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THE TIKKUN PEACE COMMUNITY
04/24/03Tikkun magazine founder, Rabbi Michael Lerner, is organizing a network of people devoted to peace and healing in the Middle East. Organizer Robyn Lundy discussed why the peace process is off track, human rights abuses in the region, and why a change is needed in U.S. foreign policy.
Be the first to commentCUBA AND TIGER BAY CLUB
04/24/03Both debaters admitted that that they are probably as far apart on the issue of US Cuba relations as two people can be. This difference, however, provided an extreme example of the challenges those on both sides of the issue will face in any attempt to construct a unified Cuba policy.
Ralph Fernandez, a Cuba native who left with his parents as a young child, believes that Castro has not changed over the last several decades, and that he still poses a threat to his own people and the rest ...
1 commentsTHE REAL HOMECOMING FOR VIETNAM VETS
04/23/03Jerry Lembcke is a professor at Holy Cross College and the author of THE SPITTING IMAGE, a book which looked at the myths and truths surrounding the homecoming given Vietnam Veterans during the 1960s and '70s. Lembcke says it's a myth that many Vietnam Veterans were spat upon when they returned to the States.
Be the first to commentPEACE FESTIVAL IN WILLIAMS PARK
04/22/03Two organizers of the upcoming gathering in St. Petersburg, Mark Kamleiter and Sheila McKeown, discussed the state of the anti-war movement, the next challenges for the peace movement and efforts to continue organizing against militarism.
Be the first to commentTHE ATKINS DIET
04/21/03THE ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SHOW w/ Dr. Carol Roberts, MD. Today Roberts discussed the Atkins Diet.
Be the first to commentDIET FOR A SMALL PLANET
04/17/03Interview with best-selling author Anna Lappe. She is the co-author of HOPE'S EDGE:THE NEXT DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET (Tarcher/Putnam). Written with her mother, Frances Moore Lappe, the book chronicles a journey the two made to five continents. On this journey they observed the emergence of social movements addressing the roots of hunger and poverty.
Be the first to commentWAS PROPAGANDA USED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE WAR?
04/16/03Freelance writer Dennis Hans has written for many publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate and TomPaine.com. He's also taught mass communications at USF. He says that the Bush administration has used classic propaganda techniques to build support for the war in Iraq. Those techniques include "stating as fact allegations", "withholding key facts", "misrepresentation", setting up "straw man" arguments, "misquotation", and "putting the most frightening interpretation on ...
Be the first to commentTHE DIGNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT
04/15/03Human rights activists, PTA groups, students and others are seeking passage of a bill that would protect students from harassment based on gender, sexual orientation, race ethnicity, and physical or mental disability. Nadine Smith, the executive director of Equality Florida discussed the impact of harassment on high school students, how it disrupts the learning environment and why reducing harassment should be a matter of public policy.
Be the first to commentLIFE AFTER THE COVERT U.S. WAR AGAINST NICARAGUA
04/15/03For much of the 1980s the Reagan-Bush administration carried out a covert war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. The U.S. spent hundreds of millions of dollars to oust the Sandinistas. Are the people of Nicaragua better off today? Our guest, Lillian Hall, a Quaker activist with the grassroots humanitarian group Ponca, says in many ways Nicaraguans are worse off. Their health care and education systems have seen massive cuts, sweatshops are on the increase. So are poverty and home...
Be the first to commentACORN PROTESTS PROPOSED TAX CUTS - Kristen Friend-Weaver
04/15/03The Florida Consumer Action Network in cooperation with the Association of Communities for Reform Now (ACORN) held a press conference today to inform the public about what they see as the potential threat of President Bush’s proposed tax cuts. The two groups joined several other public advocacy groups nationwide in a symbolic tax day protest of the President’s plan. Representatives from both FCAN and ACORN joined WMNF in our studios after the conference, and WMNF’s Kristen Friend-Weav...
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