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 There was a parole hearing for Leonard Peltier on Tuesday; we hear what happened.  A new book, diary of a teenage Iraqi girl, introduced by poet/journalist John Ross.  PLUS: no healthcare vote before Congress recesses—but maybe that's a good thing, the way it's shaping up.  We get the latest.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: David Hill, nat'l spokesperson Leonard Peltier Defense/Offense Committee

          John Ross, poet, journalist, author (Murdered By Capitalism; ZAPATISTAS!, etc.) co-author "IraqiGirl: diary of a teenage Iraqi girl", introduced TONIGHT at Modern Times Books, 888 Valencia, SF, 7:00p.m.

         Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
         David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, democrats.org, etc., live from single-payer rally in D.C.

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What ARE they doing in Sacramento?????   We hear the latest.  PLUS: Saving the American Left: the case for a new progressive creed.  Join the conversation!  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Lenny Goldberg, California Tax Reform Association

         Bernard Chazelle, prof. computer science, Princeton; writer (Counterpunch, Atlantic, etc.) re: his essay on the American left

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Congress is moving ahead on healthcare reform: what kind of reform, and what kind of fight, lie ahead?   We get the inside scoop.  PLUS: it's no longer in the headlines, but our guest has been on hunger strike to get the world to pay attention to what is still happening in Iran.  with host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Donna Smith, community organizer for Cal. Nurses Assoc; nat'l co-chr Progressive Democrats of America's "Healthcare Not Warfare" campaign
        Robert Creamer, longtime Dem. political organizer, strategist; author (Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win)

        Mansour Farhang,, revolutionary Iran's first UN ambassador, resigned in protest, now in exile; prof. poli. sci, Bennington College; author (US Press and Iran;  US Imperialism)

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What's happening behind closed doors in Washington to change we can believe in?  PLUS: celebrating the women who built the Bay Areas bridges.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Wendell Potter, sr. fellow on health care, Center for Media Democracy; 20-yr. corp. PR                     exec (head of communications for CIGNA, Humana Inc.)
          Ellen Shaffer, co-dir. Center for Policy Analysis
          Leigh Ann Caldwell,  FSRN Washington Bureau

           Jo Kreiter artistic dir. Flyaway Productions, choreographer "The Ballad of Polly Ann", part of Labor Fest

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Former gang member turned gang prevention leader Alex Sanchez denied bail; Tom Hayden gives us the story. And alternative Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass Day.  PLUS: Asian-themed children's TV series picked up by Hollywood—and white-washed. 

With host Kris Welch.

guests: Tom Hayden, social and political activist, former Cal. State Assembly/ Senate

        Raymond "Nat" Turner, poet, UpSurge!, with 2 young musicians (12 and 15) from Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble

        Dr. S. L .Lee, Chinese calligraphy expert,, translator/ advisor "Avatar: The First Airbender"
        Phil Lee, pres. Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA.org)

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Crisis is opportunity, they say, and California's budget crisis has the S.F. city assessor actually doing something about Prop. 13.  We get the details.  One of the largest celebrations of labor in America starts today in SF.  PLUS: the inimitable sportswriter Dave Zirin, in SF for "Socialism 2009".  Say what?  With host Kris Welch.

guests: Phil Ting, assessor, City of San Francisco

        Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, feminist, revolutionary (she worked with SDS, Weather Underground, ANC, etc.), historian (professor emeritus Ethnic Studies, Cal State Hayward), author (Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman; Blood on the Border)

        Dave Zirin, sportswriter (the Nation, the Progressive, LA Times, etc.); author (What's My Name, Fool? Welcome to the Terrordrome; A People's History of Sports in the United States)

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A former Big Insurance exec testifies for single-payer: we hear his report.  Women's drumming camp is next weekend: we get the details.  PLUS: Jill Nelson with another HOT sexy political feminist novel. 

Wit host Kris Welch.

guests: Wendell Potter, former CIGNA, Humana Inc exec.; now with Center for Media Democracy; testified on healthcare reform before Congress Wed.

        Carolyn Brandy, percussionist, recording artist (Alive!  Skin Talk, etc.)  re: Women's Born To Drum Camp

         Jill Nelson, journalist (NYTimes, Washington Post) writer (Essence, The Nation, op ed columnist USA Today); author (Volunteer Slavery; Straight, No Chaser; etc.) re: new novel "Let's Get It On"

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