On this episode of Pure Imagination we have Jimmy McMillan, political activist and founder of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party, talk to us about being a Presidential candidate and the next three books he’s working on. Music by Air. Hot Damn! Related articles Political Analysis – A Special …
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Despite the scorching heat on Monday, July 16th, more than 170,000 protesters marched through Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park to demand the government bring an end to Japan’s use of nuclear power. As anti-nuclear protests have been occurring nearly every week since the end of March, this easily marks the largest in …
CITIZEN POWER and its ability to fight nukes and win Solartopia comes to the Green Power & Wellness Show with award-winning activist David Hughes. Based in Pittsburgh and northern Ohio, David has helped lead the green charge for midwestern wind and solar for many successful years. We also hear about …
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Proof that when citizens band together, meaningful change is still possible: Today at 12:56 CET, the European Parliament decided whether ACTA would be ultimately rejected or whether it would drag on into uncertainty. In a 478 to 39 vote, the Parliament decided to reject ACTA once and for all. This …
Interview with guest, Gary Null: Occupy, the movement and the future. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.1MB) | Embed
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BEYOND PESTICIDES we must go if we’re to save the planet. Activist Barry Zucker tells HarveyW and the Green Power & Wellness Show how he has helped northern Ohio’s Cuyahoga County clean its buildings and public spaces of toxic chemicals. Then legendary author Lynne Cherry talks about the million-selling GREAT …
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Despite corruption charges, the venerable Black Democrat Charles Rangel, now in his 80’s, was re-elected to Congress by his Harlem constituency. Orin Hatch, a cranky conservative Republican beat back a challenge to his Senate seat from harder right Tea Partiers in Utah. It takes a lot to unseat an American …
On this episode of Pure Imagination we have Bill Ayers, from the Weather Underground to talk to us about all of his work in the 60s fighting against the Vietnam War, and his views on the state of our country today. All music by Velvet Underground. Zappo! Podcast: Play in …
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Guest: Fred Branfman – Author, Political Activist Topic: When Chomsky Wept – Friend and colleague Fran Branfman – who has known Noam Chomsky for 42 years, gives us a unique look at the the real man behind the renowned political dissident and linguist l who lays out the atrocities of …
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A look at our nation’s “sacrifice zones” as evidence of rapid socio-economic decay across the US. Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones and conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa …
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William Hathaway Hathaway is a University of Oldenburg, Germany Adjunct Professor. He also co-authored “RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War.” It discusses anti-war activists who’ve moved beyond protests and other demonstrations. They rarely work without sustained direct action for change. Discussion will focus on what Hathaway covered in his book. Podcast: …
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On this week’s Political Analysis: Can This Democracy Be Saved? Sandy LeonVest talks to pro-democracy activist, visionary and founder of Wisconsin’s Liberty Tree Foundation, Ben Manski. He discusses the significance of Governor Scott Walker’s successful effort to defeat the recent recall effort in that state; ongoing efforts in Florida and other …
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Finian Cunningham is a musician, writer and activist based in Northern Ireland when he’s not on site elsewhere doing research. Earlier he spent months in Bahrain. He writes often about brutal Al-Khalifa monarchy repression. Recently he spent months on the Horn of Africa. He covered struggles in that strategic part of …
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On this episode of Pure Imagination we have Bill Ayers, from the Weather Underground to talk to us about all of his work in the 60s fighting against the Vietnam War, and his views on the state of our country today. All music by Velvet Underground. Zappo! Podcast: Play in …
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“Most of the social scientists who are at all like me – unsentimental leftists – … think this movement is over,” says Harvard University professor Theda Skocpol, speaking to Reuters about the grassroots ‘Occupy’ movement that began in Manhattan last fall and sparked nationwide encampments of public spaces and opened a long-ignored dialogue about …