and ventriloquist, author of Consuming Kids: the Hostile Takeover of Childhood.
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John Markoff, senior writer for the New York Times and author of
What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer.
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A consideration of Cambodia with Loung Ung, author of Lucky Child: A
Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind. |
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The second in our series on Consumerism and Capitalism: Kids as Consumers, with Allen Kanner, psychotherapist and co-editor of Psychology and
Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic
World; Juliet Schor, consumerism expert and author of Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture; Susan Linn, psychiatrist and ventriloquist, author of Consuming Kids: the Hostile Takeover of Childhood. |
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Wednesday, April 27th |
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7:00 am
George's Friend, Crown Prince Abdullah;
Craig Unger, author of House of Bush: House of Saud;
James Paul, Executive director of the Global Policy Forum author of the report Oil in Iraq: The Heart of the Crisis.
7:30 am
David Bacon on Labor: Fresno Laundry Workers.
8:00 am
The third in our series: an hour long consideration of corporate social responsibility -- what does it mean and is it even possible?; Michele Chan-Fishel, head of the Green Investments Project for Friends of the Earth; Laura Sher, head of political marketing for Working Assets;
Andrew Ross, director of American Studies at New York University,
author of several books including No Collar: The Humane Workplace
and Its Hidden Costs.
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David Bacon on Labor: Fresno Laundry Workers. |
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The third in our series: an hour long consideration of corporate social responsibility -- what does it mean and is it even possible?; Michele Chan-Fishel, head of the Green Investments Project for Friends of the Earth; Laura Sher, head of political marketing for Working Assets;
Andrew Ross, director of American Studies at New York University,
author of several books including No Collar: The Humane Workplace
and Its Hidden Costs. |
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Thursday, April 28th |
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One Year Since the leak of the Abu Ghraib Photos;
Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power
in Iraq and Beyond;
Reed Brody, special Council to Human Rights Watch.
7:30 am
Harriet McBride Johnson, author of Too Late to Die Young:
Nearly True tales from a Life.
8:00 am
Reel Kids (nonprofit educational film production company and Bay
Area youth arts initiative);
Buck Sierra, Executive Directive of Reel Kids Films;
Aimee Fiels, Megan King, Kline Lieu.
Saturday April 30. Reel Kids Films Inc. Gala Benefit at Sequoyah
Country Club, 4550 Heafey Rd., Oakland. info: 510-978-0002.
www.reelkidsfilms.com
8:20 am
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw.
8:30 am
The 4th in this week's series on Consumerism: Men as consumers, women as consumers: are we treated the same or
differently? what are the trends in gender-specific marketing?
Jean Kilbourne, writer and documentary filmmaker, author of
Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel (the paperback edition of Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising);
Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at SUNY Stonybrook, author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History.
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Harriet McBride Johnson, author of Too Late to Die Young:
Nearly True tales from a Life. |
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Reel Kids (nonprofit educational film production company and Bay
Area youth arts initiative);
Buck Sierra, Executive Directive of Reel Kids Films;
Aimee Fiels, Megan King, Kline Lieu.
Saturday April 30. Reel Kids Films Inc. Gala Benefit at Sequoyah
Country Club, 4550 Heafey Rd., Oakland. info: 510-978-0002.
www.reelkidsfilms.com |
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Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw. |
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The 4th in this week's series on Consumerism: Men as consumers, women as consumers: are we treated the same or
differently? what are the trends in gender-specific marketing?
Jean Kilbourne, writer and documentary filmmaker, author of
Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel (the paperback edition of Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising);
Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at SUNY Stonybrook, author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History. |
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Friday, April 29th |
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Washington report: Immigration issues; Bush's press conference.
Mitch Jeserich, Free Speech Radio News Washington Correspondent;
Catherin Tactaquin, Executive Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
7:30 am
Alicia Gaspar de Alba, associate professor of Chicana/o studies UCLA, author of Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders.
8:00 am
"The People's Temple" @ Berkeley Rep. Writers/actors Margo Hall & Greg Pierotti. www.berkeleyrep.org.
8:30 am
The final segment in our series on Consumerism and Capitalism: "The Paradox of Choice" - do more choices really make us happier? Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice:
Why More Is Less: How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of
Satisfaction.
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Alicia Gaspar de Alba, associate professor of Chicana/o studies UCLA, author of Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders.
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"The People's Temple" @ Berkeley Rep. Writers/actors Margo Hall & Greg Pierotti. www.berkeleyrep.org. |
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The final segment in our series on Consumerism and Capitalism: "The Paradox of Choice" - do more choices really make us happier? Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice:
Why More Is Less: How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of
Satisfaction.
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Monday, May 2nd |
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Iraq Update:
Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report;
Elaine Hagopian, Professor emerita of sociology at Simmons College.
7:30 am
Bay Area Schools.
SF: Mark Sanchez, San Francisco school board member;
Oakland:
Hae-sin Kim, Director of the New School Development
Group, OUSD; Dan Siegel, Oakland School Board member.
8:00 am
Steve Lerner, author of Diamond: A Struggle for
Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor.
8:30 am
Sarah Vowell, whose latest book is Assassination Vacation.
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Bay Area Schools.
SF: Mark Sanchez, San Francisco school board member;
Oakland:
Hae-sin Kim, Director of the New School Development
Group, OUSD; Dan Siegel, Oakland School Board member.
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Steve Lerner, author of Diamond: A Struggle for
Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor. |
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Sarah Vowell, whose latest book is Assassination Vacation. |
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Tuesday, May 3rd |
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7:00 am
Right-wing attack on Public Broadcasting.
Ben Scott, Policy Director of Free Press;
Peter Hart, Media Analyst and Activism Director for FAIR.
7:30 am
California history panel.
Lauren Coodley, editor of "Upton Sinclair's California: The Land of Orange
Groves";
Grey Brechen, author of "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power and Earthly
Ruin";
Richard Walker, Prof. Of Geography at UC Berkeley
author of "Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of California Agribusiness";
May 19 at Black Oak Books.
8:00 am
Jacqueline Rose, author of The Question of Zion.
8:30 am
Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
How spirituality motivates political action, and the role of the artist in
that process.
Michael Morgan, music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony;
Ama Zenya, pastor of the 1st Congregational Church in Oakland;
Jake Heggie, composer of opera "Dead Man Walking."
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California history panel.
Lauren Coodley, editor of "Upton Sinclair's California: The Land of Orange
Groves";
Grey Brechen, author of "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power and Earthly
Ruin";
Richard Walker, Prof. Of Geography at UC Berkeley
author of "Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of California Agribusiness";
May 19 at Black Oak Books. |
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Jacqueline Rose, author of The Question of Zion. |
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Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
How spirituality motivates political action, and the role of the artist in
that process.
Michael Morgan, music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony;
Ama Zenya, pastor of the 1st Congregational Church in Oakland;
Jake Heggie, composer of opera "Dead Man Walking." |
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Wednesday, May 4th |
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7:00 am
Peretz Kidron, editor of Refusenik: Israel's Soldiers of
Conscience.
7:30 am
David Bacon on Labor. Anita Chan, Expert on Chinese workers and unions.
8:00 am
Mothers' Day.
Camille Peri, editor of Because I Said So;
Kate Moses, editor of Because I Said So;
Lisa Teasley, contributer to Because I Said So,
Miriam Peskowitz, author of The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?.
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David Bacon on Labor. Anita Chan, Expert on Chinese workers and unions. |
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Mothers' Day.
Camille Peri, editor of Because I Said So;
Kate Moses, editor of Because I Said So;
Lisa Teasley, contributer to Because I Said So,
Miriam Peskowitz, author of The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?. |
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Thursday, May 5th |
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Cinco de Mayo .
Populist Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador;
Favianna Rodriguez, Pacifica Radio journalist, and Hard Knock correspondent;
Felipe Aguirre, past president of the PRD party in California.
7:30 am
Conflict on the Border.
Maria Blanco, Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area;
Luis Rodriguez, latest book Music of the Mill;
Hector Muro, member of Mexicanos Unidos En Defensa del Pueblo;
(Hector has been in demonstrations at the border in Arizona with the
Minutemen)
8:00 am
8th annual United States of Asian America Festival.
Betty Kano, Artist in exhibit "Full Circle";
Pam Wu, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APIC). www.apiculturalcenter.org
8:20 am
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw.
8:30 am
Ancestral Body Navegantes @ La Peña Cultural Center Cinco De Mayo 7:30 PM 3105 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley.
Maria Elena Fernandez, spoken word artist;
Enzo Fina, (musician).
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Conflict on the Border.
Maria Blanco, Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area;
Luis Rodriguez, latest book Music of the Mill;
Hector Muro, member of Mexicanos Unidos En Defensa del Pueblo;
(Hector has been in demonstrations at the border in Arizona with the
Minutemen) |
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8th annual United States of Asian America Festival.
Betty Kano, Artist in exhibit "Full Circle";
Pam Wu, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APIC). www.apiculturalcenter.org |
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Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw. |
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Ancestral Body Navegantes @ La Peña Cultural Center Cinco De Mayo 7:30 PM 3105 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley.
Maria Elena Fernandez, spoken word artist;
Enzo Fina, (musician). |
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Friday, May 6th |
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7:00 am
An Anti-War Mother's Day.
Medea Benjamin, co-editor of Stop the Next War Now, co-founder of Code Pink;
Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink and co-editor of Stop the Next War Now.
7:30 am
News from the Courts: Don't Ask; Don't Tell, Farmers
vs. corporations: Arthur Andersen; Pfc. Lynndie England;
Edward Lazarus, author of Closed Chambers: The Rise Fall
and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
7:45 am
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Natalie Goldring, Executive Director the Center for Peace and Security
Studies at Georgetown;
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal
Foundation.
8:00 am
Reyna Cowan on film:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and 3-iron.
8:30 am
Deborah Vaughn, artistic director, Dimensions Dance Theater
presents "Spirits Uplifted" w/ Linda Tillery.
Event: Sat. May 7, 2005; 8PM; Calvin Simmons Theater, 10 Tenth Street, Oak.
Info: 510-652-2344, Tix at Marcus Books.
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News from the Courts: Don't Ask; Don't Tell, Farmers
vs. corporations: Arthur Andersen; Pfc. Lynndie England;
Edward Lazarus, author of Closed Chambers: The Rise Fall
and Future of the Modern Supreme Court |
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Nuclear nonproliferation.
Natalie Goldring, Executive Director the Center for Peace and Security
Studies at Georgetown;
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal
Foundation. |
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Reyna Cowan on film:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and 3-iron. |
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Deborah Vaughn, artistic director, Dimensions Dance Theater
presents "Spirits Uplifted" w/ Linda Tillery.
Event: Sat. May 7, 2005; 8PM; Calvin Simmons Theater, 10 Tenth Street, Oak.
Info: 510-652-2344, Tix at Marcus Books. |
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Monday, May 9th |
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7:00 am
Elections in Great Britain. David Miller, Professor of Sociology, Strathclyde University.
7:26 am
Feature piece on the election for Danny Wan's Oakland City Council Seat, by Eric Klein.
7:30 am
Dr. Paul Farmer, infectious disease specialist who has served the poor in Haiti for
over 20 years, and is about to establish a new project in Rwanda,
Honoree at Global Exchange's 5th Annual Human Rights Awards Ceremony.
8:00 am
Hassan Ibrahim, senior program producer at Al-Jazeera in
Qatar, and one of the central figures in the film Control Room.
8:30 am
Parenting with Opal Palmer-Adisa.
Gloria King, Executive Director of the Black Adoption Placement
and Research Center.
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Feature piece on the election for Danny Wan's Oakland City Council Seat, by Eric Klein. |
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Dr. Paul Farmer, infectious disease specialist who has served the poor in Haiti for
over 20 years, and is about to establish a new project in Rwanda,
Honoree at Global Exchange's 5th Annual Human Rights Awards Ceremony. |
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Hassan Ibrahim, senior program producer at Al-Jazeera in
Qatar, and one of the central figures in the film Control Room.
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Parenting with Opal Palmer-Adisa.
Gloria King, Executive Director of the Black Adoption Placement
and Research Center. |
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Tuesday, May 10th |
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How America Lost Iraq.
Aaron Glantz, Pacifica Radio reporter and author of the new book How
America Lost Iraq;
DVD "Mission Accomplished" -- Cinema Libre Studio, British journalist Sean Langan.
8:00 am
The militarization of space. Helen Caldicott, physician and educator on the health dangers of nuclear weapons; Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space - www.space4peace.org.
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The militarization of space. Helen Caldicott, physician and educator on the health dangers of nuclear weapons; Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space - www.space4peace.org. |
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Wednesday, May 11th |
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Jennifer Baumgardner co-author with Amy Richards of
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism;
Jennifer is also producer (with Gillian Aldrich) of "Speak Out: I
Had an Abortion"
8:00 am
Patricia Unterman author of San Francisco Food Lover's Guide;
Jim Leff, author of Chowhound's Guide to the San Francisco Bay
Area
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Patricia Unterman author of San Francisco Food Lover's Guide;
Jim Leff, author of Chowhound's Guide to the San Francisco Bay
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Thursday, May 12th |
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The Future of Food, a consideration of the effect of genetically
modified organisms on our food supply, with filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia.
8:00 am
Tariq Ali speaking in Palo Alto last month:
"War, Occupation, and the Future of the Middle East."
His books, Speaking of Empire: conversations with Tariq Ali
with David Barsamian,
Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties.
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Tariq Ali speaking in Palo Alto last month:
"War, Occupation, and the Future of the Middle East."
His books, Speaking of Empire: conversations with Tariq Ali
with David Barsamian,
Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties. |
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Friday, May 13th |
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Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
8:00 am
Mission Accomplished: Guerrilla Filmmaker/British journalist,
Sean Langan, Exposes the Conflict in Iraq is Still Long from Over.
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Mission Accomplished: Guerrilla Filmmaker/British journalist,
Sean Langan, Exposes the Conflict in Iraq is Still Long from Over. |
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Monday, May 16th |
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7:00 am
Edward Lazarus, Author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and
Future of the Modern Supreme Court.
8:00 am
The bilingual students of the Anderson Valley Adult School share Secrets of Salsa: A Bilingual Cookbook.
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The bilingual students of the Anderson Valley Adult School share Secrets of Salsa: A Bilingual Cookbook.
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Tuesday, May 17th |
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7:00 am
Medea Benjamin (with Jodie Evans) co-founders of Code Pink and
editors of Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism;
Leslie Cagan, national Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice and contributor to Stop the War Now.
8:00 am
Bill Moyers, former host of PBS's "Now with Bill Moyers"
speaking at the National Conference on Media Reform.
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Bill Moyers, former host of PBS's "Now with Bill Moyers"
speaking at the National Conference on Media Reform. |
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Wednesday, May 18th |
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7:00 am
Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the Military
Industrial Complex.
8:00 am
Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era.
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves;
Dr. Carol Queen, staff sexologist at Good Vibrations;
Elizabeth Lindsey, chapter on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
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Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era.
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves;
Dr. Carol Queen, staff sexologist at Good Vibrations;
Elizabeth Lindsey, chapter on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. |
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Thursday, May 19th |
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7:00
Seymour Hirsh, author of Chain of Command: From 9-11 to Abu
Ghraib he spoke at the Univ. of Illinois, Champaign Urbana
on "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation?"
8:00
"Malcolm X: A Symbol of Transformation" a commentary by Andrea
Lewis
8:15
Maggie Sheen of the American Institute for Cancer Research
The American Plate Cookbook: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy
Life
8:00 am
A taste of The New American Plate: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and
a Healthy Life.
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A taste of The New American Plate: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and
a Healthy Life. |
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Friday, May 20th |
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Naomi Klein, author, anti-globalization activist speaking in a panel
discussion with Norman Solomon, Juan Gonzalez, Phil Donahue at the National Conference
on Media Reform last weekend in St. Louis (also The Future of Media: Resistance
aand Reform in the 21st Century edited by Robert McChesney)
8:00
Lucy Anne Hurston, author of Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The
Life of Zora Neale Hurston
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Monday, May 23rd |
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7:00
Noam Chomsky, "Rebel Without a Pause"
8:00
Peter Gleick, author of The World's Water 2004 – 2005
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources; Tony Clarke, author of Inside
the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry
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Tuesday, May 24th |
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Jay Harris, Publisher of Mother Jones Magazine Ross Gelbspan, author
of Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil
and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis -- And What
We Can Do to Avert Disaster.
8:00
The Future of Food part 2.
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Wednesday, May 25th |
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Martha Burk, The Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate
America and What Can be Done About It
7:30
Featuring the movie The Corporation.
8:00
Lisa Mastny, project director at the Worldwatch Institute Vital Signs 2005:
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Alanna Mitchell, award-winning environmental reporter in Toronto, and author
of Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World's Environmental Hotspots
Andy Lipkis, president and founder of TreePeople, a Los Angeles based organization
that plants trees and teaches school kids about the environment. Andy wrote
the afterword to the twentieth anniversary edition of The Man Who Planted
Trees. treepeople.org
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Thursday, May 26th |
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7:00
Not In Our Name. Jeff Patterson, Gulf War Resister and organizer of
Not in Our Name.
8:00
The Future of Food part 2.
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Monday, May 30th |
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7:00
France votes on European Union Constitution. Andreas Zumach, long-time
correspondent for Die Tages Zietung
Raphael Krafft, Free Speech Radio News Correspondent based in Paris.
7:30
Poor News Network.
8:00
Nature Noir, A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra by Jordan
Fisher Smith.
8:30
Fashion Resistance to Militarism event - www.coloredgirls.org
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Tuesday, May 31st |
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7:00
BART fare hikes. Joel Keller, president of BART Board of Directors, from Antioch,
voted for the plan;
Gail Murray, BART Board member, from Walnut Creek, voted
against the plan;
Stuart Cohen, chair of the Bay Area Transportation and Land
Use Coalition.
7:30
Michael Eric Dyson, author of Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the
Black Middle Class Lost its Mind?
8:00
The women of Wal-Mart.
Liza Featherstone, author of Selling Women Short:
The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart;
Debra Smith, ERA's lead attorney on Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the
largest gender discrimination class action lawsuit in U.S. history.
8:30
The environment and social equity --
June 1 through June 5 related to U.N. World Environment Day
(co-sponsored by KPFA.) Joshua Abraham, director of Reclaim the Future track with the Ella Baker
Center,
which is coordinating all the Social Equity Track events;
Mawuli Dake, international solidarity
coordinator at Public Citizen;
Aya DeLeon, spoken word artist participating in the Saturday
night event "Voices Rising! Music, Art, Dance and Poetry for Social
and Environmental Justice";
Carla Perez, with Communities for a Better Environment, involved in
the
Sunday 2 p.m. Rally;
Marie Harrison, with Green Action
Newspaper, involved in the Saturday 11 a.m. rally
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Wednesday, June 1st |
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7:00
Michael Bowker, author of Fatal Deception: How Big Business Is
Killing Us with Asbestos www.mikebowker.com
7:30
BART Contract Negotiations.
Roxane Sanchez, president of the BART chapter of SEIU, 790;
Larry Hendell, East Bay staff director of Local 790 and chief
negotiator;
Alan Holly, community liaison for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, BART operator for three years
8:00
David Bacon on Activism in Colombia.
8:18
Pauline Winter, the KPFA Apprenticeship Program
8:30
Meredith Maran, editor of 50 ways to support Lesbian and Gay
Equality: the complete guide to supporting family, friends,
neighbors or yourself
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Thursday, June 2nd |
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7:00 am
San Francisco Mayor Newsom's budget.
Jake McGoldrick, SF District 1 Supervisor;
Tim Redmond, Bay Guardian; and Tom Ammiano, SF District 9 Supervisor.
7:30 am
Andres Conteris, Program Director for Latin America and the
Caribbean at Nonviolence International and co-producer of Hidden in
Plan Sight will be speaking Friday, June 3, 7:30 PM, at San Rafael's First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley Dr., sponsored by the Marin Interfaith Taskforce on the Americas.
8:00 am
Dissonance Round Up: Stories from the Nuclear Age
by Rebecca Bauen to find out more about Hanford go to hoanw.org then click on open studios which are happening this weekend.
8:20 am
Jennifer Stone, with Stone's Throw .
8:30 am
Jeff Cohen, Media Critic and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting re: Shop at Citgo.
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Caribbean at Nonviolence International and co-producer of Hidden in
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Jennifer Stone, with Stone's Throw . |
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Jeff Cohen, Media Critic and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting re: Shop at Citgo. |
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Reverend Billy Talen with the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir:
The Shopocalypse Tour. www.revbilly.com Saturday and Sunday at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco at 8 p.m. 2961 16th Street, Ticket info: (415) 478-2277 |
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Friday, June 3rd |
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7:00 am
Billboards for johns, helping young prostitutes.
Jean Quan, member of the Oakland City Council representing District 4;
Lisa Ryan, runs the G-Spot Program, a case management program for young
prostitutes, at CalPEP, an HIV/AIDS prevention and education organization
in Oakland; Nola Brantley, who heads up the sexually exploited minors program at the George P. Scotlan Center in West Oakland.
7:30 am
Myrlie Evers-Williams, author of The Autobiography of Medgar
Evers
8:00 am
Film with Reyna Cowan: Mysterious Skin, Kings and Queen, Kontroll.
8:30 am
Actors and Divas at the Berkeley Public Library.
Jean Schiffman, author of The Working Actor's Toolkit;
Lorri Holt, working actor;
Faye Carroll, participant in Tribute to the Divas Jazz Festival June
3rd-June 5th at 8 p.m.
Both events taking place on the third floor of the Central Library, 2090
Kittredge at Shattuck.
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Myrlie Evers-Williams, author of The Autobiography of Medgar
Evers |
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Actors and Divas at the Berkeley Public Library.
Jean Schiffman, author of The Working Actor's Toolkit;
Lorri Holt, working actor;
Faye Carroll, participant in Tribute to the Divas Jazz Festival June
3rd-June 5th at 8 p.m.
Both events taking place on the third floor of the Central Library, 2090
Kittredge at Shattuck. |
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Monday, June 6th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
The Future of Iran.
Dr. Younes Parsa Benab, professor of political science at Strayer
University, editor of the Iraq Bulletin.
7:30
The state of healthcare in California Prisons Dr. Corey Weinstein, physician who has visited California prisons for the last 25 years and works with Prison Focus
8:00
An interview with Kathryn Shevelow, author of Charlotte: Being a
True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century
London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical World.
8:30
Linton Johnson, chief spokesperson with BART.
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Tuesday, June 7th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Elections in Lebanon.
Elaine Hagopian, Professor Emerita of sociology at Simmons College
7:30
Here/There Sculpture commissioned by City of Berkeley Arts
Commission.
Steve Gillman, artist who collaborated with
Katherine Keefer on the artwork;
Ted Purves, a writer and independent curator, he is the author of
What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent Art> faculty of California College of Arts;
Mary Ann Berker, Berkeley Arts Commission.
8:00
Medical Marijuana Decision by the Supreme Court.
Daniel Abrahamson, attorney with Drug Policy Alliance;
Ed Rosenthal, longtime medical marijuana activist.
8:30
Jill Scott, musician and poet, The Moments, The Minutes, The
Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott |
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Wednesday, June 8th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Judicial appointments.
Paul Turner, senior program manager at the Greenlining Institute, a
multi-ethnic public policy, research and advocacy institute in
Berkeley;
Eva Jefferson Paterson, president of the Equal Justice Society, a
national organization of scholars, advocates and concerned
individuals advancing creative legal strategies and public policy
for enduring social change.
7:27
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary "The Collapse of Compromise"
7:30
David speaks with Julia Quinones, a Mexican union organizer who
works with women in particular
8:00
Beth Custer, musician;
Joe Goode, choreographer;
"Hometown" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
8:30
The Other Side of the Postcard -- an anthology of poems that
explore the realities of people's lives in San Francisco.
devorah major, who is completing her term as SF poet laureate;
Eric Foster; Nellie Wong.
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Thursday, June 9th |
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7:00
Bush Administration Alters Global Warming Report.
Sujatha Jahagirdar, environmental advocate with Environment
California;
Eric Schaeffer, director of the Environmental Integrity Project, used to work with the EPA
7:25
KFCF 30th Birthday.
Vic Bedoian, Executive Director of KFCF - www.KFCF.org
7:30
A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars, Christina Rathbone -- author.
8:00
La Peña Cultural Center's 30th birthday. Sylvia Sherman
Herbert Siguenza, with Culture Clash-- performing "Cantinflas"
8:20
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw
8:30
100 Families Oakland: Art and Social Change. Sonia Manjon, director of California College of the Arts Center for Art & Public Life www.cca.edu/center Noel Perry, visionary, artistic entrepreneur;
Jauten Stancell, parent participant,
Her daughter Jaleah Winn.
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Friday, June 10th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Bush's Africa Policy.
Jakeya Caruthers, campaigns coordinator with Jubilee USA;
Nunu Kidane, coordinator of Priority Africa Network and member
of the
Bay Area Jubilee Debt Cancellation Committee.
7:30
Bob Laird, author of The Case for Affirmative Action in
University Admissions.
8:00
Lesbians in popular culture.
Kate Clinton, humorist and author of new book What the L? in Talking a Blue Streak;
Leslie Lang, author of Dyke Drama: Your Guide to
Getting Out Alive; Michele Kort, author of Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf and Rock and Roll
8:45
The San Francisco Black Film Festival: www.sfbff.org; Ave Montague, festival coordinator; Stanley Nelson, director of the film "Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice."
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Monday, June 13th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Gays in the heartland – gay life outside the "gay meccas";
Cheryl McKettrick, lesbian mother in Cincinnati, Ohio, plaintiff in
case to establish equal rights to her child;
Howard Bayliss, board chair of Equality Alabama, lives in
Birmingham;
Paul Clifford, resident of Newark, California; producer and host of a
monthly cable TV show sponsored by PFLAG;
Nancy Brink, lesbian minister in Omaha, Nebraska
8:00
Rabbi Arik Asherman with Rabbis for Human Rights.
8:30
Parenting with Opal Palmer Adisa -- Celebrating fatherhood;
John Ellis, father and writer;
Melda Beaty, Editor of My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful
Expressions from Black Daughters to Their Fathers.
www.mysoultohisspirit.com
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Tuesday, June 14th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Arnold's special election.
Steve Smith, communications director for Planned Parenthood Golden
Gate;
Carmen Balber, consumer advocate, Foundation for Taxpayer
and Consumer Rights;
Eric Heins, on the board of the California Teachers Association, teacher in Pittsburg.
7:30
Norm Stamper, author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expose of
the Dark Side of American Policing
8:00
Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back To Life: Practice to
Reconnect Our Lives, Our World, Buddhist Scholar;
Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate
of Industrial Societies and Beyond Oil: Tools for Thought, Thoughts for Change
8:30
Exhale: An After Abortion Counseling Hotline (866) 4 exhale (
1 866 439-4253) M-F 5 pm -10 pm PT, Sa & Su noon – 10 pm PT www.4exhale.org;
Cathy Schreiver, counselor.
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Wednesday, June 15th |
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7:00 |
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7:00 am
7:00
Sideshows in Oakland.
Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Council member; Yap, participant in sideshows and producer of the video "Sydewayz"
about sideshows.
7:30
Labor with David Bacon Iraqi trade unionists in town
7:41
Interview with Ghasib Hassan:
Trade unionists.
8:00
Betsy Leondar-Wright, communications director at United for a
Fair Economy and author of Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance
Building for Middle-Class Activists; Dawn Philips, organizing director of Just Cause Oakland, a membership-based organization mobilizing for policies that produce social and economic justice in low-income communities of color; Ingrid Chapman, organizer/trainer with the Catalyst Project, which
does cross-class anti-racist organizing in
predominantly white communities of social justice activists, and
builds alliances with low income and working-class organizations of color.
8:00 am
Environmental and Buddhist activist Joanna Macy talks about the end
of oil.
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of oil. |
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Thursday, June 16th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
The Energy Bill in the US Senate.
Tyson Slocome, Research Director for Public Citizen's Energy Program
7:26
Community Comments on Class Matters
7:30
Susan Stryker, former Executive Director of the LGBT Historical
Society and co-writer, director and producer of Screaming Queens:
The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria Premier at the Frameline Film
Festival; Nan Alamilla Boyd, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at
Sonoma State Univ. and author Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965
8:00
Comedian and social critic Bill Santiago.
8:20
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw
8:30
Race, White Privilege, and Hip Hop: A Discussion;
Adam Mansbach, author of Angry Black White Boy;
Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip
Hop Generation.
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Friday, June 17th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Iran: Dilip Hiro, author of The Iranian Labyrinth:
Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies.
7:30:
Crisis at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Carol Pierson, CEO of the National Federation of
Community Broadcasters;
Sidney Levy, program director at Media Alliance.
8:00
Reyna Cowan, film diva.
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
8:30:
Gay comics. Marilyn Pittman;
Alana Devich; Nico Santos.
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Monday, June 20th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
World Refugee Day.
Tram Nguyen, executive editor ColorLines magazine, former refugee
from VietNam
7:30
BART workers talk about labor/management issues.
Andrew Powell, train operator for 10 years ATU;
Carolyn Daru, station agent ATU;
Harry Gordon, frontline worker on the third rail, belongs to SEIU 790;
Susan McDonough, SEIU 790 Field Representative who requested
information from BART management about safety violations involving the
third rail that Cal OSHA investigated.
8:00
Marriage: Gay and Otherwise.
Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, A History: from Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage;
Mark D. Jordan, author of Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of
Queer Romance and the Confusions of Christian Marriage.
8:30
Judy Chicago, artist and author of Kitty City: A Feline Book of
Hours. |
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Tuesday, June 21st |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Charges of Terrorism in Lodi.
Basim Elkarra, Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
7:30
Questioning and Rejecting Religion in a Time of Religious Extremism. Norm Allen -- executive director of African-Americans for Humanism
and an editor at Free Inquiry magazine secularhumanism.org;
Larry Hickok, coordinator of East Bay Atheists www.bfuu.org
8:00
The Legacy of Slavery and the City of Oakland;
Heather MacDonald, staff writer for the Oakland Tribune.
8:20
Here There Is No Moon by Susan Stone 1-800-784-2433 1-800-SUICIDE
8:30
Annie Sprinkle, author of Dr. Sprinkle's Spectacular Sex: Make
Over Your Love Life with one of the World's Great Sex Experts
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Wednesday, June 22nd |
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Phyllis Bennis, author of Challenging Empire: How People,
Governments, and the UN Are Defying US Power
7:30
David Bacon on Labor, Immigration and CAFTA;
Salvador Cordon;
Renee Saucedo;
You can call Mr. Kobori with Levi's and tell him that you want Levi's to
recognize the independent union voted for by the Lajat plant. His number
is 212-730-4004.
8:00
Robert Trachtenberg, editor of When I Knew.
8:30
John Dicker, author of The United States of Walmart
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Thursday, June 23rd |
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7:00
Kani Xulam, director of the American Kurdish Information Network
www.kurdistan.org
7:30
Asra Nomani, author of Standing Alone in Mecca: An American
Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam
8:00
Social Security: Still on Bush's Agenda.
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research, co-director.
8:20
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw
8:30
Possible flu vaccine shortage?
Dr. Marc Siegel, author of the forthcoming book False Alarm: The
Truth About the Epidemic of Fear;
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public
Health Association
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Friday, June 24th |
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7:00
Sweatshop Free. San Francisco Ordinance to be introduced Tuesday. Valerie Orth, Campaign Organizer, Global Exchange;
Nikki Bas, Executive Director, Sweatshop Watch.
7:20
Hawaiian Sovereignty and the Akaka Bill.
Clyde Namuo, adminstrator with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Ann Keala Kelly, journalist, filmmaker.
7:52
A victory over Comcast:
Peter Franck, chair of Media Action Marin, former president of Pacifica
Foundation.
8:00
Racism, Mississippi and the case of Edgar Ray Killen
Gary Younge, author of the book No Place Like Home, a Black Briton's
Journey Through the Deep South and Shifting Blame in Mississippi, cover story of the July 11th issue of the The Nation.
8:30
Skin Cancer - It's Summer, Protect Yourself and Loved Ones! Dr. Richard Graham, dermatologist.
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Monday, June 27th |
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7:00 am
7:00
The world economy.
Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer, author of After the New
Economy just out in paperback from New Press.
7:30
Paul Ortiz, Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black
Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the
Bloody Election of 1920
8:00
Margot Pepper, Through the Wall: A Year in Havana.
8:30
Military programs in middle schools.
Colonel Rick Mills, Director of Military Schools and JROTC for
Chicago Public Schools which oversees the Middle School Cadet Corps;
Ranjit Bhagwat, youth organizer for Southwest Chicago Youth Collaborative; Open phones. More info about counter recruitment at Peninsula Peace and
Justice Center Counter Recruitment 650-326-8837 www.peaceandjustice.org and
in June 20th edition of In These Times.
7:30 am
A conversation with Paul Ortiz, author of Emancipation Betrayed: The
Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from
Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920.
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Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from
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Tuesday, June 28th |
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7:00 am
7:00
The US Supreme Court Completes Its session.
Edward Lazarus,
Author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern
Supreme Court
7:30
Susan Glasser and
Peter Baker,
authors of Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of
Revolution.
8:00
Art exhibit: Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World.
reaction from Tibet activists and supporters.
Chris McKenna, executive director of Tibet Justice Center;
Topden Tsering, member and activist, Tibet Youth Congress; Terese Tse Bartholomew, curator of Himalayan and Chinese Decorative
Art at the Asian Art Museum of SF;
Robert C. Clark, lecturer at Stanford Univ. and consultant to the
Asian Art Museum.
7:30 am
An interview with Ruth Reichl about her new book Garlic and
Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise.
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Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise. |
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Wednesday, June 29th |
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7:00
Bush Speaks to the Nation.
Matthew Rothchild, Editor of The Progressive Magazine;
Michael Klare, Prof. Of Peace and World Security Studies,
Hampshire College,
author of Blood and Oil: The dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency.
7:30
David Bacon on Labor: BART update,
Iraqi Labor leaders visit the Bay Area.
8:00
American Council of the Blind, Convention in Las Vegas.
Chris Gray, President;
Jim Halliday, President Of Humanware, www.humanware.com
8:30
A Rising Chinese Opera Star from Oakland, produced by John Watanabe.
8:45
Postcards from the Heartland. Produced by Ingrid Evjen-Elias
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Thursday, June 30th |
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7:00 am
7:00
Elections in the Congo postponed.
Jacques Depelchin, co-founder of the Ota Benga Alliance for Peace in the Congo;
Professor Ernest Wamba Diawamba, senator in the transitional senate
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
7:30
Looming humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.
Dr. John Makumbe, Political Science lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe;
Andrew Meldrum, author of Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe;
Pamela Michael, visited Zimbabwe in May.
8:00
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Death of Innocents: An
Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions and Dead Man Walking. www.hnu.edu/sophia 800-794-8813
8:24
Richard Wolinsky of KPFA's Cover to Cover interviewed Jonathan
Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close
8:30
The European Union Maintains the Ban on Genetically Modified
Organisms.
Ben Lilliston, Communications Director for the Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy.
8:47
Postcards from the Heartland Part 2: "A Local Revolution" Ingrid
Evjen Elias speaks with farmers who are redefining the relationship
between producers and consumers.
7:30 am
A discussion of Zimbabwe with guests including Andrew Meldrum, author
of Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe.
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Friday, July 1st |
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7:00
Same Sex Marriage - Canada, Spain, and the U.S.
Kate Kendall, executive director, National Center for Lesbian Rights;
Michelangelo Signorile, journalist, author, talk show host
7:30
The "Asian Mystique"
Sheridan Prasso, author of The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies,
Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient
7:57
Sandra Day O'Connor retires from the U. S. Supreme Court.
Jamin Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law at American University,
author of Overruling Democracy.
8:00
Reyna Cowan, film diva -- "Twist of Faith"; "Mana"
8:30
Carcinogens in cosmetics.
Janet Nudelman, director of program and policy at the Breast Cancer Fund;
Davis Baltz, senior project director with Commonweal.
8:45
"Roots of Resistance from the Midwest to West Oakland" -- the third
and final segment of "Postcards from the Heartland," Ingrid Evjen-Elias's
audio essay about her bike trip through Midwest farm country
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Tuesday, July 5th |
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7:00
Elections in Iran.
Ervand Abrahamian, Prof of Middle East History
Baruch College CUNY
7:30
Poor News Network
8:00
Around the World with Elaine Lee.
8:30
Carol Berkin, author of Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the
Struggle for America's Independence>
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Wednesday, July 6th |
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7:00
G8 Meets in Scotland.
David Miller, Professor of Sociology at the Univ. of Strathclyde in
Glasgow, co-edited Arguments Against G8.
Morgan Phillips of Jubilee USA
7:30
David Bacon on Labor:
BART Strike, Sharon Cornu, head of the Alameda County Central Labor
Council; Victor Narro, head of the Downtown Labor Center of UCLA
in Los Angeles;
Cathi Tactaquin, director of the National Network for Immigrant and
Refugee Rights
8:00
Lisa Hajjar, Assoc. Prof. In the Law and Society Program at the
Univ. of Calif. @ Santa Barbara and author of Courting Conflict:
The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza
8:30
Les Standiford, author of Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie,
Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed
America
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Thursday, July 7th |
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7:00 |
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7:00
Sideshows in Oakland.
Rob Rose, Block Captain of the Grande Vista Neighborhood Watch
program;
Yap, creator of Website on Sideshow;
Jean Quan, Oakland City Council Member;
Desley Brooks, Oakland City Council Member
7:45
The bombings in London.
Beau Grosscup, author of The Newest Explosions of Terrorism
8:00
The Fire Next Time,
on KQED Tuesday, July 12th at 10:00 p.m.
Patrice O'Neill, Executive Producer of the film;
Brenda Kitterman, Montana resident and activist who organized people
to take a stand against racism.
8:20
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw (CD)
8:30
"The Psychology and Delusion of War"
Dominic D.P. Johnson, author of Overconfidence and War: The Havoc
and Glory of Positive Illusions;
Marianna Torgovnick, author of The War Complex : World War II in Our Time
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Friday, July 8th |
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7:00
Bombings in London.
David Harris, author of Profiles In Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot
Work, prof at the U. of Toledo law school, His new book is Good Cops: The
Case for Preventive Policing;
Omar Waraich, independent journalist and student who lives in London near
one of the bombing sites
7:30
Political Cartoonists.
Ward Sutton, Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton;
Don Asmussen, author of San Francisco Comic Book of Big Ass Mocha and SF Chronicle Cartoonist
8:00
Labor Fest.
Elaine Briere, videographer of Betrayed: The Story of Canadian Merchant
Seamen, July 8th 6:30 p.m. at New College, 777 Valencia at 19th St. in SF;
Maria Brooks, filmmaker, making a video history Maritime Women presentation
is July 9th at 2 p.m. at Modern Times Bookstore 888 Valencia St. at 20th
St. in SF;
Daisy Anarchy, activist for sex industry worker rights
Isis Rodriguez, artist, dancer, activist for sex industry worker rights
Sex Workers Organizing Film Night July 17th Artists Television Access 992
Valencia St. at 20th St. in San Francisco www.laborfest.net
8:30
Ruling America, A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy edited by Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle;
Meizhu Lui, executive director of United for a Fair Economy;
Gary Kornblith, contributor to Ruling America;
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Monday, July 11th |
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Haiti.
Kevin Pina, filmmaker & independent journalist, in studio
Dr. David Olson, Medical advisor for Doctors Without Borders in Haiti
7:30
Journalists in contempt.
Jim Naureckas, editor of Extra, the magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting;
Charles Davis, executive director of the Freedom of Information Center and assoc. prof at U. of Missouri School of Journalism;
James Moore, co-author of Bush's Brain (re Karl Rove)
8:00
Fire Arts Festival.
Michael Sturtz – founder/executive director of the Crucible
Kristina Cañizares – fire eating instructor at the Crucible and performer
at Fire Arts Festival;
Justin Gray, fire sculptor showing his work in the Festival;
Festival is July 12-17 at the Crucible, 1260 7th St. in Oakland,
510-444-0919 or www.thecrucible.org
8:30
Parenting, with Opal Palmer Adisa -- Teens and sex.
Dr. Tina Raine, physician at the New Generation reproductive health clinic
in San Francisco, serving youths from age 12 to 24 |
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Tuesday, July 12th |
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California Budget Update.
A.G. Block, editor-California Journal,
Loni Hancock, Assembly Member 14th District
7:30
Ruth Reichl, author of Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of
a Critic in Disguise.
8:00
El Tecolote 35th Anniversary.
Juan Gonzales, Founder and Editor of El Tecolote;
Patricia Rodriguez, Mission Cultural Center, Gallery Coordinator.
8:30
AB1508 Bill to prohibit local governments from banning GMOs.
Brit Baily, Executive Director of Environmental Commons;
Ryan Zinn, National Campaign Coordinator for The Organic Consumers
Assoc.;
Dean Flores, State Senator, District 16
8:50
Jim Motavalli, editor of E, the environmental magazine, editor of
Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the
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Wednesday, July 13th |
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Sheila Provencher, member of the Christian Peace Makers Team
(lived in Iraq for 18 months)
7:30
David Bacon on Labor.
Roberto Garcia, Director of Gallo Boycott;
Manny Punzalan, Chief Nurses' Representative at UCLA Medical Center.
8:00
Pod Casting and Beyond.
Gerd Leohard, author of The Future of Music;
Dave Kusek, author of The Future of Music;
Jesse Thorn, DJ KZSC-Santa Cruz and podcaster;
Annalee Newitz, syndicated tech columnist
("Techsploitation") and contributing editor to
Wired magazine.
8:30
Pod Casting continued
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Thursday, July 14th |
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Joel Beinen
Prof of Middle East History, Stanford,
Just Back from Egypt
7:30
Headwaters Update/Event.
Karen Pickett, Director of Bay Area Coalition for the Headwaters;
Sam Johnston, forest activist with Epic.
8:00
Domestic Crusaders at the Berkeley Rep.
Wajahat Ali, Playwrite;
Carla Blank, Director
8:20
Jennifer Stone with Stone's Throw
8:30
25 years of protest at Bohemian Grove.
Mary Moore, co-founder of Bohemian Grove Action Network and editor
of the Sonoma County Free Press;
Don Eichelberger, co-founder of Bohemian Grove Action Network and
co-coordinator of the Green Party of California's Green Issues
Working Group
8:45
The 4th Oakland Street Peace Festival.
Gregory Joe Bledsoe, Oakland teacher and musician, and director of
the festival, in studio;
Rev. Diana McDonald.
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Friday, July 15th |
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Corporate Greed and Corruption.
Sam Pizzigati, author of Greed and Good: Understanding the
Inequality That Limits Our Lives, and editor of the Too Much
newsletter;
Holly Sklar, co-author of Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that
Work For All of Us and op-ed columnist for Knight-Ridder
7:30
Natalie Robins, author of Copeland's Cure : Homeopathy and the
War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine
8:00
Film with Reyna Cowan: "Machuca" (from Chile) with Francisco
Letelier also "Tropical Malady" and "A Sidewalk
Astronomer"
8:30
Herman S. Gray, author of Cultural Moves : African Americans and
the Politics of Representation
Executive producer: Lisa Rothman, Producers: Andrea and Philip
Assoc. producer: Joy Maulitz, Asst. producer: Laura Prives, and at the
controls: Kirsten Thomas
More information on today’s show available online at www.kpfa.org
Monday: The first in a special series on the politics of sports
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Monday, July 18th |
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The influences on the selection of the Supreme Court nominee
Michael Scherer, Washington correspondent for Mother Jones maga-
zine
Jocelyn Frye, director of legal & public policy at the Nat'l Partnership for
Women and Families
7:30
Disability Rights in CA state parks.
Stephen Tollafield, Lawyer for the Plaintiffs (from Disability Rights
Advocates law firm);
Roy Stearns, Deputy Director for Communications, California
Department of Parks & Recreation;
Gene LaZano, Chair of the Committee on Access and Transportation
for the California Council of the Blind;
8:00
Afghanistan: Civilians and Aid Workers Under Siege.
Nicolas de Torrente , executive director, Doctors Without
Borders
Didier Le Fevre, freelance photographer and co-author of Le
Photographe, a book documenting his time in Afghanistan
Nisha Varia , Asia researcher in the women's rights division
of Human Rights Watch, author of an Oct. '04 report on intimidation of
women in Afghanistan,
8:30
Sports, politics and resistance.
Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance
in the United States.
Larry Salomon, professor of ethnic studies at San Francisco State
University.
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Tuesday, July 19th |
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The Case of Maribel Cuevas.
Gloria Hernandez, activist with Coalition for Civil Rights in Fresno
(a police watchdog group), and a volunteer for a language rights
project with the Employment Law Center in San Francisco;
James Bell, founding director of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, a national
organization working to reduce the overrepresentation of youth of color in
the juvenile justice system. burnsinstitute.org
7:30
"The Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The true Story of Three
Lost Boys from Sudan" Alephonsion Deng
Judy Bernstein
8:00
A Feature from John Watanabe
8:20
Braided Lives: a collaboration between visual artists and writers.
Alexandra Plummer, artist and participant in the exhibit with a
piece entitled "Tunnel Through West Oakland."
Anne Bishop, co-organizer of the exhibit, and participant as well:
wrote a poem about Alexandra's art work
exhibit is on display at SomArts Cultural Center thru July 28th.
8:30
Gender and sports.
Helen Lenskyj, professor of sociology at the University of Toronto,
author of Out on the Field: Gender, Sport and Sexualities;
Summer Lee, former softball star at Stanford University;
Pat Griffin, director of It Takes a Team an education campaign for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in sport.
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Wednesday, July 20th |
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The Supreme Court.
Edward Lazarus, Author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and
Future of the Modern Supreme Court;
Michael Scherer, Washington Correspondent for Mother Jones Magazine
Mitch Jeserich, Free Speech Radio News Washington D.C. correspondent
7:30
David Bacon on Labor:
Bill Fletcher director of Trans Africa, formerly an assistant to
John Sweeney the head of the AFL-CIO
8:00
Lori Hope, author of Help Me Live: 20 Things People
With Cancer Want You to Know
8:30
Marga Gomez, creator of "Los Big Names: Magic Theatre
in San Francisco" through August 21. 415-441-8822
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Thursday, July 21st |
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An Islamic Constitution for Iraq?
Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report Middle East Research
and Information Project MERIP www.merip.org; Asad Abukhalil,
Prof. of Political Science Cal State Stanislaus
The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism and Global Power
7:30
Sex Trafficking in San Francisco and LA.
Ivy Lee, attorney w/ Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach;
Nalini Shekar, Next Door Solutions nextdoor.org hotline: 408-279-2962;
Rachel Shigekane, senior program officer with the Human Rights
Center at UC Berkeley, in studio. www.hrcberkeley.org;
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