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Join us on September 9th as we talk about Edward Bernays, and his role in creating the field of corporate advertising and propaganda; we'll interview Supervisor Mik Robertson from Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, about the role of Pennsylvania Townships in controlling the land application of sewage sludge and challenging corporate constitutional rights; and we'll talk about debt slavery in post-reconstruction America.

Join us on September 2nd as we debate the cleanup of the Hudson River by the EPA and by the General Electric Corporation; we'll do an interview with Chad Nicholson, a community organizer in Portland, Maine working with Maine communities to oppose corporate water withdrawals; and we'll talk about the Amestoy federal court case from the 1990's which struck down food labeling laws as a violation of corporate constitutional First Amendment rights.

Join us on August 26th as we discuss the battle between the Democrats and Republicans for control of the U.S. House and Senate; we'll interview Bill Belitskus, a community organizer in North-Central Pennsylvania who is working with Pennsylvania communities to expand community lawmaking; and we'll talk about an 1819 case known as Dartmouth College, in which the Supreme Court declared that corporations have more rights than the communities in which they do business.

Join us on August 19th as we debate the 10th Amendment and its impacts on the Obama healthcare legislation; we'll interview Shannon Biggs, a California community organizer with Global Exchange who will tell us about California communities working to expand community rights against corporate incursions; and we'll discuss "Dillon's Rule" - a legal rule which declares that communities only have the lawmaking authority that the State chooses to give them.

Join us on August 2th as we debate the merits of the DISCLOSE Act - the Democrats' response to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling; we'll talk with Ami Marcus, one of the leaders of a group in Mt. Shasta, California attempting to ban corporate water withdrawals and weather manipulation; and we'll discuss the FROST case, in which residents of a small South-Central Pennsylvania community attempted to stop a quarry corporation from setting up shop.

Join us at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 25th for our next show, which will focus on City Council updates, discussion about various municipalities across the United States adopting local laws recognizing the rights of ecosystems and nature, and a discussion on how corporate constitutional rights affect you.

Join us as we debate the merits of the corporate-sponsored Marine Stewardship Council; we'll interview Stacey Schmader, the director of the national Democracy Schools who will talk with us about how those Schools are changing the face of community organization; and we'll debate whether the Electoral College is an archaic holdover from the past, or a successful compromise in the selection of a President.

Roundtable discussion on marijuana legalization efforts in various states; an interview with Angela Johnson, a director of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws on the recent effort to qualify an initiative on marijuana legalization in Washington State, and a discussion on corporate chartering - and how, even though state governments create corporations, that those corporations end up outside of citizen control.

New music by local musician Gary Burris, Roundtable discussion on the recent lawsuits filed against the State of Arizona's new immigration law; interview with Ben Price, a Pennsylvania community organizer with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund; and a story on "fracking" - a practice used to withdraw natural gas from the ground.

Roundtable discussion on wind energy and windpower; interview with Rick Eichstaedt, the founder of the Spokane Riverkeeper on threats and issues facing the Spokane River; and a conversation about the United States Constition - how democratic is the document and the structure of governance that it established?

Roundtable discussion on the congressional financial reform legislation, an interview with Brad Read, the Chairman of Envision Spokane, a group that qualified a ballot initiative last year for a Community Bill of Rights, and a discussion about the United States' federal environmental laws, and a new paradigm arising which deals with the rights of nature.

Join us on Thursday, April 1st at 7:00 a.m. (Pacific) for the next edition of Democracy Matters, which will focus on Spokane's Shoreline Management Plan, a developer trying to circumvent the Plan, why people lack constitutional rights within the workplace, Pennsylvania's Packer Township taking on the Pennsylvania legislature and Pennsylvania Attorney General, and discussion about current affairs, including the recently adopted healthcare reform.

Roundtable discussion on the Tea Party movement, review of a new Spokane ordinance intended to amend the initiative process for Spokane voters, an interview with Andrew Larson, the Chairman of Project HOPE in the West-Central neighborhood, and part II of a conversation about Packer Township - facing down the Pennsylvania Attorney General over sewage sludge.

Roundtable discussion on the Obama Administration's decision to open areas for drilling off the East Coast; a review of the candidates running in the primary election in Spokane's 3rd legislative district; and an interview on-site in Bangor, Maine with Gail Darrell, a community organizer working with New Hampshire and Maine communities to stop corporate water withdrawals.

Roundtable discussion on the kayak whitewater park proposed for downtown Spokane near the Peaceful Valley neighborhood; an interview with Patty Norton, a Spokane housing community activist; and an interview with Chris and Gail Mills in Nottingham, New Hampshire, members of the Nottingham Water Alliance, which successfully adopted a local law banning corporations from withdrawing water from their Town. All with Guest Co-Host Kai Huschke.

Roundtable discussion on the Obama Administration's proposal for Wall Street Reform, discussion about the recent Climate Summit and Rights of Nature Conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia and Mari's presentation to the conference, and an interview with Maine activists opposing Nestle Corporation's plans to extract water for bottling operations.

Democracy Matters Podcast September 9, 2010

On this week's program, we take a look at the "Father of P.R." Edward Bernays - who believed that society had to be manipulated and pioneered propaganda techniques that are still in use today. We interview Mik Robertson, an activist from Pennsylvania who talks with us about communities fighting natural gas drilling on the Marcellus Shale. Lastly, we talk about the re-enslavement of African Americans after the Civil War - a hidden history.

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