Part 2 of our three-part series, “Personal is Political,” with the authors of a new book called Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It Ourselves Guide.” …

A re-broadcast of our hour-long conversation with war resistor Camilo Mejia on Memorial Day. …

We’ll cover the largest ICE raid in the US that recently happened at a meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa. And, South LA communities uncover corruption at the MTA. Plus, a special feature with the legendary funk band War – we’ll hear in-studio performances and an interview with lead singer Lonnie Jordan. …

The first in a special three-part series called “Personal is Political” – we’ll speak with the author of the new book, Making Love, Playing Power: Men, Women, and the Rewards of Intimate Justice. We’ll be taking listener calls about love and relationships from a radical perspective. …

With over a hundred countries gathering in Ireland to ban cluster bombs, we’ll ask why the US is absent; Los Angeles carwash workers fight labor violations and organize for their rights; and an interview with J. Patrick O’Connor, the author of the new book, The Framing of Mumia Abu Jamal. …

We’ll examine LA’s new bold plan for saving water – LADWP chief will join us live to discuss water conservation and recycling. Plus, we’ll examine the California Supreme Court ruling overturning a same-sex marriage ban even as conservatives mobilize to beat it back. And, students at Cal State and UC students face arrest while protesting fee hikes. …

We’ll speak with Haneen Zoabi, a member of the Arab National Al-Tajamu’ party about the 60th anniversary of Al Nakba, or “the catastrophe” which is the loss of Palestinian homelands in 1948. And, we’ll examine the disastrous earthquake in China with as many as 50,000 feared dead. Plus, female Voices from East LA’s Punk Scene join us in studio. …

KPFK will be airing the Winter Soldier on the Hill hearings from 6 – 11 am. Uprising will resume regular programming on Friday May 16th. Winter Soldier on the Hill will feature testimonies from Iraq and Afghanistan vets before the Congressional Progressive Caucus. …

* A Cal State Fullerton Professor is fired over refusing to sign a state mandated “loyalty oath” – we’ll speak with her about why this McCarthy era law is still on the books and still violating people’s rights.
* For the first time the UN passes a convention on the rights of persons with Disabilities.
* The US Supreme Court allows South Africa’s victims of apartheid to sue US corporations for billions of dollars in …

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* We’ll discuss the Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America, with co-author Walter Williams.
* Bread for the World Institute critiques the 2008 Farm Bill set to pass by Congress and vetoed by Bush.
* Members of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement say “Hawaii Needs You.” …