From the occupied West Bank, activist, photographer and writer Matthew Cassel discusses the geography of Palestine, the economic occupation, home demolitions, the wall, settlements, prisoners and administrative detentions, the elections, the Sharm el-Sheikh summit and Israel's targeting of international activists. Audio Duration: 53 min 38 sec.

Peace groups in over 40 California coastal communities, staged a synchronized rally Saturday, along an 800 mile stretch of Highway 1, from the Oregon border, all the way to San Diego. Despite intermittent rains, and a moderate wind, fifteen Santa Cruz residents stood for two hours on the Brancifirte overpass; facing the north and south bound lanes of Highway1 traffic with their peace flags, and banners.

Hunter S. Thompson new what was going down, listen to this interview with australian broadcaster- did this man kill himself, or did he know too much?

Hunter calls bush 'the little bastard' .... is right on in his straigtforward analysis, admits he doesn't know it all, but at least he isn't afraid to ask the tough questions. the media are complicit fools, what the hell has happened to journalism in this country?

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John Anderson of http://www.diymedia.net and producer of the freely downloadable Media Minutes (http://www.freepress.net/mediaminutes/) joins me in the studio to discuss revamped LPFM bills aimed at restoring all originally intended frequencies for non-profit use. We also talk about new antenna and transmitter technology for part 15 (or not) LPAM broadcasting.

Cultural analyst, Naomi Klein is perhaps one of the most perceptive writers and thinkers of the global justice movement. The author of two books, No Logo and Fences and Windows, Klein's dispatches are read internationally, appearing in the Nation Magazine, the London Guardian, and Toronto Globe and Mail. On Feb. 16, 2005 at UC Santa Cruz, Naomi Klein presented her talk, "War and Fleece: Economic Shock Therapy in Iraq," in which she also shared her analysis of the January 30 Iraq election.

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