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Should Americans expect real change in military and foreign policy under Obama?
George McGovern thinks there are reasons to be hopeful.
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Far from being ended by the war against the South, slavery became more widespread and brutal after the Civil War.
And it continued until World War II. To listen to the full hour interview with Douglas Blackmon, go to http://www.wscafm.org/audio/ports/WSCA-PORTS_08-05-2008.mp3.
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Time to look at potential therapeutic Benefits of LSD? --  DOWNLOAD |
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Is America finally starting to emerge from the dark ages of the drug war? On this segment, Burt speaks with author Charles Shaw regarding new scientific inquiries into possible psychological benefits of the controlled use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs.
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It was national news when 17 Gloucester High School girls intentionally became pregnant. On this segment Burt talks with Sarah Brown, CEO of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy about how to effectively address the problem.
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He put Charles Manson in jail. In a new book, VINCENT BUGLIOSI tells why George W. Bush should be prosecuted for murder.
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There is a third candidate for president and he may decide who actually wins in November. On this Portside interview, Burt speaks with Libertarian Party nominee and former Congressman BOB BARR.
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Iraq veteran SCOTT EWING tells us what he told the committee about atrocities he witnessed.
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Former Nixon White House strategist KEVIN PHILLIPS talks about his new book: "Bad Money; Reckless finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism."
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Burt speaks with ALAN SOLOMONT who served as John Kerry's national finance chair, about the new pro-Israel lobby J Street, which aims to compete with the militaristic AIPAC.
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JACK HEYMAN, leader of the ILWU, talks about the May Day shut down of West Coast ports by the longshoremen's union to demand an end to the war and occupation in Iraq.
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Did Franklin Roosevelt miss a chance to scare the Nazis off? Burt talks with author DOMINIC TIERNEY about his new book "FDR and the Spanish Civil War."
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Burt interviews RABBI HERSH LOWENTHAL of Jews Against Zionism, an Orthodox Jewish organization argues that true Jewish law opposes the modern state called Israel, and that Zionism contributes to both violence and anti-Semitism.
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For years, something called the World Social Forum has met to discuss ways to create a better world, but this year is the first time there's a United States Social Forum which recently met in Atlanta. On today's Portside, Burt Cohen asks author STANLEY ARONOWITZ about the significance of the US Social Forum and the alternative vision it seeks to create:
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Burt talks with JOSH GOLIN, program manager of Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood, a new national coalition of health care professionals, educators, and parents to counter the harmful effects of marketing to children.
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Pressure is building to not just fix, but to get rid of Judd Gregg's No Child LeftBehind law. Burt Cohen talks with nationally noted education author ALFIE KOHN, whose article on the subject appeared in a recent edition of USA Today. Kohn says "No Child Left Behind is an appalling and unredeemable experiment that has done incalculable damage to our schools."
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Thousands gathered in Washington on Sunday June 10, calling for Israel to end its occupation of lands won in the six day war, which was 40 years ago this week. Many people believe all Jewish Americans support all Israeli policies. Burt talks with SIDNEY LEVY of a new organization called Jewish Voice for Peace.
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George Bush claims to be waging a war on terror. But some say he's Actually protecting a terrorist many call the Osama Bin Laden of the west. Burt Cohen speaks with author MARJORIE COHN about why newspapers like the L A Times charge the Bush Administration with "Hypocrisy in the war on terror, Letting a notorious terrorist walk."
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HARVEY WASSERMAN, nationally recognized energy advocate, tells why and how a totally green-powered earth is possible by 2030. If you think there's a lot more commercial targeting of children, you're right.
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ANN LARNEY, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Public Affairs director argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion is a danger to women.
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Everyone knows the South was defeated in its effort to secede from the north. But on today's Portside, Burt Cohen talks with Louisiana's DONNIE KENNEDY, a leader of what's called the League of the South. While he is on the political right, at a recent secessionist convention, Kennedy found much in common with people on the left.
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Everyone knows the South was defeated in its effort to secede from the north. But on today's Portside, Burt Cohen talks with Louisiana's DONNIE KENNEDY, a leader of what's called the League of the South. While he is on the political right, at a recent secessionist convention, Kennedy found much in common with people on the left.
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SCOTT RITTER, former Chief Weapons Inspector for the U.N. examines the administration's regime change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests.
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SCOTT RITTER, former Chief Weapons Inspector for the U.N. examines the administration's regime change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests.
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SCOTT RITTER, former Chief Weapons Inspector for the U.N. examines the administration's regime change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests.
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ANN JONES talks about her book, Kabul in Winter, Life without Peace in Afghanistan, and how the Afghan War isn’t going as well as you might think.
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PROFESSOR HOWARD ZINN, one of America's foremost historians, explains why he is calling for impeachment hearings across the country.
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REVEREND SELENA FOX, senior minister of the Circle Sanctuary in the woods of Wisconsin uncovers some of the pagan origins of Christmas.
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RICHARD RAPPAPORT of the University of California's Institute of Government Studies, discusses the dangers posed by the rise of reality-police show violence as entertainment.
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KIRKPATRICK SALE, head of a new separatist think tank, explains why secession from the Union is an idea whose time is coming again.
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GEORGE MCGOVERN, former Senator and presidential candidate, talks about his new book called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal.
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The fall of 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1947 Trial of the Hollywood Ten. Burt Cohen talks about this little known chapter of American history with ED RAMPELL, author of Progressive Hollywood, who say's it's not all in the past:
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