Conversations With Remarkable Minds: Recent Episodes
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"Lightning At The Gate" A Discussion of healing, transpersonal medicine
Dr Jeanne Achterberg is a scientist, author & educator, recognized internationally for her pioneering work in medicine & psychology, including the use of imagery in healing, psychoimmunology and behavioral strategies for the reduction of pain & anxiety, A faculty member for 11 years at Southwestern Medical School, she is a Professor of Psychology at Saybrook Institute, San Francisco. "Lightning At The Gate" describes her own healing journey. Mind-Body healing.
Peace activism, human rights in the Middle East; recent events in Gaza,
Uri Avnery is perhaps Israel’s most prominent and vocal peace activist, outspoken critic of Israel’s militarism and treatment of Palestinians, as well as a poet and author. He is the founder of Gush Shalom peace movement . In the late 1930s, Uri was a member of the Zionist paramilitary group, Irgun, later departing the militant organization out of disgust towards their tactics. He was owner of the Israeli news magazine Ha-Olam Ha-Zeh until it folded in 1993, and was a member of Knesset from 1965 to 1981. He was a founding member of the Israeli Council for Israel-Palestinian Peace. www.gush-shalom.org Discussing issues in the Middle East.
“The Living Classroom: Teaching and the Collective Consciousness.” “Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind” What value do the world religions hold in the world today?
Prof. Christopher Bache has been a professor of religious studies and transpersonal psychology at Youngstown State University in Ohio for thirty years, adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies & former Director of Transformative Learning at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. His research and writing focus on the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness and the dynamics of collective consciousness. He has collaborated with many great spiritual theorists such as Drs. Erwin Laszlo and Rupert Sheldrake for developing new models for education based on the interior dynamics that occur between teacher and student and between students themselves to facilitate learning. “The Living Classroom: Teaching and the Collective Consciousness.” “Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind”
"Drug Control Policies In The United States: What Works and What Doesn’t?" ""Globalization And Transnational Organized Crime" Global politics; America’s war on drugs – a failure for domestic policies & international relations.
Prof. Bruce Bagley is the professor of political science at the Univ. of Miami’s Dept.of International Studies. Over the years, Bruce has specialized in globalization, the war on drugs & drug trafficking, Latin American politics, and security issues. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores in Colombia. "Drug Trafficking, Political Violence And U.S. Policy In Colombia In The 1990s" "Drug Control Policies In The United States: What Works and What Doesn’t?" "Globalization And Transnational Organized Crime: The Russian Mafia In Latin America And The Caribbean" America’s War on Drugs – a failure for domestic policies & international relations. globalization. trans-national crime,drug trafficking.
"Living From the Heart" "Energize Your Heart in Four Dimensions" Meditations for the heart; how meditation benefits our heart & well being.
Puran Bair is the co-founder (with his wife Susanna) of IAM Heart and the IAM University of the Heart. He is an American mystic, meditation teacher, and a pioneer in bringing-heart-based meditation to the public. He designed the curriculum of the IAM University of the Heart to apply authentic spiritual teachings to health, relationships, and accomplishments; he pioneered the teaching of meditation in online courses. Puran has worked with leading researchers to measure the effects of meditation on heart rhythm, brain waves, light emission, and electromagnetism, demonstrating mastery of both transcendent and heart-centered meditation techniques. He has led meditation workshops and retreats since 1971. He is the co-author (with Susanna), of “Living from the Heart”, “Follow Your Heart”, and “Energize Your Heart”.
“The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power” “Childhood Under Seige: How Big Business Targets Children” The pathological personality of corporations; how they target children and other 'markets' for profit & power without restraint or conscious.
Prof. Joel Bakan is a lawyer and professor of constitutional & economic law and an internationally recognized legal scholar at the University of British Columbia. He was the author of the best selling book that turned into a documentary, “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power,” which won 23 international awards, including the Sundance Cinema-Documentary Award. “Childhood Under Seige: How Big Business Targets Children” investigates the widespread exploitation of children by profit-seeking firms and our government’s & society’s failure to protect them.
“Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.” The global water crisis, dead zones in the oceans.
Maude Barlow is the national chairperson for the Council of Canadians– an advocacy organization focusing on environmental issues. She is a co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, an international project to challenge corporations’ taking private control of fresh water resources. She also holds leadership positions with Food and Water Watch, the International Forum on Globalization, & the World Future Council. Maude has received ten honorary doctorates, the Right Livelihood Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Outstanding Enviornmental Achievement Award. In 2008 & 2009 she was the Senior Advisor on Water for the UN General Assembly. “Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.”
“Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.” The global water crisis. Continuing the discussion.
Maude Barlow is the national chairperson for the Council of Canadians– an advocacy organization focusing on environmental issues. She is a co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, an international project to challenge corporations’ taking private control of fresh water resources. She also holds leadership positions with Food and Water Watch, the International Forum on Globalization, & the World Future Council. Maude has received ten honorary doctorates, the Right Livelihood Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Outstanding Enviornmental Achievement Award. In 2008 & 2009 she was the Senior Advisor on Water for the UN General Assembly. “Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.”
"The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us" the biological mysteries of our global forests, the threats they face and the future of our trees & forests.
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is an Irish-Canadian researcher, scientist & nature mystic who perhaps knows more about trees & forests than anyone in North America. She is an expert botanist & medical biochemist who has written extensively on the molecular biology of trees, their medicinal properties, the social interactions between trees & other life forms in our forests, sustainable forestry, & the traditional wisdom trees hold for healing. Her scientific work has appeared in The American Heart Journal & the Journal of Microscopy. She has held science posts at the Canadian Dept of Agriculture & the Univ of Ottawa School of Medicine. Diana’s own research gardens outside Ottawa, open to the public, include rare plants from Turkey, Iran, China, & one hundred rare types of trees from the northern forests & other countries, many that are endangered. “The Global Forest”
"The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us" The biological mysteries of our global forests, the threats they face, and the future of our trees & forests. Continuing the discussion.
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is an Irish-Canadian researcher, scientist & nature mystic who perhaps knows more about trees & forests than anyone in North America. She is an expert botanist & medical biochemist who has written extensively on the molecular biology of trees, their medicinal properties, the social interactions between trees & other life forms in our forests, sustainable forestry, & the traditional wisdom trees hold for healing. Her scientific work has appeared in The American Heart Journal & the Journal of Microscopy. She has held science posts at the Canadian Dept of Agriculture & the Univ of Ottawa School of Medicine. Diana’s own research gardens outside Ottawa, open to the public, include rare plants from Turkey, Iran, China, & one hundred rare types of trees from the northern forests & other countries, many that are endangered. “The Global Forest”
“Twilight of American Culture”, "Dark Ages America" Are we in the final phase of Empire? The evolution of human consciousness.
Morris Berman is well known as an innovative cultural historian and social critic. He has taught at a number of universities in Europe & North America, and has held visiting endowed chairs at Incarnate Word College (San Antonio), the University of New Mexico, and Weber State University. Berman won the Governor’s Writers Award for Washington State in 1990 & the Rollo May Center Grant for Humanistic Studies in 1992. He has written a trilogy on the evolution of human consciousness– “The Reenchantment of the World” (1981), “Coming to Our Senses” (1989), and “Wandering God: A Study in Nomadic Spirituality”. His 2000 “Twilight of American Culture” was followed by “Dark Ages America”- a despairing, convincing exploration into contemporary America and her future prospects.
“Bringing It To The Table: On Farming and Food” Our relationship to the soil, to food, wildlife & nature; the importance of a nurturing community.
Wendell Berry is one of America’s most recognized “men of letters” as well as one of the early ‘pioneer’ farmers of organic, sustainable agriculture in our modern age. What Wendell wrote about 40 years ago, ignored as a Luddite at the time, is now the norm among the environmental opponents of big agriculture & the food industry. Wendell has written over 50 books and tomes including novels & novellas, stories, non-fiction works, poems & essays. After teaching English at New York Univ. in the early 60s, he moved to a farm- Lane’s Landing- in rural Kentucky, while periodically teaching at the Univ. of Kentucky. Since then his farm has served as a base to commune with the land, master the art of farming with the purity of food in mind, and to be inspired by our relationship to the soil, to food, wildlife & nature, and experience the importance of a nurturing community. “Bringing It To The Table: On Farming and Food”
“Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization” Challenges to the environment, sustainability & civilization.
Lester Brown has been called “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” today. In India, he is known as the “guru of the environmental movement.” He lived in rural India, where he became intimately familiar with the relationships between population and food supply and he has served as an international advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture in the 60s. He is the founder of Worldwatch Institute & the Earth Policy Institute; Brown has authored or co-authored 50 books, translated in over 40 languages. "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" Challenges to the environment, sustainability & civilization.
X-Events in complexity studies- our civilized dependency upon technology has reached such a point of complexity that human caused events of sudden collapse multiply increasingly- “the collapse of everything”.
One of the pioneers of complexity science & systems theory, John L. Casti, Ph.D., is Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, where he heads an initiative on Extreme Events in Human Society. He worked for many years at the Sante Fe Institute & The RAND Corporation, as well as serving on the faculties of Princeton, the Univ, of Arizona, & New York Univ. A former editor of the journal Complexity, Casti has published nearly 20 volumes of academic & popular science. X-Events in complexity studies- our civilized dependency upon technology has reached such a point of complexity that human caused events of sudden collapse multiply increasingly- “the collapse of everything”.
"They Can't Find Anything Wrong!: 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and Healing Stress Illness" Experiences of healing from stress related illnesses.
Dr. David Clarke is President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association and is a Clinical Asst. Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus & Asst. Director of the Center for Ethics both at Oregon Health & Science University. He is board-certified in Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine, and practiced in Portland, Oregon. He has received numerous awards for excellence in patient care; he has successfully cared for thousands of patients with stress illness, often sent to him after other doctors were unable to help them. He has been a visiting professor at Oxford University Hospital in England and at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. "They Can't Find Anything Wrong!: 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and Healing Stress Illness" recieved strong endorsements from leading medical school professors; he has been invited to speak at teaching hospitals & medical conferences throughout North America and in Europe. "The Stress Check-Up" can be found at www.stressillness.com.
“The Secular City” “The Future of Faith: The Rise and Fall of Beliefs and the Coming Age of Spirit” An exploration into the future of religion and spirituality.
Prof Harvey Cox is the Hollis Professor at Harvard Divinity School, the oldest professorship at Harvard dating back to 1721. He has taught there since 1965 & just recently retired at age 80. He resurrected a long lost tradition that permits the Hollis professor to own a cow to graze in the Harvard yard; his retirement ceremony included “Faith” the cow. Prof. Cox has been one of the most important liberal theologians during the last half century & a leading trend spotter in American religion. He has also been a prominent civil rights & anti-war activist throughout his career. His book, “The Secular City” predicted much of what we now witness unfolding as dogmatic religious beliefs become stronger and secular values take on higher spiritual value & meaning. Forty years ago, Prof. Cox viewed this as a maturing of humanity and a divine gift, rather than a threat to religion. “The Future of Faith: The Rise and Fall of Beliefs and the Coming Age of Spirit” offers a new starting point to what has happened in the past and where the current religious trends seem to be pointing in the future.
"The Secret History of the War on Cancer" Government, industry and science distortions on cancer; some of the major environmental causes of various cancers.
Prof. Devra Davis is a renowned environmental health expert and founder of the Environmental Health Trust in Washington DC. A former professor of epidemiology at the Univ. of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute where she headed the world’s first Center on Environmental Oncology, she is now a visiting professor at Harvard & Georgetown universities. Prof. Davis has held multiple advisory positions on national & international agencies, including the World Health Organization. In addition to her many awards for indepth research on environmental health & cancer, she has authored over 170 scientific publications & several books. “The Secret History of the War on Cancer” “Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation and What the Industry has Done to Hide It” investigates the health risks of cell phone & like technologies; how the telecommunication industry attempts to cover up the science.
“Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation and What the Industry has Done to Hide It” The health risks of cell phone & like technologies; how the telecommunication industry attempts to cover up the science.
Prof. Devra Davis is a renowned environmental health expert and founder of the Environmental Health Trust in Washington DC. A former professor of epidemiology at the Univ. of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute where she headed the world’s first Center on Environmental Oncology, she is now a visiting professor at Harvard & Georgetown universities. Prof. Davis has held multiple advisory positions on national & international agencies, including the World Health Organization. In addition to her many awards for indepth research on environmental health & cancer, she has authored over 170 scientific publications & several books. “The Secret History of the War on Cancer” “Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation and What the Industry has Done to Hide It” investigates the health risks of cell phone & like technologies; how the telecommunication industry attempts to cover up the science.
“The Serpent and the Rainbow”, “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World" How we value cultures far from our own; what we can learn from each other.
Dr. Wade Davis is a renowned Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, poet, film director, and National Geographic’s Explorer-in Residence. National Geographic named him “explorer of the millennium” for his numerous field studies and investigations into indigenous cultures all around the world: the polynesian navigators, many Amazonian and Andean peoples, the Aborigines of Australia, Arctic communities, the San bushmen in Africa, and many others. “The Serpent and the Rainbow”, “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World” Why indigenous wisdom matters in the modern world.
“The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World" How we measure the success of cultures not our own; when culture breaks down; how wealth is defined in other cultures; tuning in to the diverse voices of humanity; the internet as a global campfire.
Dr. Wade Davis is a renowned Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, poet, film director, and National Geographic’s Explorer-in Residence. National Geographic named him “explorer of the millennium” for his numerous field studies and investigations into indigenous cultures all around the world: the polynesian navigators, many Amazonian and Andean peoples, the Aborigines of Australia, Arctic communities, the San bushmen in Africa, and many others. “The Serpent and the Rainbow”, “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World” Why indigenous wisdom matters in the modern world.
“Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” The pending geopolitics of global warming – food shortages, mass migration & military conflicts. Pt 1
Dr. Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian historian with a doctorate in Military and Middle Eastern History from Kings College, London. As a scholar, he taught War Studies at the Royal Military Academy in the UK. A syndicated columnist for over 20 years, his writings appear in over 175 newspapers & magazines in 45 countries. His earlier book “War” was the basis for a television series aired on BBC & PBS. “Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” is being hailed by people like James Lovelock , NASA’s chief scientist Dennis Bushnell, and Sr. Crispin Tickell (chairman emeritus of the Climate Instiatute & former president of the Royal Geographic Society) as a very viable scenario of dwindling food resources, starvation, mass migrations and a flurry of new military conflicts around the world. www.GwynneDyer.com
“Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” the pending geopolitics of global warming – food shortages, mass migration & military conflicts. Pt 2
Dr. Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian historian with a doctorate in Military and Middle Eastern History from Kings College, London. As a scholar, he taught War Studies at the Royal Military Academy in the UK. A syndicated columnist for over 20 years, his writings appear in over 175 newspapers & magazines in 45 countries. His earlier book “War” was the basis for a television series aired on BBC & PBS. “Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” is being hailed by people like James Lovelock , NASA’s chief scientist Dennis Bushnell, and Sr. Crispin Tickell (chairman emeritus of the Climate Instiatute & former president of the Royal Geographic Society) as a very viable scenario of dwindling food resources, starvation, mass migrations and a flurry of new military conflicts around the world. www.GwynneDyer.com
“Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” What might we predict the results would be from an attack on Iran.
Dr. Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian historian with a doctorate in Military and Middle Eastern History from Kings College, London. As a scholar, he taught War Studies at the Royal Military Academy in the UK. A syndicated columnist for over 20 years, his writings appear in over 175 newspapers & magazines in 45 countries. His earlier book “War” was the basis for a television series aired on BBC & PBS. “Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats” is being hailed by people like James Lovelock , NASA’s chief scientist Dennis Bushnell, and Sr. Crispin Tickell (chairman emeritus of the Climate Instiatute & former president of the Royal Geographic Society) as a very viable scenario of dwindling food resources, starvation, mass migrations and a flurry of new military conflicts around the world. www.GwynneDyer.com
“The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean are One” The life of the ocean & the importance of the ocean to human life- Pt 1
Dr. Sylvia Earle is clearly one of America’s great oceanographers and ocean explorers, who has been fondly called “Her Deepness” and a “living legend” by the Library of Congress. Dr. Earle is the National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and chair of the Advisory Councils for the Harte Research Institute and Ocean in Google Earth. She has led over 400 marine expeditions, and has chalked up approximately 7,000 hours underwater. She holds the world’s records in women’s solo diving and has walked untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other human being. Sylvia has earned well over a hundred awards for her work in ocean exploration, including the prestigious TED Prize in 2008 and being hailed as Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet” in 1998. She is also an expert on the impact of oil spills, and was called upon to investigate the catastrophes of the Exxon Valdez and Mega Borg. She has written numerous articles and many books, including an Atlas of the Ocean and children’s books about ocean life and reefs. “The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean are One”
“The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean are One” The life of the ocean & the importance of the ocean to human life- Pt 2
Dr. Sylvia Earle is clearly one of America’s great oceanographers and ocean explorers, who has been fondly called “Her Deepness” and a “living legend” by the Library of Congress. Dr. Earle is the National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and chair of the Advisory Councils for the Harte Research Institute and Ocean in Google Earth. She has led over 400 marine expeditions, and has chalked up approximately 7,000 hours underwater. She holds the world’s records in women’s solo diving and has walked untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other human being. Sylvia has earned well over a hundred awards for her work in ocean exploration, including the prestigious TED Prize in 2008 and being hailed as Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet” in 1998. She is also an expert on the impact of oil spills, and was called upon to investigate the catastrophes of the Exxon Valdez and Mega Borg. She has written numerous articles and many books, including an Atlas of the Ocean and children’s books about ocean life and reefs. “The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean are One”
"The Population Bomb", "The End Of Affluence" The effect of the US Empire at home and abroad; consequences to the environment & economy; the lack of objective media coverage.
Paul R. Ehrlich has been a household name since the publication of his 1968 bestseller, “The Population Bomb”. He is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Ehrlich is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Crafoord Prize, the Blue Planet Prize, and numerous other international honors. He investigates a wide range of topics in population biology, ecology, evolution, and human ecology and evolution. Much of his current effort is focused on the mechanisms of human cultural evolution and ways of directing that evolution to ameliorate the human predicament. "The End Of Affluence" The effect of the US Empire at home and abroad; consequences of our actions to the environment and economy, and the lack of objective media coverage.
"Misquoting Jesus" an overview of the changes found in the surviving copies of the New Testament and of the scribes who produced them.
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Where he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. Prof Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary; Since then he has published extensively in the fields of New Testament and Early Christianity, having written or edited 21 books, numerous scholarly articles, and dozens of book reviews. Among his most recent books are two New York Times bestsellers: “God’s Problem” (an assessment of the biblical views of suffering) and “Misquoting Jesus” (an overview of the changes found in the surviving copies of the New Testament and of the scribes who produced them). Among his fields of scholarly expertise are the historical Jesus, the early Christian apocrypha, the apostolic fathers, and the manuscript tradition of the New Testament.
"Pentagon Papers" “The Most Dangerous Man in America” America’s strategy in Afghanistan, the Middle East, lack of transparency & truth in the Obama administration.
Dr. Daniel Ellsberg is a former military analyst for the Rand Corporation who released the highly controversial political documents that led to the unveiling of secrets, motivations, and cover-ups, behind the Vietnam war. His publication of the Pentagon Papers ultimately contributed to Watergate & the removal of President Nixon. Since then, Daniel continues to be one of the nation’s most outspoken anti-war activists, speaking out against our invasion & strategy in Afghanistan, American militarism in the Middle East & the humanitarian threats still looming from nuclear weapons. A documentary about him & the Pentagon Papers – “The Most Dangerous Man in America” was nominated for an Oscar. Daniel has received many awards, including the Gandhi Peace Award & the Right Livelihood Award. Daniel was among 131 protesters – along with Chris Hedges, Medea Benjamin & Ray McGovern -- arrested last Thursday in front of the White House for demonstrating in solidarity with war veterans for ending the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq. [12-16-2010] www.Ellsberg.net
Pentagon Papers' “The Most Dangerous Man in America” Giving a rebirth to the anti-war movement; our culture of fear & apathy towards civil disobedience; how we can exert pressure on our officials to wake them up.
Dr. Daniel Ellsberg is a former military analyst for the Rand Corporation who released the highly controversial political documents that led to the unveiling of secrets, motivations, and cover-ups, behind the Vietnam war. His publication of the Pentagon Papers ultimately contributed to Watergate & the removal of President Nixon. Since then, Daniel continues to be one of the nation’s most outspoken anti-war activists, speaking out against our invasion & strategy in Afghanistan, American militarism in the Middle East & the humanitarian threats still looming from nuclear weapons. A documentary about him & the Pentagon Papers – “The Most Dangerous Man in America” was nominated for an Oscar. Daniel has received many awards, including the Gandhi Peace Award & the Right Livelihood Award. Daniel was among 131 protesters – along with Chris Hedges, Medea Benjamin & Ray McGovern -- arrested last Thursday in front of the White House for demonstrating in solidarity with war veterans for ending the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq. [12-16-2010] www.Ellsberg.net
“Seeds of Destruction" The hidden agenda of GMO corporations; how corporate control of the free market threatens humanity; the future of food.
F. William Engdahl is one of the most important independent investigative scholars today who uncovers the hidden motives behind corporate globalization and geopolitics, oil, GMO foods & vaccine controversies. Living in Germany, William’s essays have been addressing some of the most crucial topics facing our world. He is the author of the very important book “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of GMOs” that details how corporate control of the free market threatens humanity. And more recently “Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order.”
“Seeds of Destruction" Use of vaccines and GMO foods in the developing World as a means to control population growth; the role of Bill Gates and others in this agenda.
F. William Engdahl is one of the most important independent investigative scholars today who uncovers the hidden motives behind corporate globalization and geopolitics, oil, GMO foods & vaccine controversies. Living in Germany, William’s essays have been addressing some of the most crucial topics facing our world. He is the author of the very important book “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of GMOs” that details how corporate control of the free market threatens humanity. And more recently “Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order.”
“Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health & What We Can Do About It” The relationship between climate change & health for the general public.
Prof. Paul Epstein is a medical physician trained in tropical public health and a director at the Center for Health & the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. He has worked extensively in Africa, Asia & Latin America & oversaw the special 8 part series on health climate change published by the Lancet journal. He works closely with the International Panel on Climate Change, the National Academy of Sciences, NASA, the UNDP, & the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in forecasting the health impacts of global warming & tipping points due to climate change. He is the author of many professional papers; his most recent book “Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health & What We Can Do About It ” outlines the relationship between climate change & health for the general public.
The banking-government-illegal drug trade equation.
Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari Inc & the publisher of the Solari Report, which provides investment consultation for shifting wealth away from financial institutions that don’t act upon our best interests. Earlier, she served as managing director & a board member for the Wall St investment bank Dillon Read, & was the Asst. Secretary of Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner at the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development during the first Bush administration. After leaving the Washington, Catherine founded The Hamilton Securities Group, an investment bank & financial software developer. www.Solari.com Global economy, banking, finance & government.
Rebalancing the global economy, globalizing labor to the detriment of labor; debt bubbles; centralization of economic power
Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari Inc & the publisher of the Solari Report, which provides investment consultation for shifting wealth away from financial institutions that don’t act upon our best interests. Earlier, she served as managing director & a board member for the Wall St investment bank Dillon Read, & was the Asst. Secretary of Housing & Federal Housing Commissioner at the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development during the first Bush administration. After leaving the Washington, Catherine founded The Hamilton Securities Group, an investment bank & financial software developer. www.Solari.com Global economy, banking, finance & government.
“The Fall of the US Empire, and Then What?” The changing dynamics of global political and economic power. Where will America find herself in this new world order?
Prof. Johan Galtung is a Norwegian mathematician & sociologist who may be considered the father of the discipline of international peace & conflict resolution studies. He has probably taught sociology to more students in more countries & on more campuses than anyone other sociologist in the world, including Princeton, Columbia, the UN University in Geneva & many others. In 1993, Prof. Galtung founded the education & research organization Transcend: A Peace, Development and Environment Network, specializing in peaceful conflict resolution theory & practice. He holds 7 honorary doctorates and has written over 1000 articles & over 100 books. “The Fall of the US Empire, and Then What?”, continues many of his earlier predictions – such as the collapse of the Soviet Union by 1990. Starting with an earlier prediction made in 2000, Prof. Galtung now theorizes the US empire will fall by 2020, which will lead to two possibilities: either the establish of a neo-fascist state (already begun) or a return to a true US Republic.
"Awakening The Global Mind"; "Between Worlds: The Emergence of Global Reason"; "Meditative Reason: Towards Universal Grammar". Global consciousness- todays clashing world views; the limits and influence of wealth & power; the philosophy of deception.
Prof. Ashok Gangadean is a distinguished professor of philosophy at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. His life long study and passion has been to clarify the common ground at the heart of human reason and to promote a deeper dialogue to bring forth a more integral and holistic global consciousness, which can remedy the apocalyptic fervor associated with our fragmented world. Ashok is the founder of the Global Dialogue Institute, which seeks an integral approach to a new holistic models of education and teachers. He is also a co-founder of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality. Among his books are “Awakening the Global Mind” and earlier “Meditative Reason: Toward a Universal Grammar" and "Between Worlds: The Emergence of Global Reason”. www.AwakeningMind.org
“Meditative Reason: Toward a Universal Grammar" "Between Worlds: The Emergence of Global Reason” “Awakening the Global Mind” Evolving our human consciousness, transcending the barriers of ego.
Prof. Ashok Gangadean is a distinguished professor of philosophy at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. His life long study and passion has been to clarify the common ground at the heart of human reason and to promote a deeper dialogue to bring forth a more integral and holistic global consciousness, which can remedy the apocalyptic fervor associated with our fragmented world. Ashok is the founder of the Global Dialogue Institute, which seeks an integral approach to a new holistic models of education and teachers. He is also a co-founder of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality. Among his books are “Awakening the Global Mind” and earlier “Meditative Reason: Toward a Universal Grammar" and "Between Worlds: The Emergence of Global Reason”. www.AwakeningMind.org
“Civilization and the Transformation of Power” “America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Nation” The rise & fall of empires; the emergence of a new value system, the cultural creatives; awakening a more compassionate consciousness.
Dr. Jim Garrison is the co-founder and president of Wisdom University. As the co-founder & President of the Gorbachev Foundation, he was instrumental in the founding of the State of the World Forum in 1995, which generated a global network of leaders & visionaries from all walks of life to define a template for a more sustainable global civilization. In 2000, he initiated the launch of the Commission on Globalization which challenged the existing global governance system gathering leaders together to define viable alternatives. Jim has graduate degrees in religion & theology from Harvard and Cambridge universities. Among his books are “Civilization and the Transformation of Power” , “America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Nation” www.WisdomUniversity.org
"Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism" The emerging culture of violence & militarism feeding off the suffering of others and an economic darwinism that views democracy as a deficit; the commodification of youth & education.
Prof Henry Giroux holds the Global Television Network Chair of English & Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Ontario: he is a leader in the field of critical & public pedagogy – a term to describe the nature of spectacle in our new media, body politic & corporate education. Prof.Giroux is a prominent advocate of radical democracy, which opposes the powers of neoliberalism, militarism, Empire & religious fundamentalism that is now diminishing our population’s sense of civic virtue, free-thought and well being. He has been named among the top fifty educational thinkers of the modern period. “Beyond the Spectacle of Terrorism: Global Uncertainty and the Challenge of the New Media”, “Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?”, "Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism" www.HenryAGiroux.com
“Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued from the Brink” Engaging the natural world with care & compassion; preserving the natural world for humanity’s and the planet’s benefit.
Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist – best known for her 45 years of studying and living among the chimpanzees of Gombe Tanzania – an ethnologist, conservationist, and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. She spends most of the year on road, speaking with students, children and government officials on animal conservation issues and the threats against the chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, one of their last remaining refuges on the planet. Educating young children about the importance of our neighbors in the animal kingdom has been one of Jane’s fundamental priorities for inspiring and empowering them to care and preserve the natural world for humanity’s and the planet’s benefit. Jane has written many books about her chimpanzee research, wildlife conservation, mindful eating, and a postmodern spirituality that engages the natural world with care and compassion. “Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued from the Brink”
Founder, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; "Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression"; Mind-body healing for cancer, depression, chronic illness & trauma.
James S. Gordon, MD is a world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at Georgetown Medical School. Dr. Gordon served as the first Chairman of the Program Advisory Council to NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine and as Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush. Dr. Gordon has created ground-breaking programs of comprehensive mind-body healing for physicians, medical students, and other health professionals; for people with cancer, depression and other chronic illnesses; and for traumatized children and families in Kosovo, Israel, Gaza, Haiti, post-9/11 New York City and post-Katrina southern Louisiana; and for US Military returning from Iraq & Afghanistan. "Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression"
“How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “Self Aware Universe” Understanding conciousness vs ego; evolving a perspective of quantum activism.
Professor Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon’s Institute for Theoretical Physics; he has been teaching at Oregon since 1968. He is a self-styled multidisciplinary quantum scientist, applying the principles of physics to multiple research areas: the history of paradigm shifts, the New Biology and genetics, psychology and medicine and the healing arts. Prof. Goswami is a member of the advisory board at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and serves on adjunct, visiting faculties for the the Philosophical Research University, the Pacifica Institute, & UNIPAZ in Portugal. His recent documentary “Quantum Activist”, is based upon his book “How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “God is not Dead”; “Self Aware Universe”. www.QuantumActivist.com; www.AmitGoswami.org
“How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “Self Aware Universe” Learning to re-evaluate and re-orient our perceptions; creating a paradigm for a new way of thinking that can save humanity from itself.
Professor Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon’s Institute for Theoretical Physics; he has been teaching at Oregon since 1968. He is a self-styled multidisciplinary quantum scientist, applying the principles of physics to multiple research areas: the history of paradigm shifts, the New Biology and genetics, psychology and medicine and the healing arts. Prof. Goswami is a member of the advisory board at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and serves on adjunct, visiting faculties for the the Philosophical Research University, the Pacifica Institute, & UNIPAZ in Portugal. His recent documentary “Quantum Activist”, is based upon his book “How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “God is not Dead”; “Self Aware Universe”. www.QuantumActivist.com; www.AmitGoswami.org
“How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “Self Aware Universe” shaking off materialistic comnditioning; understanding facets of consciousness; quantum physics & quantum thinking.
Professor Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon’s Institute for Theoretical Physics; he has been teaching at Oregon since 1968. He is a self-styled multidisciplinary quantum scientist, applying the principles of physics to multiple research areas: the history of paradigm shifts, the New Biology and genetics, psychology and medicine and the healing arts. Prof. Goswami is a member of the advisory board at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and serves on adjunct, visiting faculties for the the Philosophical Research University, the Pacifica Institute, & UNIPAZ in Portugal. His recent documentary “Quantum Activist”, is based upon his book “How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization”; “God is not Dead”; “Self Aware Universe”. www.QuantumActivist.com; www.AmitGoswami.org
More on how ALEC operates behind closed doors; push to privatize everything & remove protections for public lands and holdings; disaster capitalism; fracking; mainstream media ignores most of this; read outrageous bills sponsored by ALEC @ www.alecexposed.org
Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, & BanksterUSA. Lisa has testified as an expert witness before both the Senate & House and has frequently appeared as an expert across the different radio & television networks. The Center for Media and Democracy recently obtained documents outlining about 800 bills, vetted & approved by major corporations along with Republican officials, who comprise the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC. It has been discovered that these bills are designed to rewrite state laws & target just about every area of American life – education, union and worker rights, civil liberties, corporate oversight, health care, utilities, taxation – all which favor greater independence for the corporate regime and their domination over the privatization of people’s lives. Read some of the more outrageous ALEC sponsored legislation @ www.alecexposed.org
More on ALEC's back door policies- voting as equals with elected legislators to pass ALEC legislation; government approval of drugs & products absolves corporations of liability for any damage.
Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, & BanksterUSA. Lisa has testified as an expert witness before both the Senate & House and has frequently appeared as an expert across the different radio & television networks. The Center for Media and Democracy recently obtained documents outlining about 800 bills, vetted & approved by major corporations along with Republican officials, who comprise the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC. It has been discovered that these bills are designed to rewrite state laws & target just about every area of American life – education, union and worker rights, civil liberties, corporate oversight, health care, utilities, taxation – all which favor greater independence for the corporate regime and their domination over the privatization of people’s lives. Read some of the more outrageous ALEC sponsored legislation @ www.alecexposed.org
Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy. The American Legislative Exchange Council- ALEC; corporate money influence in policy making on the state level.
Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, & BanksterUSA. Lisa has testified as an expert witness before both the Senate & House and has frequently appeared as an expert across the different radio & television networks. The Center for Media and Democracy recently obtained documents outlining about 800 bills, vetted & approved by major corporations along with Republican officials, who comprise the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC. It has been discovered that these bills are designed to rewrite state laws & target just about every area of American life – education, union and worker rights, civil liberties, corporate oversight, health care, utilities, taxation – all which favor greater independence for the corporate regime and their domination over the privatization of people’s lives. Read some of the more outrageous ALEC sponsored legislation @ www.alecexposed.org
More on ALEC's back door policies- 850+ pieces of legislation proposed by ALEC- 20%+ are enacted into law. Global corporations use ALEC to rewrite our laws, reduce our rights & boost their profits.
Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, & BanksterUSA. Lisa has testified as an expert witness before both the Senate & House and has frequently appeared as an expert across the different radio & television networks. The Center for Media and Democracy recently obtained documents outlining about 800 bills, vetted & approved by major corporations along with Republican officials, who comprise the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC. It has been discovered that these bills are designed to rewrite state laws & target just about every area of American life – education, union and worker rights, civil liberties, corporate oversight, health care, utilities, taxation – all which favor greater independence for the corporate regime and their domination over the privatization of people’s lives. Read some of the more outrageous ALEC sponsored legislation @ www.alecexposed.org
“Ideas that Matter: The Concepts that Shape the 21st Century” The most important philosophical ideas for understanding our future.
Prof. Anthony Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at St. Annes College at Oxford and Birbeck College at the Univ. of London. In the UK, and through much of Europe, he is a household name and appears frequently on media and major publications. He has written over 30 books on philosophy and other subjects dealing with Liberty and Terror, social justice, and the big ideas that have shaped the course of humanity and civilization. Prof. Grayling is the honorary secretary of England’s preeminent philosophical association, The Aristotelian Society. He is a past Chairman of June Fourth – a human rights organization dealing with Chinese violations, and a representative of the UN Human Rights Council for the International Humanist and Ethical Union. He frequently appears on BBC & the World Service & has received numerous prestigious rewards for his humanitarian & literary efforts. “Ideas that Matter: The Concepts that Shape the 21st Century” www.acgrayling.com
“Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition” The role of forests & gardens in the human imagination; what they have to tell us about our human condition & western civilization.
Prof Robert Pogue Harrison is the Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature at Stanford University, with a broad knowledge and insight into world literature. He is also a scholar in literary and cultural criticism, Greek philosophy and phenomenology. Prof. Harrison is the author of a trilogy of widely acclaimed books on western civilization’s and literature’s relationship to the natural world. They challenge us to reconsider our relationships with our environment and guide us in a discovery into the human condition. "The Dominion of the Dead"; "Forests: The Shadow of Civilization" "Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition" The role of forests and gardens in the human imagination and what they have to tell us about our human condition and western civilization.
“Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell”; “Resonance: Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality”. Scientist and healer Joyce Hawkes relates stories and experiences of healing around the world.
Joyce Hawkes, PhD, is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with a long-standing career as a research cell biologist & biophysicist. After a near-death experience she embarked on an exploration of indigenous healing traditions and now teaches energy healing at the interface of science & spirit. She has been a certified counselor & practicing healing facilitator for 30 years. Over the course of 15 years as a biophysicist she earned an international reputation for her scientific contributions in the field of ultra high-speed laser effects on cells, and the effects of environmental pollutants on fish. She has published 36 peer-reviewed scientific papers. By combining her knowledge as a research biophysicist and her experience with indigenous healers Joyce realized that it is possible to reach the deep primary structures of life – our cells – with energy to bring health & vitality. “Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell”; “Resonance: Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality”.
Who and what are the real Progressives today? Why are they absent from the national debate on just about everything? The rise of the corporate state & the failure of the corporate controlled media.
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco
"The World As It Is" Discussing the lawsuit recently filed challenging the Obama Administration on the National Defense Authorization Act.
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco
"The World As It Is" The emerging police state in America; why is the liberal media silent in challenging this threat of 'creeping fascism'?
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco
“Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” A look at our nation’s “sacrifice zones” as evidence of rapid socio-economic decay across the US.
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco
On Election Day- where are the 3rd party candidates and perspectives? What are the essential issues not being discussed in the media?
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco
"Healthy Holistic Aging; A Blueprint for Success". An engaging discussion of a holistic approach to healthy aging that embraces our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing as well as our interactions with each other and our environment.
Carl O. Helvie is a recognized health practitioner and widely published author who has developed multiple strategies for healthy holistic aging in his clinical work and as a nursing educator. Professor emeritus of nursing at Old Dominion University, he was awarded the Distinguished Career in Public Health Award from the American Public Health Association in 1999. During his years in academia he received funding for and established a nursing center, provided primary care for homeless and low income individuals and families. He overcame lung cancer using natural interventions after being given 6 months to live by conventional medicine in 1974. He is the founder of the Carl O Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation. "Healthy Holistic Aging; A Blueprint for Success".
President of the Millennium Institute in Washington DC. A discussion of agroecology as a sustainable solution for future agriculture and the nutritional quality of food; a critique of the new Green Revolution.
Dr. Hans Herren is an internationally respected scientist and the President of the Millennium Institute in Washington DC – a research based think tank that develops strategies for the world to move towards economic equity & environmental sustainability. In the past he has served as the director of the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi and the Africa Biological Control Center in Benin, Africa. He was responsible for saving the African cassava crop in 1995 which averted Africa’s worst ever food crisis. Dr. Herren received his doctorate from the Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland and holds numerous awards – election to the US National Academy of Science, recipient of the World Food Award, the Tyler Award for Environmental Achievement and the Sir and Lady Rank Prize for Nutrition. Dr. Herren’s current focus is on promoting agroecology as the among the most important means for feeding the world.
“Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare” Genetic Engineering, GM foods, Morgellon's disease; discussion of politics, genetic science, need for a change in paradigms.
Dr. Mae Wan Ho is a biochemist and bio-physicist, speaker & writer with over 400 publications in scientific and popular magazines. She has published many books including her very important study “Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare”, & her classic text “The Physics of Organisms”. Dr. Ho has also written extensively about AIDS- “Unraveling AIDS” and the global problems associated with the genetic modification of rice-“Rice is Life”. Dr. Ho is also a major critic of neo-Darwinian thought and genetic engineering. She is the Co-Founder and Director of the Institute of Science and Society in London, and the editor of ‘Science in Society’. www.i-sis.org.uk
“Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare” Is biotechnology, genetic engineering, the most dangerous threat to humanity in the new millennium?
Dr. Mae Wan Ho is a biochemist and bio-physicist, speaker & writer with over 400 publications in scientific and popular magazines. She has published many books including her very important study “Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare”, & her classic text “The Physics of Organisms”. Dr. Ho has also written extensively about AIDS- “Unraveling AIDS” and the global problems associated with the genetic modification of rice-“Rice is Life”. Dr. Ho is also a major critic of neo-Darwinian thought and genetic engineering. She is the Co-Founder and Director of the Institute of Science and Society in London, and the editor of ‘Science in Society’. www.i-sis.org.uk
Ori Hofmekler is a modern renaissance man whose formative military experience prompted a life interest in survival science. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he received a degree in Human Science, he is a world-renowned artist whose political satire artwork has been featured in books and magazines worldwide. As editor-in-chief of Mind and Muscle Power magazine, Hofmekler introduced his diet approach to the public; His best seller “Warrior Diet” was first published in 2002; Hofmekler's 2006 book, “The Anti-Estrogenic Diet”, offers natural dietary strategies against hormonal-disrupting chemicals in our food and environment. His 'Take No Prisoners 'newsletter exposes fallacies in the areas of diet and fitness. http://www.defensenutrition.com
"There Is Nothing Wrong with You", "When You're Falling, Dive" A holistic, Zen approach to health & healing.
Cheri Huber, author of 20 books, has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 35 years. In 1983, Cheri founded the Mountain View Zen Center, and in 1987 she founded the Zen Monastery Peace Center near Murphys, California. She and the monks at the Monastery conduct workshops and retreats at these centers, other places around the U.S., and internationally. In 1997, Cheri founded Living Compassion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to peace and service. Living Compassion’s primary work is the Africa Vulnerable Children Project, based in Zambia, where for over a decade they have been working with the people of Kantolomba, beginning the process of turning a slum of 11,000 people into a self-sustaining community. "There Is Nothing Wrong with You", "Sweet Zen". "When You're Falling, Dive".
“Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of the American Empire” “Global Fracture: The New International Economic Order” Indepth discourse on the most significant economic issues facing us today- globally and nationally.
Dr. Michael Hudson is one of our nation’s important economists and Wall Street financial analysts. He is currently the President of The Institution for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends and was the Chief Economic Policy Advisor for Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s 2008 presidential campaign. He is a research professor of economics at the Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City and a research association at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. Dr. Hudson has served as an advisor to the White House, State and Defense departments at the Hudson Institute, in addition to the United Nations Institute where he became a specialist in global economics. Dr. Hudson has written several books and many important papers articles, including “Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of the American Empire” and “Global Fracture: The New International Economic Order”
"Endgame Vol 1- The Problem of Civilization", "Endgame Vol 2- Resistance" Lies our culture lives by; truths our culture won't discuss; lifestyle changes & strategies for survival & sustainability.
Derrick Jensen has become one of the nation’s leading voices of cultural and environmental dissent, who writes on how civilization is devastating the environment and the natural world, and our society’s denial of that fact. In 2008, Utne Reader listed Derrick as one of the 50 visionaries changing the world. His many books have explored the nature of humanity’s postmodern pathology and its roots: the interrelationship between hate and economics, genocide, corporate malfeasance, and the on-going neglect of the environmental crisis that is destroying the planet. In sharp contrast to environmental optimists who believe working within the corportacracy will offset the tenuous planetary balance threatened by climate change, Derrick advocates a “dismantling of civilization” which can include radical dissent as well as imparting wisdom to our children. “Dreams” is a thorough critique against the fundamentalist Christian legalist morality and materialist scientism that define western civilization and reinforce its disregard and violence against nature.
"Endgame" Vol 1 & 2 Our civilization’s pathologies; the role of materialist scientism in the destruction of nature; altering our perceptions of the rest of the world; possibilities for an awakened culture.
Derrick Jensen has become one of the nation’s leading voices of cultural and environmental dissent, who writes on how civilization is devastating the environment and the natural world, and our society’s denial of that fact. In 2008, Utne Reader listed Derrick as one of the 50 visionaries changing the world. His many books have explored the nature of humanity’s postmodern pathology and its roots: the interrelationship between hate and economics, genocide, corporate malfeasance, and the on-going neglect of the environmental crisis that is destroying the planet. In sharp contrast to environmental optimists who believe working within the corportacracy will offset the tenuous planetary balance threatened by climate change, Derrick advocates a “dismantling of civilization” which can include radical dissent as well as imparting wisdom to our children. “Dreams” is a thorough critique against the fundamentalist Christian legalist morality and materialist scientism that define western civilization and reinforce its disregard and violence against nature.
“Clean: A Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself” Global toxicity; simple ways we can detoxify ourselves.
Dr. Alejandro Junger is an international visionary doctor in cardiology. He is a board certified physician in internal medicine and cardiology practicing in New York & California. After becoming a patient of our current medical system, Dr. Junger began an exploration into natural & integrative medicine to heal himself; this led to his living in India, studying its eastern medical practices and other natural healing practices. He was the medical director of the fasting and detoxification center, WE Care Holistic Health Center in Palm Springs and was the director of the integrative medicine service at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. “Clean: A Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself” is the basis for his Clean detoxification program. www.TheCleanProgram.com
“The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” The American appetite, food Industry strategies & overcoming the overeating epidemic; the evil trinity- sugar, fat & salt.
Dr. David Kessler is a former Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, having served under the presidencies of Bush Sr and Bill Clinton. During his tenure at the FDA, he was instrumental in fighting for regulation of the tobacco industry, in protecting consumers about false label claims, and requiring the standardization of nutritional facts on food. He has served as the Dean of Yale University’s Medical School and the Dean at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco; his medical specialty is pediatrics. His recent focus as been investigating the root causes of the obesity and hypereating epidemic throughout the US, and unveiling the fundamental role the Big Food Industry plays in promoting this national health crisis. “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” details the means by which the food industry has hijacked the American public to consume more and more unhealthy foods.
“In The Dark Places Of Wisdom”, "Reality". Exploring the spiritual roots of ancient western civilization and western healing traditions.
Dr. Peter Kingsley is one of today’s most skilled revisionists in the historical philosophy behind ancient Greece and the origins of western civilization. Peter’s translations and reinterpretations of the ancient pre-Socractic writings of Parmenides and Empedocles reveal a spiritual legacy, every bit as mystically oriented as Eastern traditions, that are at the roots of western civilization; however the misinterpretation of their writings over the millennia—beginning with Plato and Aristotle -- has resulted in an aberration of what was a profound spiritual legacy developing into the materialist, reductionist culture we have today. He is author of a trilogy of books dealing with the reinterpretation of western philosophy’s roots: “Ancient Philsophy, Myth and Magic” “The Dark Places of Wisdom”, “Reality” & “A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World”
"Reality"; “A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World” Exploring more of the spiritual origins and purpose of Western Civilization
Dr. Peter Kingsley is one of today’s most skilled revisionists in the historical philosophy behind ancient Greece and the origins of western civilization. Peter’s translations and reinterpretations of the ancient pre-Socractic writings of Parmenides and Empedocles reveal a spiritual legacy, every bit as mystically oriented as Eastern traditions, that are at the roots of western civilization; however the misinterpretation of their writings over the millennia—beginning with Plato and Aristotle -- has resulted in an aberration of what was a profound spiritual legacy developing into the materialist, reductionist culture we have today. He is author of a trilogy of books dealing with the reinterpretation of western philosophy’s roots: “Ancient Philsophy, Myth and Magic” “The Dark Places of Wisdom”, “Reality” & “A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World”
The Dark Mountain Project. Civilization's role in its own self-destruction- as well as the other species in the natural world; the "un-civilization movement"; strategies to create a better life for all.
As a journalist, Paul Kingsnorth has worked with the Independent in the UK, has been an editor for OpenDemocracy and Greenpeace, and was the deputy editor of The Ecologist. He has written for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Le Monde, New Internationalist, BBC Wildlife and contributed to various BBC programs. He is co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. Believing that 'civilisation as we have known it is coming to an end, brought down by a rapidly changing climate, a cancerous economic system and the ongoing mass destruction of the non-human world', the Dark Mountain Project aims to bring together writers, artists and others to 'conjure into being new ways of seeing and writing about the world'.
"The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community"; "When Corporations Rule the World" Global resistance against corporate globalization.
Dr. David Korten has become of our nation’s important visionary economists, historians and critics of free-market globalization in the progressive community. He is former professor of Harvard University’s School of Business. For several decades he has lived on different continents in international development projects, mostly in south and southeast asia. David is the founder of Yes Magazine and the Positive Futures Network. He has written many important books, and most recently “The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community” and “An Agenda for a New Economy.” His website is www.GreatTurning.org
“No Destination” Spiritual Ecology; becoming an Earth pilgrim; vegetarianism as a means to live non-violently; the small is beautiful movement.
Satish Kumar is one of the few people in the world who fully embraces the principles of Mahatma Gandhi to promote a spirituality opposed to war & ecological destruction. Influenced by Bertrand Russell’s anti-nuclear war philosophy, Satish undertook an 8,000 mile peace pilgrimage, walking penniless from India to America to deliver “packets of peace tea” to the heads of government of the four nuclear powers: the Soviet Union, France, the UK and the US. He is the editor of the prestigious magazine Resurgence, which highlights many of our world’s greatest thinkers & visionaries. Influenced by the “small is beautiful” movement of Schumacher, he has founded pioneering schools & colleges that introduce ecological sanity & spiritual values into their curricula and continues to lecture internationally on reverential ecology, holistic education & voluntary simplicity. His autobiography is “No Destination”
"Metaphors We Live By", "Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values". Thought & language: the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior & society.
George Lakoff is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the Univ, of California at Berkeley, Although some of his research involves questions traditionally pursued by linguists, he is most famous for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior & society. He is well known for his concept of the "embodied mind", first written about in relation to mathematics, subsequently applied to politics as well. "Moral Politics" demonstrated that worldview differences arose from the application of the Nation-as-Family metaphor to two different idealized views of the family- a strict father family for conservatism, a nurturant parent family for liberalism. As a result, one could predict not only which policies conservatives & liberals would tend to support, what language would be used, but also the logic of apparently “irrational” positions, such as how conservatives could be pro-life & for the death penalty. “The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain” www.georgelakoff.com
"Metaphors We Live By", "Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values". Thought & language: the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior & society. Continuing the discussion
George Lakoff is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the Univ, of California at Berkeley, Although some of his research involves questions traditionally pursued by linguists, he is most famous for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior & society. He is well known for his concept of the "embodied mind", first written about in relation to mathematics, subsequently applied to politics as well. "Moral Politics" demonstrated that worldview differences arose from the application of the Nation-as-Family metaphor to two different idealized views of the family- a strict father family for conservatism, a nurturant parent family for liberalism. As a result, one could predict not only which policies conservatives & liberals would tend to support, what language would be used, but also the logic of apparently “irrational” positions, such as how conservatives could be pro-life & for the death penalty. “The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain” www.georgelakoff.com
"Getting A Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad" How we've created our culture and how we can step back to reshape it. We citizens of the world can take our lives & our governments into our own hands to create a better world, in which we can all thrive together.
Frances Moore Lappe is the author of 16 books, including her 1971 bestseller “Diet for a Small Planet” which influenced millions of people about the causes of hunger & the food choices we make. Since then Frances has become one of the nation’s leading social activists and an invaluable intellectual resource & visionary for a new democratic social movement. Towards this end, she has founded the Small Planet Institute & the Center for Living Democracy. “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” argues that instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt & despair towards our environmental and social crises, we need to make efforts to alter our mental constructs to embrace a commitment to positive action.
“Hope's Edge”; “You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear”. National & global democracy; the state of the nation & planet; powerlessness & fear; how to find new hope.
Frances Moore Lappe is the author of 16 books, including her 1971 bestseller “Diet for a Small Planet” which influenced millions of people about the causes of hunger & the food choices we make. Since then Frances has become one of the nation’s leading social activists and an invaluable intellectual resource & visionary for a new democratic social movement. Towards this end, she has founded the Small Planet Institute & the Center for Living Democracy. “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” argues that instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt & despair towards our environmental and social crises, we need to make efforts to alter our mental constructs to embrace a commitment to positive action.
“EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt and despair towards our environmental and social crises, we can change the way we think to create the sustainable world we want.
Frances Moore Lappe is the author of 16 books, including her 1971 bestseller “Diet for a Small Planet” which influenced millions of people about the causes of hunger & the food choices we make. Since then Frances has become one of the nation’s leading social activists and an invaluable intellectual resource & visionary for a new democratic social movement. Towards this end, she has founded the Small Planet Institute & the Center for Living Democracy. “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” argues that instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt & despair towards our environmental and social crises, we need to make efforts to alter our mental constructs to embrace a commitment to positive action.
“EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” The GMO debate – her recent experiences in India with Vandana Shiva.
Frances Moore Lappe is the author of 16 books, including her 1971 bestseller “Diet for a Small Planet” which influenced millions of people about the causes of hunger & the food choices we make. Since then Frances has become one of the nation’s leading social activists and an invaluable intellectual resource & visionary for a new democratic social movement. Towards this end, she has founded the Small Planet Institute & the Center for Living Democracy. “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” argues that instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt & despair towards our environmental and social crises, we need to make efforts to alter our mental constructs to embrace a commitment to positive action.
"The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads", A discussion of human consciousness: perception, thought, visualization & actualization; understanding the interconnectedness of all life, beings, & experiences; sharing experiences of intuition.
Dr. Evrin Laszlo is one of our planet’s great philosophers of science and integral theorists. He has published over 70 books and 100s of papers on post-modern culture and the interface between western civilization and the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Since 1984, Dr. Laszlo has been concerned about the mounting threat challenging humanity across many disciplines: nuclear proliferation, climate change, culture of egotism and corporatism, as well as the spiritual needs and thirst of peoples for a more equitable and enlightened world. In 1993, he founded the Club of Budapest with the goal to advance the evolution of human values and consciousness as a means to counter humanity’s race towards degradation, polarization and disaster. “World Shift 2012: Making Green Business, New Politics and Higher Consciousness Work Together” offers a roadmap for integrating institutions with higher principles of consciousness science. www.ClubOfBudapest.org
"The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads", The need for a higher consciousness to tackle the global challenges facing us all.
Dr. Evrin Laszlo is one of our planet’s great philosophers of science and integral theorists. He has published over 70 books and 100s of papers on post-modern culture and the interface between western civilization and the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Since 1984, Dr. Laszlo has been concerned about the mounting threat challenging humanity across many disciplines: nuclear proliferation, climate change, culture of egotism and corporatism, as well as the spiritual needs and thirst of peoples for a more equitable and enlightened world. In 1993, he founded the Club of Budapest with the goal to advance the evolution of human values and consciousness as a means to counter humanity’s race towards degradation, polarization and disaster. “World Shift 2012: Making Green Business, New Politics and Higher Consciousness Work Together” offers a roadmap for integrating institutions with higher principles of consciousness science. www.ClubOfBudapest.org
"Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler" The secret networks giving sanctuary to Nazi and Ustashi war criminals; a look at the forces that have shaped some of America’s most terrible recent events.
Peter Levenda is a philosopher and historian, specializing in the interface between politics & religion and the occult. Briefly, in the 1960s, he was involved with the American Orthodox Catholic Church, which had served as a front for American intelligence operations and was later implicated in the assassination of JFK. He has written extensively about Eastern & Western spiritual and occult traditions and their interconnections with political & criminal events. He is best known for his research & study of Nazi occult beliefs – “Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult”. “Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler” continues the research he began in Chile in 1979 about the escape routes for Nazi war criminals & scientists to the US, South America, the Middle East and as far as Indonesia and the far East. Ratlines – the secret networks giving sanctuary to Nazi & Ustashi war criminals; a look at the forces that have shaped some of America’s most terrible recent events
“The Biology of Belief” “Spontaneous Evolution: A Positive Future and A Way to Get There” Spontaneous evolution; mind-body relations for health; deconstructing orthodox medical thinking.
Dr. Bruce Lipton is an international authority on the new emerging biology, understanding cellular activity and the interface between science & spirituality. From 1987 to 1992 he was a researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine. Among his discoveries are identifying a mechanism in cells that function like a brain & the founding of a field of cellular biology known as epigenetics. Dr. Lipton is now recognized as one of the leading voices in the New Biology & Mind-Body Medicine. His book “The Biology of Belief” has been a landmark work uniting mind-body & cellular science with spirituality. His new book, “Spontaneous Evolution: A Positive Future and A Way to Get There”, furthers Dr. Lipton’s insight into where modern medicine needs to go in the 21st century
“Spontaneous Evolution: A Positive Future and A Way to Get There” We are in the sixth mass extinction on planet earth- & this one is man made; Reprogramming the subconscious habit mind to align with the conscious creative mind; the body's innate healing wisdom.
Dr. Bruce Lipton is an international authority on the new emerging biology, understanding cellular activity and the interface between science & spirituality. From 1987 to 1992 he was a researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine. Among his discoveries are identifying a mechanism in cells that function like a brain & the founding of a field of cellular biology known as epigenetics. Dr. Lipton is now recognized as one of the leading voices in the New Biology & Mind-Body Medicine. His book “The Biology of Belief” has been a landmark work uniting mind-body & cellular science with spirituality. His new book, “Spontaneous Evolution: A Positive Future and A Way to Get There”, furthers Dr. Lipton’s insight into where modern medicine needs to go in the 21st century
“Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future”. The principles of More is not Better; the relationship of increased growth and decreased happiness.
Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author & educator; he frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the need for more localized economies. Beginning in the summer of 2006, he led the organization of the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College, where he also directs the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. “Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future”; “The End of Nature”.
"Fight Global Warming Now" ; "Vulnerable On This Earth" Aspects of climate change; the 12 tipping points; what can we do to slow the tide of destruction.
Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author & educator; he frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the need for more localized economies. Beginning in the summer of 2006, he led the organization of the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College, where he also directs the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. “Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future”; “The End of Nature”.
“Art and Survival in the 21st Century” An artist’s view of the state of the nation and loss of the creative spirit.
James Menzel-Joseph is one of our nations more insightful artists and sculptors, who began receiving critical acclaim at the age of fifteen. He is related to Germany’s most prolific nineteenth century artists Adolph Menzel. A Korean War veteran, Joseph has also been a leading activist on anti-war & progressive issues, and a harsh critic of the state of western society & its threats to a sustainable future. He has received numerous awards and his art has been displayed at the National Archives in Washington, the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago and elsewhere. “Art and Survival in the 21st Century” is a beautifully illustrated work that explores the role of art as an aid to help us see past the illusions of discord & strife into a clearer reality of the global & social landscape we face today. An artist’s view of the state of the nation and loss of the creative spirit.
“Deep Healing, the Essence of Mind-Body Medicine”, “Our Culture on the Couch: 7 Steps to Global Healing” Exploring mind-body healing, stress management.
Internationally acknowledged as one of the creators of the field of Mind/Body Medicine, Dr. Miller has played a central role in the development of modern concepts of complementary medicine, wellness, stress management, psychoneuroimmunology and guided imagery/visualization approaches to human change. “Deep Healing, the Essence of Mind-Body Medicine”, provides not only an excellent training guide to heal and empower your mind/body software, but also offers a fascinating tour through the mind-body complex. “Our Culture on the Couch: 7 Steps to Global Healing”
“Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” The past and future of soil; benefits of organic farming; healthier soil grows healthier produce, & healthier people; health effects of contaminated soil.
Prof. David Montgomery is a geomorphologist teaching at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle. He specializes in the evolution of geological topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. His research has taken him world wide, the Cascades in the US to the Andes and the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” is an important study about the role soil has played in the rise and collapse of civilizations and societies.
“Only the Super-Rich Can Save US” A thought-experiment into what if the super rich wanted band together to save democracy and Main Street.
Ralph Nader is without a second one of the most influential Americans during the past several decades. He is chiefly responsible for many of the last important bills and acts that have provided some protection to consumers against the onslaughts of corporate short-term profits and Friedmanite free market, unregulated capitalism. Landmark acts for Freedom of Information, Clean Water, Clean Air, Product Safety, Mine Health, Whistleblower Protection, Pension Protection, Wholesome Food, Auto and Traffic Safety and so many other protections that have been enacted by Congress were implemented due to Ralph’s tireless efforts to speak for the welfare of American citizens. Ralph has been a presidential candidate for five elections, building his platform on consumer rights, humanitarian and civil rights efforts, environmental sanity, and democratic government. “Only the Super-Rich Can Save US”; “Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism”.
“Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism” Building together our frustrations and anger towards corporate and government crime and transgressions; reflections on Obama’s speech.
Ralph Nader is without a second one of the most influential Americans during the past several decades. He is chiefly responsible for many of the last important bills and acts that have provided some protection to consumers against the onslaughts of corporate short-term profits and Friedmanite free market, unregulated capitalism. Landmark acts for Freedom of Information, Clean Water, Clean Air, Product Safety, Mine Health, Whistleblower Protection, Pension Protection, Wholesome Food, Auto and Traffic Safety and so many other protections that have been enacted by Congress were implemented due to Ralph’s tireless efforts to speak for the welfare of American citizens. Ralph has been a presidential candidate for five elections, building his platform on consumer rights, humanitarian and civil rights efforts, environmental sanity, and democratic government. “Only the Super-Rich Can Save US”; “Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism”.
“Secession: How Vermont and All Other States Can Save Themselves from Empire”; “Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic” Is the US fixable, or has it passed a tipping point where it is no longer governable; the benefits of states seceding from Washington
Professor Thomas Naylor is one of the country’s most independent-thinking economists. He is a professor emeritus of economics at Duke where he has taught since 1964, and is the founder of the Second Vermont Republic -- a nonviolent citizen’s network & think tank advocating for the breakup of mega-nations such as the US, Russia & China. The Republic calls for the creation of small, democratic, affluent, socially responsible nations with a high degree of environmental integrity such as Sweden, Finland & Switzerland. Prof. Naylor has written numerous articles in academic & popular publications, including the New York TImes, Christian Science Monitor & The Nation. Among his many books are “Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic” & “Secession: How Vermont and All Other States Can Save Themselves from Empire”
“Ancient Futures”; “The Economics of Happiness” [film] Failures and destruction wrought upon societies by corporate globalization; a new economics based upon localization to rebuild communities.
Helena Norberg-Hodge is an author, activist and filmmaker, a pioneer of the “new economy” global movement. Earth Journal included Helena among the 10 major environmentalists; she has appeared worldwide in the media. Since 1975, she has worked with the people of Ladakh [Little Tibet] in the western Indian Himalayas, to find ways of enabling their culture to meet the modern world without sacrificing social & ecological values. For these efforts she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. Helena is the founder & director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture based in the US & UK, a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, & a co-founder of both the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network. She is the author of “Ancient Futures”, and producer & co-director of the award-winning film, “The Economics of Happiness”.
“Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change”; “The Secret Pleasures of Menopause”, A body-mind-spirit approach to menopause; how women can prepare for their second stage in life.
Dr. Christiane Northrup is a board-certified OB/GYN physician and a pioneer in women’s health and wellness. Her work is based on the unity of body, mind & spirit. She is the author of two NY Times best-selling books: “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom” & “The Wisdom of Menopause”. Her book “Mother-Daughter Wisdom” was voted as book of the year by Amazon in 2005. She has won numerous awards for her research, publications and private practice and frequently appears on major media networks and publications. “The Secret Pleasures of Menopause”, “Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change” www.DrNorthrup.com
“Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelations.” What is the true history of this controversial book?; uncovering its origins and the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions.
Prof. Elaine Pagels has earned international acclaim for her scholarship and writing on the early history of Christianity and how texts that did not support the institutionalization of an emerging Christian Church were marginalized & condemned leading to increasing corruption & lack of religious tolerance. She holds the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion seat at Princeton where she has taught since 1982. As a graduate student at Harvard she was part of the team deciphering the famous cache of gnostic manuscripts discovered at Nag Hammadi in the Egyptian desert. Prof. Pagels has published 8 books on gnostic texts & history, several becoming best sellers and receiving numerous awards. “Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelations.”
“When Rivers Run Dry The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century”; “With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change” Discussing global warming, climate change & the 12 tipping points.
Fred Pearce, is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from eighty-five countries over the past twenty years. Environment consultant at New Scientist since 1992, he also writes regularly for the Guardian newspaper and Yale University’s prestigious e360 website. Pearce was voted UK Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and CGIAR agricultural research journalist of the year in 2002. His many books include “When Rivers Run Dry The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century”; “With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change”.
NAFTA Plus and the SPP Advocacy Project; Domestic and international consequences we are experiencing now- many years after NAFTA's launch.
Manuel Pérez-Rocha helps to coordinate the Networking for Justice on Global Investment project at the Institute for Policy Research, an independent think tank for progressive policy making in Washington DC. Previously, he directed the Institute’s "NAFTA Plus and the SPP Advocacy Project," as part of the Global Economy Project. He is a Mexican national who has led tri-national efforts to promote just & sustainable alternative approaches to North American economic integration for more than a decade. For the past several years, he has contributed to the Alternative Regionalisms project of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, & worked as a consultant to Oxfam International on trade issues in the Central America, Mexico, & the Caribbean region. www.IPS-DC.org
“Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” -Exposing the litle-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since WW ll.
For many years, John Perkins was an economic hit man, employed to convince developing nations to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to guarantee that development projects were contracted to US corporations such as Halliburton and Bechtel. He was a direct participant or witness to such dramatic modern events as the Saudi Arabian Money Laundering scandal, the fall of the Shah of Iran, the assassination of Panama’s president Omar Torrijos, the Panama invasion, and other government and corporate intrigues leading to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. After 911, John broke his silence with the publication of his international best seller “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” Since then he has been a champion of Amazonian indigenous spiritual culture and environmental movements through his Dream Change and the Pachamama Alliance projects. “Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and How to Remake Them”. www.JohnPerkins.org
“Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and How to Remake Them”. Why the world financial markets imploded – looking at the future.
For many years, John Perkins was an economic hit man, employed to convince developing nations to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to guarantee that development projects were contracted to US corporations such as Halliburton and Bechtel. He was a direct participant or witness to such dramatic modern events as the Saudi Arabian Money Laundering scandal, the fall of the Shah of Iran, the assassination of Panama’s president Omar Torrijos, the Panama invasion, and other government and corporate intrigues leading to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. After 911, John broke his silence with the publication of his international best seller “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” Since then he has been a champion of Amazonian indigenous spiritual culture and environmental movements through his Dream Change and the Pachamama Alliance projects. “Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and How to Remake Them”. www.JohnPerkins.org
“The Politics of Empire: The US, Israel and the Middle East” The cost of America's empire building- both the financial cost and the cost to human life and welfare- both at home and abroad.
Prof. James Petras is the Bartle Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Binghamton Univ. and an expert in America’s interference in global politics, especially Latin America and the Middle East. He has a long commitment to social justice issues & workers’ rights and was a member of the Bertrand Russell Tribunal on Repression in Latin America. Prof. Petras is also the recipient of many awards including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Sociological Association and the Robert Kenny Award. He has written over 60 books in 29 languages and published over 600 articles in professional journals. His editorials in major news publications are in the 1000s. “The Politics of Empire: The US, Israel and the Middle East” “Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire" “Decline of US Power, and Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21ist Century.”
“2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years.” A global forecast for the next 40 years – a conversation with a co-author of the controversial 1972 publication "Limits of Growth"
Prof. Jorgen Randers is a professor of climate change studies at the Norwegian School of Business in Oslo Norway, where he specializes in the future of climate change & sustainable development. He has served on the boards of several corporations & is a sustainability consultant for the Norwegian government’s Commission on Low Emissions to reduce greenhouse gases. Prof. Randers is perhaps best known internationally for his co-authored 1972 publication of the controversial study “Limits of Growth’, which utilized system’s analysis to predict the state of the world in 2012. While mostly discredited at the time of its publication, the study has become increasingly prophetic in its accuracy and has stirred renewed interest. A new futurist analysis looking at the world in 2052, commemorating the 40th anniversary the original report, has just been published – “2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years.”