We’ll play part 2 of my conversation with award winning author and intrepid prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, about his book, The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder. And, we’ll hear how despite its consumer and environment friendly image, Toyota Corporation makes cars on the backs of exploited labor. And, an environmental activist’s critical look at Proposition 7, the Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008.

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When Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate, the campaign was quick to present her political record in the state as one of reform against corruption. Rarely cited, if at all, was what her tenure has meant for issues of concern for Alaska Natives who comprise nearly one-fifth of the state’s population. Despite the echoes of “Drill, Baby Drill,” on the floor of the Republican National Convention, a majority of tribes in Alaska have continued to oppose Palin’s platform for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As Governor, Palin has also opposed Alaska Native Subsistence rights to hunting, harvesting and fishing by filing an appeal seeking to invalidate such protections granted by the Federal Government. While the Republican …

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Recently a Vermont lawyer declared her candidacy for Attorney General of her state on a platform promise to prosecute George W Bush for murder. Charlotte Dennett with the Progressive Party in Vermont, has said, if elected, she would appoint top criminal lawyer and award winning author Vincent Bugliosi as Special Prosecutor of the case. The Republican National Committee has responded by calling it “radical left-wing provocation.” Vincent Bugliosi’s latest book The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder was released earlier in the year by Vanguard press after no other publisher approached would print it. The book has been almost entirely censored by the mainstream media and yet leapt onto the New York Times Bestseller list. During his career in the LA County District Attorney’s …

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Many of us know Karl Rove as Bush’s Brain. But we don’t hear as much about Karl Rove’s mentor, the late Lee Atwater. Credited with helping elect W’s father against Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988, Atwater legitimized the Republican playbook of negative campaigning, coded racism, working the rumor mill, and worse, to get candidates elected. Starting at a very young age in his home state of South Carolina, Atwater began his ascent into the Republican Party by leading the College Republicans where he started practicing his approach to election campaigning. His audacity and success led him to be a Ronald Reagan aide, and then chief campaign strategist for George H W Bush, and finally, Chair of the Republican National Committee. His reputation earned him various …

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Cesar Chavez Founds The National Farm Workers Association by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Forty-six years ago on this day in people’s history, labor leader Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association. On September 30th, 1962, after resigning from the Latino civil rights Community Service Organization, Chavez organized a convention in an abandoned theater in Fresno, California. It was there where the NFWA was born and would go on to organize strike and boycotts against agribusiness exploiters in the state. Three years after the formation of the NFWA, a grape strike would see the new labor organization join in solidarity with the Filipino American Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee. Realizing a common vision, the two would meld together in the summer of 1966 to form the influential United Farm Workers of America and would go …

“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” –- Ben Okri, Nigerian author

We’ll spend the hour examining three Republican players, one from the past, one in the present, and one who aims for the future. The film maker of Boogieman: The Lee Atwater Story will discuss the man credited with legitimizing underhanded Republican campaigning. Top prosecutor and author Vincent Bugliosi will join us about his new book, The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder and how such a case could become a reality. And, a critical perspective on Governor Sarah Palin by an indigenous Alaskan.

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House Representatives are expected to vote today on the controversial $700 billion Wall Street bailout package. With a subsequent vote in the Senate that could come as early as Wednesday, President Bush called for expediency in passing the bailout saying “every member in Congress and every American should keep in mind that a vote for this bill is a vote to prevent economic damage.” In other news today, as debates continue over the financial crises, Citigroup, the world’s biggest bank agreed to acquire the banking operations of the Wachovia corporation. Meanwhile, a new report by the Center for Economic Policy Research poses the “Reagan Question,” asking if potential voters are better off now economically, than they were eight years ago. In 23 out of 25 economic …

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If you are one of millions of Americans sickened by cookie cutter commercial radio that assaults your ears with standardized “safe” playlists, inane shock-jock-talk, and incessant aggressive ads, you may want to urge your representatives in Congress to pass a new bill on local community radio. In 2002 the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, began licensing what are called low-power FM stations – those that have a small signal that fits in the empty spaces on your radio dial. Predictably major commercial radio companies like Clear Channel fought this initiative and its lobbyists pressured Congress into opposing the LPFM movement saying that it would cause interference. But a 2006 study showed that no such interference is caused by low power FM stations. Now …

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A popular brand of Chinese milk candy has been found to be tainted with the toxin, melamine. The same chemical was found in infant formula that has affected over 50,000 children across China with kidney problems. Thirteen thousand babies remain hospitalized. The White Rabbit candy is an extremely popular item, exported to over 50 countries and can be found in Chinatown stores in the United States. Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai gifted a bag of the candy to President Nixon during his historic visit to China in 1972. The US Food and Drug Administration has recommended stores pull White Rabbit candy from their shelves and has also warned against instant coffee and milk tea products made by Taiwan’s Car Food Industrial Co. Also, a spokesperson …