George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Rahul Mahajan and gets his response to a number of clips of Bush's speech on Thursday, Sept. 2 at the RNC in NYC.

Rahul is a long-time campus and community activist, at the local and national level and serves on the Administrative Committee of United for Peace and Justice. He is publisher of the blog Empire Notes, which has daily updated analysis and reporting on U.S. foreign policy and the state of the American Empire.

His most recent book, "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond," came out from Seven Stories Press in June 2003.

On Tuesday, about three dozen activists wearing pig snouts, and rolling in piles of funny money engaged in street theatre outside the New York Hilton Hotel, where Texas GOP delegates were attendiung a Celebrity Breakfast sponsored by oil & gas giant Halliburton. FSRN's Vinny Lombardo reports....... 1:30 A shorter version airred on Tuesday's editon of FSRN

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Discontent that the Green Party missed a great opportunity to capitalize upon a giant gulf between the pro-war Democratic Party elite and anti-war rank-and-file Democrats and other voters on the left in 2004? Angry with the Democratic Party's undemocratic violation of voting rights of supporters of Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo and other candidates on the left? Want a political party that grows out of, and in turn helps grow, social movements on the left? Join the Green Alliance.

Interview with Santa Cruz Journalist Lisa Mastramico and Herbie Harris (Vets for Peace)at Union Square at a vigil for the fallen in Iraq.Also talk with lisa about Code pink actions inside RNC. Live on Freak Radio Santa Cruz.

KFI 640AM is having a vote on which of 5 Republican congressmen to sacrifice due to being "soft" on illegal immigration. However, we can cast our votes for entirely different reasons. Vote for Chris Cox. He is the congressional chair of Homeland Security and the infamous Patriot Act. Cox is also a draftdodging chickenhawk. So vote online and make him join Bush in the unemployment line.