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BOOKS RECENTLY FEATURED ON YOUR CALL

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter

Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tommi Avicolli Mecca

Sexual Politics in Modern Iran by Janet Afary

The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times by Robert H Frank

The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right by David Neiwert

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan

Academic Freedom After September 11 by Beshara Doumani

Mission Accomplished: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist by Khalil Bendib

Life Incorporated: How the World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew Bacevich

The Means Of Reproduction: Sex, Power, And The Future Of The World by Michelle Goldberg

Abortion And Life by Jennifer Baumgardner

Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson by Michael Eric Dyson

Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq by Charles Duelfer

Free the Market: Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive by Gary L. Reback

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we look behind the headlines with a panel of journalists from across the media landscape. We'll discuss the Stonewall anniversary, the coup in Honduras and the American withdrawal from Iraq's cities. We'll be joined by Matthew Bajko of the Bay Area Reporter, David Barsamian of Alternative Radio and Alan Maas of the Socialist Worker. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alan Maas in San Francisco
Staff writer for the Socialist Worker, the weekly paper published by the International Socialist Organization. Alan is in town for this weekend's Socialism 2009 conference at The Women's Building on 18th St. in the mission.

Matthew Bajko in San Francisco
Staff writer for the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's oldest and largest local newspaper of record serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

David Barsamian in San Francisco
Host and Director of Alternative Radio, heard on KALW Mondays at 1 p.m.

COMING UP
A rebroadcast of our interview with Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of Make Magazine and Matthew Crawford, author of Shopwork as Soulcraft.

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07.03.09 Media Roundtable

Matthew S. Bajko, Bay Area Reporter: Court to hear Prop 8 challenge today

Lisa Keen, Bay Area Reporter: Gays furious at Obama, DOJ

Lisa Keen, Bay Area Reporter: Gays meet Obama at White House

Sherry Wolf, Socialist Worker: Book excerpt: "The birth of gay power"

Brian Stelter, NY Times: Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

Oliver Luft, Guardian: Iran has most journalists in jail

Mark Tran, Guardian: US launches Helmand offensive against Taliban: US marines and Afghan troops move into southern Afghanistan with Pakistani troops on border to prevent militants from fleeing

Richard Perez-Pena, NY Times: Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia

Tracy Wilkinson and Alex Renderos, LA Times: Honduran president ousted in coup; replacement is named

Council on Hemispheric Affairs: Clarification of COHA's Position on President Zelaya and What Went on in Honduras

Michael Rothfeld and Evan Halper, LA Times: Governor's last stand: his way or IOUs

Dirk Smillie, Forbes: The Stealth Media Mogul

Ceci Connolly, Washington Post: Health-Care Activists Targeting Democrats: Sniping Among Liberals May Jeopardize Votes Needed to Pass Bill

07.02.09 What changed in Iraq this week?

Reuters: US Iraq commander loses cool over troop numbers

Al Sumaria TV: June 30, 2009 a day to mark Iraq progress

Al Sumaria TV: Utter jubilation spurs among Iraqis

Dan Balz, Washington Post: Muted Response to Iraq Troop Pullback from War-Weary Nation

Ernesto Londoo, Washington Post: 1st Pullout Deadline Stirs Anxiety, Pride in Iraq

Michael D. Shear, Washington Post: Obama Hails Pullback in Iraq, Warns of More Violence

Thabit Abdullah, professor at York University

Al Jazeera: Your views: US troop withdrawal

Lowell H. Schwartz, Project Syndicate: Is Iraq Safe Yet?

Al Jazeera: US forces pull out of Iraqi cities

Michael Crowley, TNR: Out of Iraq, Sort Of

Holly Bailey, Newsweek: Biden's New Brief

Dexter Filkins Homepage

Brian Katulis & Emily Hogin, Center for American Progress: After Redeployment from Iraqi Cities

Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Al Jazeera: Security handover ignites concern in Iraq

Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch: Now You Are Only Poor: Guns v. Butter

07.01.09 What happens when rural and urban collide?

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter

Ghost Town Farm

Twilight Greenaway, Culinate: The urban farmer

NY Times: First Chapter: 'Farm City,' by Novella Carpenter

Dwight Garner, NY Times: Living Off the Land, Surrounded by Asphalt

Alemany Farm

City Slicker Farms

06.30.09 How has the LGBT movement changed America?

Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tommi Avicolli Mecca

California Communities United Institute

Gay Straight Alliance Network

Sam Whiting, SF Chronicle: "Stonewall riot was clarion call for gay rights"

Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Counterpunch: "From Smash the Church to Going to the Chapel"

Tommi Avicolli Mecca, SF Bay Guardian: "The price of normal -- THE QUEER ISSUE: Who, exactly, does gay marriage benefit?"

06.29.09 What is the best kind of tax?

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Citizens for Tax Justice

Catherine Rampell, NY Times: "How Much Americans Actually Pay in Taxes"

Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute: "It's Income Tax Time For Americans -- And It's Time for the Entire World to Lower Income Taxes and Raise Environmental Taxes"

War Resisters League: "Where does your income tax money really go?"

Reuter: "Study says most corporations pay no U.S. income taxes"

06.26.09 Media RoundTable

Glenn Greenwald, Salon columnist

Michael Goodwin, NY Daily News: For President Obama, the honeymoon is officially over

David Roberts, Our Future: The Waxman-Markey Rorschach blot

David Roberts, Grist: Why I'm not freaked out about the Waxman-Markey climate bill

Jeff Zeleny, New York Times: Occasional Smoker, 47, Signs Tobacco Bill

06.25.09 What has changed in Iran?

Sexual Politics in Modern Iran by Janet Afary

Kaveh Ehsani, Merip: "Survival Through Dispossession: Privatization of Public Goods in the Islamic Republic"

Haideh Moghissi, The MARK: "A Fledgling Movement: Women and the Iranian election"

Shane M., NY Times: "A Different Iranian Revolution"

Peyvand News on Iran

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

06.24.09 Can good principles create bad economic policies?

The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times by Robert H Frank

Homepage of Robert H. Frank

Authors@Google: Robert Frank

Robert H. Frank, Washington Post: Don't Blame All Borrowers

06.23.09 Who Runs the Health Care Reform Debate?

Single Payer Now

Sunlight Foundation: The Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex

OpenSecrets: Senators Opposed to "Public Option" Haul in Health Care PAC Dollars

Mike Papantonio: Democrats Sell Out on Healthcare

Health Access

Anthony Wright's Health Access Blog

Kaiser Health News

Mary Agnes, Kaiser Health News: A Consumer's Guide to Health Care Reform

Timothy Noah, Slate: Health Care Reform: An Online Guide: If you want to keep up, you must know these Web sites.

Center for American Progress: Health Care Reform Markup Guide: Eleven Health Reform Myths

06.22.09 Are smaller banks an option?

Find A Credit Union

Mark Maremont, Wall Street Journal: US moves to bail out Credit Unions

Maya Jackson Randall, Wall Street Journal/ Dow Jones Newswires: Benanke: community groups can play key role in Econ Recovery

Jim Puzzanghera and Walter Hamilton, LA Times: Obama unveils 'sweeping overhaul' of financial regulations

Peter Galuszka, BNET Financial Services: Bailout a double-edged sword for community banks

Binyamin Applebaum, Washington Post: Two Big Credit Unions Seized

David Morrison, Credit Union Times: Firm markets notions of community banks, credit unions together

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Spectrum Federal Credit Union

Bank of Alameda

06.19.09 Media Roundtable

Center for Investigative Reporting's California Project

Calbuzz

Steve Harmon, Contra Costa Times: The question: To tax or not to tax?

LA Times: Mexico's Drug War

Steven Harmon, Sacramento Bee: While programs for poor get the knife, corporations prepare for tax windfall

Steven Moore, Wall Street Journal: Schwarzenegger Gets Radical: terminating the California Income Tax

AP: California budget stalled as deadline passes

New York Times. Brian Stelter A World of Risk for a New Brand of Journalist

Basic information on job cuts at LA Times

06.18.09 Is it time for a California Constitutional Convention?

Bay Area Council: Constitutional Convention Q&A

New America Foundation
California v 2.0
Monday, June 22, 12:00pm
CSAC Conference Center - Sacramento

Bay Area Council

California Budget Project

Erwin Chemerinsky, LA Times: "A California constitutional convention"

LA Times: "California needs a state constitutional convention"

Joe Mathews, New American Foundation: "A California Constitutional Convention?"

06.17.09 What state services can we live without?

SF Chron: Raucous rallies as S.F. supes vote on budget

SF Chron: California lawmakers ready to battle over taxes

Calitics

The Random Platypus Blog: California State Budget Crisis: What will get cut?

California Budget Project

Earth Times: "UCLA Anderson Forecast: Economy Healing but Not out of Hospital yet"

CBS: "UCLA Study Forecasts 60,000 State Job Cuts"

Global Research: "Massive Budget Cuts: Judgment day: broke California faces shutdown at Arnie Schwarzenegger's hands"

Eric Bailey and Patrick McGreevy, LA Times: "Poor would be hard hit by proposed California budget cuts"

06.16.09 How did California's budget crisis happen?

California Tax Reform Association

Mark Paul, California Progress Report: "Thirty Years After Prop 13, California Voters Supported Tax Increases in Tuesday's Election"

Steve Wiegand, Sacramento Bee: "Governor wants to merge 3 tax agencies under new department"

Steven Harmon, Inside Bay Area: "The question: To tax or not to tax?"

Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee: "Dan Walters: California budget deal is a faint hope"

Sacramento Bee: "SEIU drops a mil for new taxes campaign"

Steven Harmon, San Jose Mercury: "Are Californians overtaxed?"

06.15.09 How does the world's 7th largest economy actually work?

William Shughart, The Independent Institute: "Tax 'Reform,' Terminator-Style"

Terry Connelly on Commerce

Ed Joyce, KPBS: "Water Crisis Hurting California's Economy"

Martin Zimmerman, Marc Lifsher and Andrea Chang, LA Times: "California budget crisis could bring lasting economic harm"

Anthony Wright, California Progress Report: "New Studies: Proposed Health Cuts Would Significantly Harm California's Economic Health"

San Francisco Sentinel: "Budget Crisis Could Bring Lasting Harm to California Economy"