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Millions of workers are covered under the Kaiser plan. Why is there a crisis at Kaiser for the patients and workers and what does this mean for the future of HMO healthcare in the United States are some of the issues that will be addressed in this 58 min 19 sec show....

Bird's eye view of the major British owned defense contractor BAE systems, formerly called United Defense. Several thousand engineering and management jobs are based at their Santa Clara headquarters, while much of their manufacturing is centered in the southeast United States....

Jailed journalist Josh Wolf has remained in prison so long because he lacks the backing of a large media organization that could agitate to protect his rights — so Congress should step in. In a recent court filing, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan says it’s only in Wolf’s “imagination that he is a journalist.” The Society of Professional Journalists must be equally imaginative. Their Northern California chapter named Josh Wolf Journalist of the Year for 2006, and in March will give him the James Madi...

On February 15, 2007, students at UC Santa Barbara, Columbia University, and Columbia College in Chicago will be on strike against the war. Solidarity actions are planned at a dozen other schools - including 5 in the Bay Area: San Francisco State, Lowell High School, Mills College, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz. Thousands are expected to attend nation-wide....

Maria Gilardin, the independent producer of TUC Radio has recently made a recording of Ralph Nader's last visit to San Francisco available at her website. The recording was made at the Roxy Theater in San Francisco on December 28, 2006. The topic: What progressives should focus on now that Democrats have regained power in Washington....

Marion Fulk, a highly respected Manhattan Project and Livermore atomic scientist, says that depleted uranium "is perfect for killing lots of people." That, in fact, along with contamination of the land, is the purpose of the devices being tested....

The first court hearing for the four defendants who live in California--Richard Brown, Hank Jones, Richard O'Neal, and Ray Boudreaux--was held in San Francisco Superior Court this morning, January 29, 2007. They are presently being held on bail of $3 million to $5 million each (!). Their arraignment and a bail reduction hearing was carried over until February 14 at 9:00 a.m. The Superior Court is at 850 Bryant Street in SF....

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"The same people who tried to kill me in 1973 are the same people who are here today, trying to destroy me. I mean it literally. I mean there were people from the forces of the San Francisco Police Department who participated in harassment, torture and my interrogation in 1973 ... none of these people have ever been brought to trial. None of these people have ever been charged with anything. None of these people have ever been questioned about that."...

I know there is great worth in Wolf's cause to protect his rights as a journalist. The waste of his time and potential while in prison are not of his choosing; but, for me, they are symbolic of this period of American history and I see Wolf as an American patriot and hero for being willing to defy misuse of power and overwhelming odds to uphold the values of freedom even at the expense of his own....