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“Wildfires, Earthquakes, and Hurricanes… Oh My”

Are people with disabilities ready for a disaster? We talk to Ana-Marie Jones and Tracy Baker of Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster (CARD) about how to prepare. And, Karla Gilbride, of Disability Rights Advocates, a Berkeley legal non-profit, talks about their suit against both Oakland and L.A. for their lack disability access in emergency planning. The suit charges Oakland with

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      The failure to conduct adequate surveys of the accessibility of potential shelter sites, resulting in a list that contains many inaccessible shelters;

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      The failure to revise the City’s Mass Care and Shelter Plan from the 1980s to address the needs of men, women, and children with disabilities;
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      The failure to make arrangements to provide prescriptions, medical supplies and equipment, or accessible transportation to people with disabilities in an emergency.

Hosted by John Healy, with tips by Adrienne Lauby.

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We talk with New Orleans-based journalist Jordan Flaherty live from the parade marking the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  PLUS: even the Pentagon wants climate change action—and that's a problem.  We learn why. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m.

guests: Jordan Flaherty, union organizer; journalist (Counterpunch, etc.); ed. Left Turn Magazine

        Betsy Hartmann, dir. Population and Development Program, prof. development studies, Hampshire College; author ("Deadly Election", a thriller)

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Entrevistas con Ani Cordero, de la banda neoyorquina Cordero y Agustin Caballero de N +N; El Golpe Traidor, sobre los ultimos disparates de Vicente Fox y mucha musica.

Conducido por Miguel Guerrero, Issel Campos, Oscar Leon Bernal y El Nagual.

Produced by  Miguel Guerrero and Issel Campos, with the contributions of Oscar Leon Bernal, Flor Rebollar, Gerardo Fernandez and El Nagual.

Music Theme: "El Espía que te amó", from the album "Yendo al cine solo," by José Manuel Aguilera, www.jmaguilera.net

Check us up at www.myspace.com/rockenrebelion

Rock en Rebelión es un programa de radio cuyo propósito es la difusión de música y cultura alternativa.

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Deadly bombings in Baghdad; the Supreme Court to consider rolling back a century of campaign finance doctrine; climate change bill vs. inexorable climate change.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Raed Jarrar, Iraqi blogger and activist; Iraq consultant, American Friends Service Committee

        Craig Holman, legislative representative, Public Citizen's Congress Watch

        Center for American Progress

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