The Jeff Farias Show

Tuesday, March 3 2009

At 4:30 Roman Ulman from ASCFME and the host of Arizona at Work on Sundays at 5 PM MST on KXAM 1310 to discuss Employee Free Choice Act, Hilda Solis and labor issues in general.

At 5 PM Lucinda Marshall is the Director of the Feminist Peace Network, which she founded in December, 2001 in response to the marginalization of women’s voices & concerns in the peace movement in the aftermath of 911. The network grew quickly & expanded it’s focus to address all forms of violence that women experience & the myriad of impacts that violence has on their lives. She has written numerous articles which have been published throughout the world & recently guest-edited ‘Off Our Backs’ Magazine’s issue on ‘Women & Peace’. The Feminist Peace Network advocates for the human rights of women by raising awareness about the global pandemic of violence against women in all its heinous forms. FPN believes that we must address the urgent need of providing shelter, food, education, & a safe environment for women & children in all parts of the world, as well as creating economic conditions to ensure these human rights in the future. FPN supports the implementation of CEDAW & UNSC 1325 & is a strong advocate for the participation of women in the process of conflict resolution. We fully condemn the use of military & economic force as detrimental to a just & sustainable world. Since its inception in 2001, FPN has also been actively involved in promoting International Women’s Day. http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org

At 5:30 Joel Paschal, B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Science from Purdue University. After graduating Joel moved to Hawaii were he has 10 years of consulting experience managing environmental projects, conserving endangered species and remediating contaminated land. Underwater, he has surveyed coral reefs in Belize, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Thailand, Burma and Hawaii. He has worked for the University of Hawaii and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands studying the effects of marine debris on coral reef ecosystems, spending as much as four months at sea during research cruises. Joel is a NOAA Scientific diver and Advanced/Recuse PADI diver currently working on his Divemaster certification. Joel’s passion is exploring new places while sailing. He lives on a sloop rigged sailboat, Es Velero, a 35 foot 1964 Cheoy Lee Lion moored in Honolulu. Es Velero is the third “project” sailboat he has owned and refitted. He has also built a sailing raft for Algalita Marine Research Foundation out of 15,000 plastic bottles and reclaimed materials, including a used airplane fuselage and double-hand sailed it from Long Beach, CA to Honolulu, HI. Currently, Joel is the Executive Director at Sea of Change, a non-profit dedicated to researching the impact human activities on the ocean and providing a public narrative about the relationship between people and the ocean. In June, he will be sailing with Captain Charlie Moore on the Oceanographic Research Vessel Algilta from Long Beach to Honolulu to study the correlation between oceanic chlorophyll-a concentrations and plastic pollution densities. http://joelpaschal.com/ http://www.algalita.org

We spoke with John Asimokopoulos about Transformative Studies. “We do not believe in the privatization of socially important goods and services e.g. education, health care, utilities, transportation, public infrastructure, military, housing, social services.” What we do believe in: The supremacy of community decision making over corporate governance Free and equal public education at all levels and the elimination of all private educational institutions No corporate governance/involvement in news media and the creation of an independent public foundation with tax funds to finance free and independent journalism All laws providing full and equal treatment to all individuals and groups regardless of any and all characteristics Sustainable development and the use of renewable resources for the protection of the environment Family planning and a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions with the availability of the required services Zero tolerance policies for conflicts of interests for government positions at all levels Zero political patronage positions at all levels of government Zero corporate involvement in the political process at all levels Direct Political and Economic Democracy Free not for profit universal quality comprehensive health care as a human right A minimum living/family wage and job security laws Fair Trade Guaranteed universal quality housing No taxation of any kind on a primary residence Direct action to foster meaningful change and social justice. In order to achieve these goals TSI believes we must change how people perceive the world around them in order to foster fundamental and thus meaningful change. This requires objective information and a process of transformative learning. Transformative learning goes beyond the mere acquisition of factual knowledge. It seeks to positively impact participants by empowering them with skills that develop their awareness and initiative and to also help them create meaningful learning in their lives. It involves questioning assumptions, beliefs, and values, as well as considering multiple viewpoints. Transformative learning inspires action for change by questioning and challenging what is valued. It emerged from such theoretical models as Jack Mezirow’s perspective transformation, which was influenced in turn by Paulo Freire’s conscientization, a process by which people “achieve a deepening awareness of both the sociocultural reality which shapes their lives and… [develop] their capacity to transform that reality through action upon it”. Additional influences include Robert Merton’s theory of the middle range, and Juergen Habermas’ emancipatory action. http://www.transformativestudies.org

We also spoke with Sam Quinones, author and journalist. Sam spoke to us several months ago about his latest book Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream. He is currently doing a series for the LA Times called Mexico Under Seige which takes an honest look at the Drug Wars consuming Mexico and how it spills across the border to the US. Much of today’s discussion focused on his L A Times piece on Phoenix becoming the kidnapping capitol of the US. Phoenix Kidnapping - http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-drug-kidnappings12-2009feb12,0,1569491.story

Foreign Policy: State of War - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4684&page=2 Sam site is here http://www.samquinones.com

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At 4 PM Bill Hartung Director, Arms and Security Initiative, New America Foundation. We will discuss the US nuclear policy.

At 5 PM Jerelle Kraus - “All the Art That’s Fit to Print (and Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page” “The enduring relevance of the New York Times op-ed illustrations are explicated with literary flair by Kraus, a former art director of the page, who contends that the groundbreaking pictures “changed the very purpose and potential of illustrations… to stir the political and cultural pot.” Episodic essays accompanied by illustrations re-create the battles between art directors and editors that have raged since the Times created the world’s first op-ed page in 1970. The works of famous Times illustrators like Brad Holland and Roland Topor, are enriched by Kraus’s presentation of the controversies associated with their publication or rejection. The book serves as a chronicle of late 20th-century history, replete with sardonic images of tyrants and visual commentaries on the fall of communism; the works of Eastern Europeans who fled totalitarian regimes are some of the most challenging and resonant. In this overflowing treasure chest of ideas, politics and cultural critiques, Kraus proves that “art is dangerous” and sometimes necessarily so. 306 illus. (Nov.)” “Art is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the New York Times, but it appears to play a very important journalistic role in communicating editorial ideas, even at a subconscious level.Kraus, an art director at the Times for 30 years, provides a detailed analysis of the art on the Op-Ed page, from its inception in 1970 to today. The 306 images are arranged by decade, and the text is divided into short sections that focus on a variety of themes related to the images, the artists, and editorial practices. Kraus draws on her 13 years as the art director of the Op-Ed page to share an insider’s view of the editorial and political processes of the newspaper and includes images that were never published in the Times. Using text and images, she shares her passion for visual communication. Readers will be entertained and come away with a deeper appreciation of the power of illustration. This book belongs in public libraries that subscribe to the Times and in most academic libraries.”

http://jerellekraus.com

At 6 PM Karl Frisch from Media Matters. In a column obtained by Media Matters in advance of its publication, George Will falsely claims that in his February 15 column, he “accurately reported” on the contents of an Arctic Climate Research Center document on sea ice data. In fact, while Will suggested the ACRC data undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming, the document actually states that the sea ice data are consistent with the outcomes projected by climate-change models.

At 6:30 Tim Carpenter, National Director of PDA, is a social and political activist who, for more than 30 years, has worked for causes such as nuclear disarmament, death penalty abolition, defending the homeless, and campaign finance reform. Tim established Housing Now! and Democrats for Peace Conversion (DPC), co-founded the Orange County chapter of the Alliance for Survival (AFS), and helped organize the Orange County chapter of Families Against Three Strikes (FACTS). We wil discuss Illinois special election and candidate Tom Geoghegan. PDAers from around the country have volunteered on the virtual phone bank—it’s easy! Contact

Tom4Congress@pdamerica.org

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