Eleana Cohen and Meg Maurus attorneys with National Lawyers Guild NYC Chapter talk about NLG 100 year history of defending civil rights. Special focus is given to next weeks one year Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, what the National protests and police crackdowns show us about the current climate for free speech and how both have been involved from Legal help clinics in Liberty Park to standing before the bench as pro bono protectors of Constitutional freedoms.
Ronnie Cummins - Organic Consumers & Millions Against Monsanto
Ronnie Cummins is the Founder and Director of the not for profit Organic Consumers Association that has grown to almost one million members from its (…)
24 August 2012
Alexa O’Brien - Week 2 Manning Trial - Garani video timeline
This week Alexa brings into focus how the charges Bradley Manning did not plead to are as important as what he did plead to. She explains how the details (…)
14 June 2013
Jonathan Latham PhD - Bioscience Resource Project
Jonathan R Latham, PhD Co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project; Editor of the Independent Science News website. Dr. Latham (…)
15 March 2013
Travis McCrea - Pirate Party Politics & Democracy
Travis looks at the re-election of Barack Obama, institutionalized political hurdles and explains the importance of being proactive and Pirate Wheel concept (…)
23 November 2012
John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hitman
John Perkins was one of the first to insiders to expose the corruption of global banking. His first book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman was published in (…)
7 June 2013
Jack Heinemann PhD - Biotechnology and Genetics in Food Plants
Jack Heinemann is a PhD research Professor at University of Cantebury who specializes in the genetics and molecular biology of single-celled bacteria. (…)
24 May 2013
Michael Ratner - Vanishing Rule of Law in USA
Michael Ratner is a Constitutional attorney, past President of National Lawyers Guild and current Pres of Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. (…)
8 February 2013
Russ Baker - Covert Mechanisms of Power in US Empire
Russ Baker shares his insights into the Snowden NSA leak, the death of Michael Hastings and connection to jailed activist Barrett Brown. Russ is an award (…)
9 August 2013