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Eva Gabrielsson discusses aftermath of Norway attacks on Democracy Now!

July 28, 2011

“In the aftermath of the Norway attacks, we look at the work of Stieg Larsson, an author known less for his extensive research into right-wing extremism in Scandavia and Europe than for his international blockbuster books, published after his death and known as the Millennium Trilogy: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.” As part of his passion to “counteract the growth of the extreme right and the white power-culture in schools and among young people,” Larsson founded the Swedish Expo Foundation and edited its magazine, Expo. We go to Stockholm, Sweden, to speak with Larsson’s lifelong partner, Eva Gabrielsson, about the research they did together before his death.” — From the Democracy Now! website

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Tags: amy goodman, democracy now, eva gabrielsson, stieg larsson, there are things i want you to know, video

Ina May Gaskin on the Diane Rehm show

July 26, 2011

Listen to the audio interview here. Download the audio to your computer.

Fetal monitors, forceps and medication have become commonplace in American delivery rooms. Now a third of American babies arrive by C-section. A new book examines the industry of delivering babies. The author – veteran midwife Ina May Gaskin – says a climate of fear has led some women to give up control of the birth process to the medical establishment. She advocates greater respect for women’s bodies, wider acceptance of natural deliveries – and new efforts to reconcile modern life with a process as old as humanity itself. Ina May Gaskin talks about her “midwife’s manifesta.”

Guest Ina May Gaskin is the founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee; author of “Spiritual Midwifery” and “Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth.”

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Tags: audio interview, birth matters, diane rehm, ina may gaskin, maternity, npr, wamu

After Borders, another media empire falls: News Corp

July 22, 2011

“News Corp. owns a number of outlets, including Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News Channel, the National Geographic Channel, HarperCollins, TV Guide, the Weekly Standard, the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, as well as the film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight. News Corp.’s dominant standing in the U.S. media received a major boost in the early 1990s when the Federal Communications Commissions waived a regulation meant to curb media consolidation.”

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Tags: audio, democracy now, news corp, rebel bookseller, rupert murdoch

Ralph Nader’s Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! in Washington Post

July 15, 2011

Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! got a photo op in Wednesday’s Washington Post, on the cover of the Style section.

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Tags: only the super-rich can save us, ralph nader, style, washington post

More Business of Being Born, featuring Ina May Gaskin

July 15, 2011

More Business of Being Born is a four-part DVD series that includes Special Deliveries along with Down on the Farm: Conversations With Legendary Midwife Ina May Gaskin coming out this month. Ina May! I can’t wait to see this part, which not only features Gaskin, but Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who got to know The Farm’s famous Midwives during her pregnancy.

Watch a trailer for Special Deliveries below.

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Tags: birth matters, business of being born, ina may gaskin, maternity, motherhood

Ted Rall illustrates Republican “South California” proposed by Jeff Stone

July 15, 2011

Split California into two states? That’s what Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone has proposed in hopes of creating “South California,” a new state that would be founded on Republican principles. But, as Ted Rall suggests in his weekly cartoon, such a plan could backfire.

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