Thom Hartmann

3 parts

airing during 9/6 to 9/25/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 9/7, 9/14 & 9/21/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Speech given by Thom Hartman, Air America Radio talk show host and author of “Screwed: the Undeclared War Against the Middle Class? and “Cracking the Code”. About the myth of the middle class, the myth of democracy, the myth of free trade, the story of conservatives and liberals. Includes a question & answer session. A presentation by the Ventura County Speaker Series organized by Mary Pallant. Given at Oak Park Community Center on Nov. 30, 2007.

Norm & Betty Eagle – Profile in Activism

3 parts

airing during 8/16 to 9/4/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 8/17, 8/24, 8/31/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Norman Eagle - life-long activist

Betty Eagle - life-long activist

Interview with Norman & Betty Eagle, local, life-time activists, by Cindy Piester for Profiles in Activism series. Discusses their personal activism during the Great Depression through the Civil Rights Movement, McCarthyism, three major wars, and their activism and perspective today. Filmed at CAPS TV in Ventura, CA on July 10, 2009.

Cindy Piester - producer/interviewer - Profiles in Activism series

Israel-Palestine Conflict

3 parts

airing during 7/5 to 7/24/2009 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Map of Israel and Palestine

from 2003 documentary “Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: Media and the Israel-Palestine Conflict” produced by the Media Education Foundation. Includes background and PR strategies.

Vincent Warren

2 parts

airing during 6/7 to 6/12/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 6/15 and 6/22/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights

Interview with Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Cindy Piester, chair of Citizens for Accountability, Ventura County. Discuss torture, Guantanamo, Obama. Filmed at CAPS TV studio in Ventura, CA on April 13, 2009.

Cindy Piester, Chair of Citizens for Accountability, Ventura County

Poems from Guantanamo

4 parts

airing during 5/3 to 5/30/2009 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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reading from "Poems from Guantanamo"

The Peace Poets Ensemble presents readings from the book “Poems from Guantanamo” plus discussion with Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. The event was sponsored by Veterans for Peace and held at The Place of Peace Interfaith Church in Ventura, CA on April 13, 2009.

Bring Them Home

2 parts

airing 12/7 through 12/20/2008 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 12/8 and 12/11/2008 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Jane Bright, mother of Evan Ashcraft

Interview with Jane and Jim Bright, parents of Evan Ashcraft who was killed in Iraq in 2003. Hosted by Cindy Piester of Citizens for Impeachment, Ventura County, Patriot Series. Filmed at CAPS TV in Ventura, CA on Nov. 5, 2008.

On White Privilege with Tim Wise

2 parts

airing during weeks of 10/5 through 10/17/08 in Ventura (see air times)
airing Mondays at 8pm on 10/6 & 10/13/08 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

Speech on “Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality” by Tim Wise, anti-racist activist and author of “White Like Me” at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
Produced by Media Education Foundation.

Women of Chiapas

2 parts

airing in Ventura during weeks of 7/13/08 through 7/25/08 (see air times)
airing in other cities in Ventura County on 7/14/03 and 7/21/08 (see air times)

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Women of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico

Speaker from Chiapas, Gabriela Martinez (sociologist, researcher and independent organizer in Chiapas) with co-speaker and translator, Jennifer Miller (coordinator with Mexico Soldarity Network, Chicago, Ill. chapter) Presentation about the history of the Zapatista Movement and women’s role in the movement. Held at Oxnard College on Nov. 30, 2005.

Ventura County Women’s Forum 2008

2 parts

airing in Ventura during the weeks 5/18 through 5/30/08 (see Air Times)
airing in other cities in the county 5/19 and 5/26 (see Air Times)

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2nd annual Ventura County Women’s Forum presents the theme Educational Justice with keynote speaker, Anna DiStefano from Fielding Graduate University discussing the progress and current status of women and girls in education today. The Forum was held on April 12, 2008 at California State University at Channel Islands in Camarillo, CA.

9/11 Contradictions

2 parts

airing during weeks of 4/20 through 5/1/08 in Ventura

airing 4/21 and 4/28/08 in other cities in Ventura County (see Air Times)

Interview with Dr. David Ray Griffin, Theologian and author, and Cindy Piester with Citizens for Impeachment, Ventura County as part of their Patriots Series.  Discusses reasons people can’t believe our government would commit an atrocity like 9/11 and inconsistencies in the 9/11 Commission Report.

Filmed at CAPS TV in Ventura, CA on March 28, 2008.