September 2010

• Show live from Minneapolis.
• Guests:
  • Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT)
  • Representative Ryan Winkler, Minnesota State Rep (District 44B, Golden Valley and St. Louis Park, Minnesota House of Representatives).
  • Carmen Berkley, NAACP Regional Organizer/ONWT Dep.Dir. of Field Mobilization (Youth).
    

President Obama called on progressives yesterday to get out and get active ahead of the midterm elections.  The President, speaking at the University of Wisconsin, told the cheering crowd "we cannot sit this one out.  We cannot let this country fall back because the rest of us didn't stand up and fight." The President continued, "progress is going to come, but you've got to stick with me.  You cannot lose heart." Given that he has so often c

FBI agents have seized a laptop and documents form the Chicago home of a Hatem Abudayyeh, a well-known anti-war activist and US citizen, in an "attempt to silence his advocacy," said attorney Jim Fennerty, Executive Director of the Arab American Action Network.  As many as eight addresses in both Chicago and Minneapolis were searched by the FBI on Friday.  Fennerty says, "The government is trying to quiet activists...this case is really s

• Guests:
  • the Rev. William Barber, NAACP-NC State Conference President and on the National Board of Directors.
  • Swedish Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Chair of WaterAid International.
  • Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA, 21st District).