|
|
Feb
3
Written by:
Jeff Farias
2/3/2010 6:39 PM
At 4:30pmMST – Cara Bautista from Peace Action West. Cara Bautista is the Deputy Political Director for Peace Action West & head coordinator for the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World, a national coalition for nuclear disarmament, and is also lead on the residual forces issue in Iraq.
Cara has worked at Peace Action West since 2004 on a variety of peace and security issues, from diplomacy with Iran to opposing new nuclear weapons. Through Peace Action West’s PAC, Cara spent several weeks in 2006 on the mid-term elections to help put progressive leaders on foreign policy in office. She traveled to Washington to knock on doors and educate voters, and coordinated volunteers in New Mexico on a congressional campaign.
Peace Action West advocates for a foreign policy that embodies the best values of the American people. As a membership organization, we foster broad-based civic activism to create a strong voice for peaceful and pragmatic solutions to global problems. Our activities serve as a bridge between the public and the officials who make decisions that affect the lives of millions of people.
Cara joins us today to discuss:
· Obama’s military budget,
· expansions to the US nuclear program &
· the global impacts of the US Foreign Policies on nuclear science.
At 5pmMST – Richie FriemanPen’s Eye View
In late 2006, Richie Frieman put pen to paper and developed PensEyeView:
…it all starts with a pen, paper and a vision.
When three friends with the same passions and goals get together, something great is bound to happen. This is the story of how PensEyeView.com started and continues to grow today. With featured artists, musicians and visionaries from five continents, over a dozen countries and countless cities, PensEyeView is creating a global community built from a worldwide mix of pop culture.
Beginning April 1, 2007, PensEyeView has showcased a different and unique artist, musician, painter, visionary, etc. every 48 hours. The featured person(s) will be interviewed using twenty questions (aka – the “XXQs“) and have their work displayed for the world to see.
PensEyeView is an open platform for all genres of literary and artistic work. And, it’s free! From musicians and sculptors to comedic writers and photographers…you name it, we’ll have it. PensEyeView.com will not announce who will be featured the next day – you will just have to visit us to check out the new talent!
What does PensEyeView mean?
Regardless of the profession or medium, it all starts with a pen, a paper and a vision. You can stare at the paper all day, write and draw until your hand cramps and rack your brain for answers, but once your pen hits the paper, your heart, soul and vision is shown right there in ink. At the end of the day, you can’t deny what is on that paper…and you can’t hide from those raw emotions. It is from that vision that we developed PensEyeView
After over forty years of activism, politics and writing, Tom Hayden still is a leading voice for ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through greater citizen participation.
Currently he is writing and advocating for US Congressional hearings on exiting Afghanistan.
He is the current O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Legal Studies at Scripps College in Claremont, California, where he teaches classes on street gangs and urban politics and the Long Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2006, he drafted and lobbied successfully for Los Angeles and San Francisco ordinances to end all taxpayer subsidies for sweatshops. He recently has taught at Pitzer College, Occidental College, and Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
He has written eyewitness accounts for The Nation, where he serves on the editorial board, about the global justice movements in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Chiapas, and India.
What Obama Must Do, and Cannot
Barack Obama has faced peril before, particularly during the controversy over Rev. Jeremiah Wright last year, but the crisis he faces now is more systemic.
The wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan cost at least 541 American lives in the past year, and the overall total will pass 1,000 this month and likely double before 2012. The unfunded taxpayer cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan during Obama’s first year was $119.1 billion, and Afghanistan alone will become another trillion-dollar war under his administration.
We spoke earlier with Robbo from Anvil!
Anvil is a Canadian heavy metal band comprising Steve “Lips” Kudlow (lead vocals, lead guitar), Robb Reiner (drums), and Glenn Five (bass, backing vocals). To date, the band has released thirteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups, including Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica.
The band, in particular Kudlow and Reiner, was the subject of the 2008 documentary film Anvil! The Story of Anvil, directed by the screenwriter and former Anvil roadie Sacha Gervasi. Upon its release, the film garnered critical acclaim from many major publications, and has since brought the band renewed recognition, including opening slots with AC/DC and Saxon. Appearances at major heavy metal festivals, including Download and Loud Park, also followed the release of the film.
“The best documentary I’ve seen in years”
– Michael Moore
“‘Anvil!’ will make you a true believer”
– Kenneth Turan, LATimes
“At its core, “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. Anvil rocks-it has no other choice.
– John Cooper, Director, The Sundance Film Festival, SFF 2008 Catalogue.
We’re happy to share today’s earlier conversation with our friend Joe Bageant
After stint in Navy became anti-war hippie, ran off to the West Coast … lived in communes, hippie school buses… started writing about holy men, countercultural figures, rock stars and the American scene in 1971 … lived in Boulder Colorado until mid 1980s … 14 years in all … became a Marxist and a half-assed Buddhist … Traveled to Central America to write about third World issues…
Moved to the Coeur d’Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, built a cabin, lived without electricity, farmed with horses for seven years … tended reservation bar (The Bald Eagle Bar), wrote for regional newspapers… generally festered on life in America … Moved to Moscow, Idaho, worked on third rate newspaper there … Then moved to Eugene Oregon, worked for an international magazine corporation pushing insecticides and pesticides to farmers worldwide.
Then back to hometown of Winchester VA to settle some scores with the bigoted, murderous redneck town I grew up in. I love’em but they need a good ass kicking.
Died in 2000 when George Bush got elected … died along with 275 million other Americans … Plan to rise again from the dead when he is tossed out …maybe reincarnate as a Commie terrorist on Wall Street … maybe as a sex worker in Amsterdam … can’t decide … both have their advantages.
the BAGEANT intv is the podcast here
Go to www.theJeffFariasShow.com to hear the entire broadcast
Tags:
|
|
|