Phone Interview with Jeff Pearlstein of Media alliance and Emily of corporateswine.net as they entered the localism meeting in the Monterey confrence center. live on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm freakradio.org

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...U.S. Political Power~Interview with John Stauber, co-author of 'Banana Republicans: How the Right-Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State,' conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

We at KZSC's The Sound of Young America asked Santa Cruzians what they thought of John Kerry's choice of running mate... and how far they would go with him. Real Audio link...

If America can put men on the moon, surely it can devise a presidential election system easier to understand than the theory of relativity or even Dubya’s “answers� at his last press conference. It’s time to close the old Electoral College and start a new institution: winner by direct majority vote.

~Nader fails to move Democrats to the left ~Interview with David Moberg, senior editor, In These Times, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris