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Guest: Fred Branfman - Author, Political Activist Topic: When Chomsky Wept - Friend and colleague Fran Branfman - who has known Noam Chomsky for 42 years, gives us a unique look at the the real man behind the renowned political dissident and linguist l who lays out the atrocities of the world and their causes in ferocious detail - and gives us insight into what truly drives this humble, private genius.

Guests: Greg Palast, Ann Wright Topics: BP Oil Settlement Sells out Victims Obama’s AIPAC Speech- A Denier of Israel’s Crimes Greg Palast joins us to discuss the BP settlement reached on Friday that includes no punitive damages for the oil giant in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Ann Wright discusses Obama’s catering to AIPAC, the powerful Israel lobby, while ignoring the crimes of Israel continues to commit against the Palestinian people

Topic: WISCONSIN DEFEAT - How Traditional Politics Spoiled the Chance for Recall and What Comes Next Guest: Andrew Kroll - Mother Jones Andrew discusses why locking ourselves into a remarkably broken electoral may be the mistake of the decade.  A direct plunge into electoral politics may no longer be the best option for stopping that GOP juggernaut and the American people must seriously look outside the traditional system and find alternative forms of protest and action to influence our politics

Guest: Marcy Wheeler - Author, journalist Topic: Eric Holder Defends Killing Americans Without Due Process On March 5th Attorney General Eric Holder defended drone assassinations of US citizens spoke at northwestern university claiming that it is legal to target US citizens for execution without ever be charged of a crime or told what the accusations are. Author and journalist  Marcy Wheeler who blogs athttp://emptywheel.firedoglake.com discusses his claims

GUEST #1 : Greg Palast - Investigative Journalist Upcoming book, Billionaires Ballot Bandits - How the Election Games are fixed by the Koch gang, Karl Rove and their buck-buddies Topic # 1 Over 5 million Americans were illegally denied the right to vote in the 2008 Presidential election, and as we enter the 2012 election cycle the fix in in again and Americans will have their votes, purged, spoiled, or otherwise not counted. Investigative Journalist Greg Palast discusses the tactics that will be used in 2012 to snatch the election away once again, and what we can do to combat and expose them. GUEST #2 - Dennis Marker –– Author - FIFTEEN STEPS TO CORPORATE FEUDALISM - How the Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class to Eliminate Themselves Topic #2 How methodical was the plan, to eliminate the middle class - who was behind it and and how did it unfold? In his new book FIFTEEN STEPS TO CORPORATE FEUDALISM Dennis Marker outlines the Fifteen steps that have worked in conjunction to nearly eliminate the middle class in America and what we need to do to regain it.

Topic: #1 -  24 More Years in Afghanistan? NATO Stance: We're getting Out By Staying IN Guest:  Rebecca Griffin – Political Director, Peace Action West Despite pressure from American’s to end the war in Afghanistan, President Obama this week endorsed a NATO summit plan that maintains US military presence as far out as 2024. Topic #2: Marijuana is Safe – The Drug War is Deadly Guest: Dr. Steve Frye – Candidate for NV Congress As one of the leading voices nationwide on the need to end our calamitous “War on Drugs, "  Dr.  a Democratic congressional candidate in Nevada's 3rd district, advocates the re-legalization of Industrial Hemp as an immediate source of “Green” jobs and the legalization of marijuana as a whole, in order to end the war on drugs, reduce the U.S. murder rate from violent crime and end the Prison Industrial Complex

Topic: Rupert Murdoch - Unifit to Broadcast - Should the FCC Revoke His 27 Broadcast Licenses? Guests: Melanie Sloan -Exec. Director - Citizen’s Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - CREW Karl Grossman - Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, chief investigative reporter for WVVH-TV In a scathing report, the British Parliament House of Commons has declared Rupert Murdoch “Unfit to broadcast." What will be the ramifications be in the US, where FCC rules state that "broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor,." Will Rupert Murdoch lose his 27 licenses

Topic #1 - Occupy Wall Street Re-surges in May Day Protests and Events Guests - Jackie Di Salvo - OWS May Day Organizer Arun Gupta - Journalist, Founder of the Independent and co-founder of the OWS Journal Jackie Discuses the Occupy Wall Street May Day protests with over 50 unions and 20 emigrant organizations to rallying in Union Square and march led by  transit workers, who are facing wage freezes and benefits cuts. Arun discusses the co-optation of the OWS movement by various political groups who seek to use the name and concept but do not uphold the principles and vision of Occupy Wall Street. Topic #2 - Topic: 17 Year Old  is Suing the Federal Govt. for Not Addressing Global Warming Alec Loorz -  Founder - Kids Vs Global Warming, IMatter.org Alec discusses his long involvement with the global warming cause and his lawsuit on the grounds that the atmosphere is a Public Trust the Federal Govt. is  by law required to protect for future generations

Topic #1: Class of 2012: No Job, Deep In Debt, with Mom and Dad as Landlords! Guest: Abby Kiesa - Circle - Student Citizen Engagement 53 per cent of graduating college students are unemployed, despite expensive degrees from the best schools, with no job prospects what will this mean for the youth vote in 2012? Topic #2 Drone Warfare - KIlling by Remote Control - Medea Benjamin’s New Book - Guest :Medea Benjamin - Code Pink, Global Exchange Medea discusses her new exploring the new era of drone warfare.  What are the threats from these weapons, what are the moral ramifications, and how do we bring transparency and accountability to a secretive program that kills by remote control

Guest: Chase Madar, Civil Rights Attorney, Author - The Passion of Bradley Manning, just released by OR books Topic: 3 Myths of The Bradley Manning Story 8 the Truth About Our Laws of War. Chase examines the case of Bradley Manning and the closely guarded secrets surrounding the way we wage war and how the Laws of War legalize the atrocities of US torture and massacre that Manning allegedly revealed.