Hala Gores and William Seaman speak with Dr. Mona El-Farra in Gaza about the escalation in the Israeli blockade and the resulting worsening of the humanitarian crisis there. Dr. El-Farra is a physician by training and a human rights and women's rights activist by practice. She is Deputy Director of the Union of Health Work Committees, heads the Rachel Corrie Children’s Center and is the Vice President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza.
Live interview with Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, founder of Sabeel, an ecumenical grassroots liberation theology movement among Palestinian Christians. Also in the studio with Hala and Will, was Mary Trolan, a Palestinian Christian born in Jerusalem. Today's show is a sharing of family histories, experiences of the dispossession of 1948, the Nakba, and of their significance for understanding the current conflict.
Can aircraft contrails be used to reflect solar heat, and by their absence, allow heat to escape the Earth at night? See theresaspresswatch.blogspot.com for text
Theresa Mitchell discusses the economic meltdown in terms of government neocon corruption and war spending. Also: an update on global warming from Al Gore, and Kolkata cordons off bird flu. For more: theresaspresswatch.blogspot.com
Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Independent Party Senatorial Candidate John Frohnmayer. Frohnmayer is a lawyer, author and ethicist. He served as Chairman of the National Endowment For The Arts during the first Bush administration.
The latest edition of Our Backyard, the locally produced environmental series by Edison Carder. This addition: A high tech environmental Bend company processes waste to make clean energy.
Jade Pekkala interviews Local musician Chris Kokesh in-studio LIVE on Movin' On. Chris Kokesh, well known for her guitar and fiddle work in the popular band Misty River, is a talented solo artist as well. Chris sings some songs with her guitar, and plays an original fiddle tune with the fiddle in an unusual tuning. Don't miss this charming time with Chris Kokesh!
Get This:And The Wall Came Down:Between Egypt and Gaza today there flows a river of celebrant Palestinians, buying food, fuel and catching up with friends and relatives.