The Jeff Farias Show

Tuesday, March 24 2009

At 3:30 Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West & the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is “Engaging the Muslim World” & he also recently authored “Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East”. He has been a regular guest on PBS’s Lehrer News Hour, & has also appeared on ABC Nightly News, Nightline, the Today Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Democracy Now! & many others. He has also given many radio & press interviews. His blog is here http://www.juancole.com/

At 4 PM Dr. Rosalie Bertell’s academic work includes a Ph.D. in Mathematics, with a specialty in environmental epidemiology. She has worked for more than 40 years to bring professional assistance to those who are in crisis due to military & industrial pollution, working by choice with Indigenous People & the Majority (i.e. 3rd World) Countries. She is the Recipient of many awards, including the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament, 1986; United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Global 500 Roll of Honour 1993; & the Sean MacBride International Peace Prize, from the International Peace Bureau, Geneva, September 2001. She received Christian Culture Gold Metal award, 2004; in Windsor & most recently, was named one of the 1000 Women Globally for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Dr. Bertell was co-director of the International Medical Commission - Bhopal, 1994 & Director of the International Medical Commission - Chernobyl, 1996. She has helped citizens in 60 countries deal with environmental health problems. Dr. Bertell has written several books, including: “No Immediate Danger, Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth”, & “Planet Earth, the Latest Weapon of War”, & received nine honorary doctorate degrees from US & Canadian Universities, including Villa Nova 2005. She is now retired & living in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bertell continues to be an advisor/consultant to: • The International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto, Canada; • Member of the International Science Oversight Committee of the Organic Consumers Association, Washington, DC, and • Regent of the International Association for Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.http://www.amazon.com/Rosalie-Bertell-S … 0889614504 http://www.rosaliebertell.net http://www.iicph.org/

At 5 PM Rodrigue Tremblay is a prominent Canadian-born economist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is a former Woodrow Wilson fellow and a Ford International Fellow. He is now professor emeritus at the University of Montreal, after having occupied the positions of full professor of economics at the University of Montreal, president of the North American Economics and Finance Association, president of the Canadian Economics Society, and advisor to numerous organizations. From 1976 to 1979, he was minister of Industry and Commerce in the Quebec government. He is presently vice-president of the International Association of French-speaking Economists. Professor Tremblay has written 25 books dealing with economics and finance, some also tackling moral and political issues. Dr. Tremblay has traveled extensively in Europe, in the Middle-East, in North Africa and in sub-Sahara Africa. http://www.TheNewAmericanEmpire.com/Blog http://www.thecodeforglobalethics.com/ The New American Empire on Amazon USA: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ … 27-8697752

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