Progressive talk radio. Subjects include politics, society, economics,
environment, and spirituality. Pro-labor, pro-diversity, pro-people, anti-greed,
anti-hate, anti-narrowness. Terrific studio guests, fine phone-in guests,
and great phone calls from KZFR listeners. See below for recent program topics and links.
Topic: Islam and Foreign Policy
Guest: Ibrahim Ramey, American Society's Freedom Foundation’s Human and Civil Rights Division
Suggested websites and contact info:
Ibrahim Ramey – ibrahimramey@gmail.org
Muslim American Society - www.masnet.org
Topic: Majority of Iraqi Parliament Opposing Occupation
Guest: Raed Jarrar, American Friends Service Committee
Suggested websites:
American Friends Service Committee – www.afsc.org
Institute for Policy Studies – www.ipsdc.org
Alternative media sources: www.alternet.org, www.commondreams.org
Topic: Reframing the US immigration debate
Guest: Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute
Topic: Colin Rajah, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Guest: Economic Globalization and Global Migration Trends
Topic: Power
Guest: Starhawk, Webs of Power, Notes from the Global Uprising
Suggested websites and contact info:
Starhawk’s website - www.starhawk.org
Earth Activist Training
Topic: Local Power
Guests: Pat Alvarez, labor organizer with SEUI/United Healthcare Workers-West
Jeanne Ertle, organizer with the California OneCareNow Campaign
Shyla Black, organizer of Do-It-Yourself skill-share
Suggested websites:
United Healthcare Workers Union - www.seiu-uhw.org
Enloe Watchdog Group - www.enloewatch.org
California’s campaign for universal healthcare - www.onecarenow.org
Topic: US Social Forum
Guest: Alice Lovelace, National Lead Staff Organizer
Website and Contact Info:
US Social Forum – www.ussf2007.org, 404-586-0460
Topic: Utopia and Anarchy
Guest: Dr. Randall Amster, Prescott College
Topic: UNICEF report - Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries
Guest: Dr. Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University
Suggested Websites:
Local to Global Justice Annual Teach-In - www.localtoglobal.org
Children’s Defense Fund - www.childrensdefense.org
Child Welfare League of America - www.cwla.org
State Children’s Health Insurance Program - www.cms.hhs.gov/home/schip.asp
Topic: Lobbying and money in politics
Guest: Jessica Scarffe, Butte College Political Science Professor
Suggested websites:
“Your Guide to the Money in US Elections” – www.opensecrets.org
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Topic: Political and social history of Iran
Guest: Ty Benoit, Butte College History Professor
Book recommendations:
- Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran, by Azadeh Moaveni
- Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope by Shirin Ebadi
- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
- Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer
Topic: Impeachment process and movement toward impeachment
First Guest: Washington State Senator Eric Oemig
Second Guest: Richard Matthews, Founder of Rescue Our Democracy
Contact Richard at info@RescueOurDemocracy.org
Suggested websites:
Editorials and Information on How to Impeach Bush & Cheney - www.impeachbush.tv
Rescue Our Democracy – www.RescueOurDemocracy.org
After Downing Street – www.AfterDowningStreet.org
Congressional District Impeachment Committee - www.democrats.com/cdic
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Topic: Corporate Globalization
Guest: Dr. Luis Fernandez, Department of Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University
Topic: 1,000 Grandmothers & the School of the Americas
Guest: Cathy Webster, Founder of 1,000 Grandmothers
Suggested websites:
1000 Grandmothers website - www.1000grandmothers.net
School of the Americas Watch - www.soaw.org
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Topic: Socialism
Guest: Dr. Tom Imhoff, Department of Philosophy, Chico State
