Editor of TIKKUN magazine
Previously Aired On: September 27, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of the forthcoming The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Relligious Right (Harper SanFrancisco, 2006), is not only rabbi of Beyt Tikkun but is also the editor of TIKKUN magazine: A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture and Society.
TIKKUN is not only one of the most respected intellectual, cultural magazines in the Jewish world, but also one of the most controversial because of its stand in favor of the rights of Palestinians. On the one hand, this locates Rabbi Lerner in the minds of many as the leader and most prominent spokesperson in the U.S. of Jewish supporters of the Israeli peace movement, and on the other hand, because of his stand critiquing the anti-religious and anti-spiritual biases of the secular Left, insisting that they need to address the spiritual hunger of Americans as equally important to their material needs.
About Tikkun Community
Tikkun Community is an international community of people of many faiths calling for social justice and political freedom in the context of new structures of work, caring communities, and democratic social and economic arrangements. We seek to influence public discourse in order to inspire compassion, generosity, non-violence and recognition of the spiritual dimensions of life.
Website: Tikkun Community
September 27th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Michael Lerner |
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Scholars for 9/11 Truth
Previously Aired On: March, 29, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Second Show Previously Aired on: September 26, 2006 - Listen to this show!
Dr. James H. Fetzer is a founding member of Scholars For 9/11 Truth (S9/11T), a non-partisan association of faculty, students, and scholars, in fields as diverse as history, science, military affairs, psychology, and philosophy, dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11.
Founded by professors Jim Fetzer and Steven Jones, S9/11T is devoted to applying the principles of scientific reasoning to the available evidence, “letting the chips fall where they may”.
The members of S9/11T are encouraged to take an active role by devoting themselves to reporting the results of research on 9/11 to the nation and the world by means of lectures, articles, and other venues. S9/11T members are convinced their research proves the current administration has been dishonest about what happened in New York and Washington, D.C.
Dr. Fetzer was magna cum laude in philosophy at Princeton University in 1962, where his senior thesis for Carl G. Hempel on the logical structure of explanations of human behavior won The Dickinson Prize. After being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he became an artillery officer and served in the Far East. After a tour supervising recruit training in San Diego, he resigned his commission as a Captain to begin graduate work in the history and philosophy of science at Indiana in 1966. He completed his Ph.D. with a dissertation on probability and explanation for Wesley C. Salmon in 1970.
He has published more than 100 articles and reviews and 20 books in the philosophy of science and on the theoretical foundations of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science.
Scholars for 9/11 Truth | Dr. Fetzer’s Website
September 26th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, James H. Fetzer |
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Actor, Activist
Previously Aired On: September 12, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Edward “Ed” Asner (born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American Actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. He is also internationally known as the slaver Captain Davies, from the mini-series Roots, who kidnapped Kunta Kinte into bondage.
A vocal leftist, Asner served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, in which capacity he opposed US policy in Central America. He has also been active in a variety of other causes, such as the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, and is a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. His political position may also have motivated him to play the voice of the pig-like villain Hoggish Greedly on the pro-environmental animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and the voice for the sinister Ed Wuncler in The Boondocks (TV series).
He has signed the 911 Truth Statement calling for new investigations of disturbing questions about the 9/11 events, including the failure of US intelligence to act on warnings of upcoming attacks, the breakdown of military air defense, and the nature of the investigations. Asner has also reviewed 9/11 literature and videos, including a recent review for the film 9/11 Guilt: The Proof is in Your Hands. Recently, Asner recorded a PSA in support of Congressman John Conyers’ House Resolution 635 - an investigation of President Bush’s administration.
Asner served as the spokesman for 2004 Racism Watch. In April 2004, he wrote an open letter to “peace and justice leaders” encouraging them to demand “full 9-11 truth” through an organization called the “9-11 Visibility Project.” Recently he has appeared in a recurring segment, on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show, entitled “Does this impress Ed Asner?”.
September 12th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Ed Asner |
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Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Previously Aired On: September 5, 2006 - Listen to this Show!
Medea Benjamin, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of Code Pink, a powerful and charismatic force in human rights activism, has struggled for social justice in Asia, Africa and the Americas for over 20 years. Medea is the Founding Director of the human rights organization Global Exchange. Benjamin is a leading activist in the peace movement in the United States and helped bring together the groups forming the coalition United for Peace and Justice.
She is the author of numerous books. Prior to founding Global Exchange in 1988, Medea worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Agency, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy.
Code Pink
September 5th, 2006
--Previous Guests--, Medea Benjamin |
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