Weaving the Tapestry of Hope

Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell gives the keynote address at the 2008 Pacific Southwest District Assembly of Unitarian Universalists in San Diego. “What is our role in leading the changes that our nation needs. How are our values congruent for the needs of the 21st century? How can we be instruments of hope and inspiration both [...]

What’s Wrong With the Patriot Act?

Attorney Bill Smith tells us what is wrong with the Patriot Act. Recorded at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim. To download the talk for listening, right click on the link below and select Save Link As:
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Parenti on “Democracy, Wealth and the Labor Myth”

Michael Parenti speaks at CA State University Fullerton on “Democracy, Wealth and the Labor Myth”
Recorded in April 2008. 1 hour 6 minutes. To download the talk for listening, right click on the link below and select Save Link As:
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Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War and Violence

“Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War and Violence.” a talk by Rev. Louis A. Chase, President of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, at the annual Interfaith Peace Ministry of Orange County meeting, March 30, 2008 at Chapman University, Orange CA. 29.1 minutes. To download the talk for listening, right click on the title [...]

Howard Zinn – Understanding People’s History and Patriotism

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A moving speech by radical historian and author Howard Zinn, who discusses the hidden role of class in mainstream American history and news, and his own approach to understanding history. [...]

Tariq Ali: Poetry in Turbulent Times

Author, editor, scholar, and political activist Tariq Ali speaking at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA on Nov. 14, 2003
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Stephen Kinzer: All The Shah’s Men – The CIA’s First Coup: Iran 1953

New York Times Correspondent Stephen Kinzer, speaking at The Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA, Sept. 2003
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A fascinating talk. Kinzer discusses the seminal impact of Mossadegh’s nationalization of [...]

Vandana Shiva – Real Wealth, Real Poverty: How Economic Globalization is Robbing the Poor of Wealth

Recorded at Scripps College in Claremont, CA on Dec. 2, 2003

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Summary: A wonderfully clear speech about how commodification destroys real wealth – robbing the poor of sustaining resources -and how intellectual property [...]

Tim Carr of Free Press on the 700 MHz auction and the future of wireless internet

Check out this important interview with Tim Carr of Free Press on KPFK’s great technology show, Digital Village.
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Carr talks about why the coming auction for the (700 MHz) spectrum that is currently [...]