Greg Grandin on Honduras coup
Coverage of the Honduran coup ousting president Manuel Zelaya has often included the claim that the coup was prompted by Zelaya’s move to change the constitution, removing term limits so he could stay in power. The false claim is central to the anti-Zelaya propaganda that has gone with little challenge in U.S. media. We’ll talk to New York University history professor Greg Grandin about the real reasons certain parts of Honduran society wanted Zelaya out of the picture.

Nomi Prins on Madoff verdict
The sentence of 150 years for convicted Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff is gratifying on many levels, certainly. But no one disagrees that Madoff was emblematic of larger problems; does putting him under the jail do anything to address those? We’ll talk with Nomi Prins, author of Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America, and the forthcoming It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street.

William Rodriguez: Eyewitness Account On What Happened at the World Trade Center on 9/11
William Rodriguez gives his eyewitness account and testimony as what he saw, heard, and did on Sept. 11, 2001 at the World Trade Centers. He gives details of what he observed and heard which directly contradicts the official story, including explosions going off before the plane hit the building.

EARTHBEAT — Waxman-Markey Passes & Coal Protests Heat Up

The Waxman-Markey climate bill passes the House and the fight against coal heats up with Congressional testimony and high-profile arrests.

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Key information for the uninitiated and the initiated alike.

Francis A. Boyle on US Strategy for Color Revolution in Iran
International law expert Francis A. Boyle points out differences between US propaganda in Iran, versus a covert operation that is likely illegal. We hear about Obama strategy to continue Bush and Cheney policy of regime change. A Talk Nation Radio Production.

Has US been fomenting Unrest in Iran, Jeremy R. Hammond
Jeremy Hammond offers an overview of the US propaganda and covert operation in Iran. Iran’s human rights record may be bad but we should consider the evidence for what they allege, that the US has been fomenting unrest in Iran. The US has been supporting the opposition through NED, National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and US State Dept. funding. The US has provided help with coverage on Voice of America and VOA’s Radio Farda. We hear an overview on the resultant propaganda in Iran and at home. Other topics include the twitter phenomenon, is this a grassroots Iranian movement or something else entirely? US media used anonymous sources from Twitter, the CIA in Iran, US support for militant organizations operating in Iran, Bush policy on Iran seems to be continuing under President Obama. Is Obama policy, regime change Iran? A Talk Nation Radio Production.

Stephen Zarlenga — THE AMERICAN MONETARY ACT
Solving the Financial Crisis by Monetary Reform — Part I & II
Congressman Dennis Kucinich has posted the following on his web site: “The U.S. monetary reform is urgently needed: It is long past time we look at the implications of . . . the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the bank fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an ‘American Monetary Act’ to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic well being of America.” Observers believe that this single measure has the potential of bringing together tens of millions of people who have realized that our bank-run debt-based monetary system lies at the center of the financial crisis. The question is of course - how are these tens of millions going to find out that there is such legislation being developed? Kucinich is working closely with Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute and author of: The Lost Science of Money. I interviewed Zarlenga in May 2009 after his return from Washington, DC, where he had briefed members of Congress. A report on the briefing was done by Richard Cook. A TUC Radio Production

Tom Greco — THE END OF MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION
Tom Greco demystifies money and banking and explains the destructive power of the current financial system. He challenges us to recognize that our dreams of a sane, just and ecologically sound future can become reality only if we change the way in which money is created and used. Tom Greco was recorded at the beginning of his lecture tour for his most recent book: THE END OF MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION. A former engineer and college professor, Greco has written on monetary and financial innovation for over 30 years. Earlier books include: New Money for Healthy Communities and Money and Debt, A Solution to the Global Crisis. His web site is http://www.reinventingmoney.com A TUC Radio Production. Recorded at IONS in Petaluma, CA, on May 5, 2009.

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