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Interviews

The Sanity is ContagiousThe Sanity is Contagious

By T. Eve Greenaway, WireTap. September 13, 2004.
WireTap: WireTap speaks with Anti-Flag's Justin Sane about patriotism, community and the second round of the Rock Against Bush tour.

Kerry Family Values

By Lucy Komisar, AlterNet. September 13, 2004.
Election 2004: Peggy Kerry, John Kerry's sister, talks about her experience as a social activist and her deep shared value system with her family.

Beatifically Human

By Isoul H. Harris, Africana.com. September 7, 2004.
Media and Technology: After waiting two years to create a follow-up to her phenomenal debut album, Jill Scott returns to retake her rightful position at the top of the neo-soul mountain.

Spin CycleSpin Cycle

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet. September 7, 2004.
Media and Technology: The authors of 'All the President's Spin' discuss the current arms race of political spin, the Bush politics of dishonesty, and the future of American democracy.

Protester Protector

By Phoebe Connelly, In These Times. September 2, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: The ACLU is taking its fight for civil liberties out of the office and onto the street.

Prize FighterPrize Fighter

By Amitabh Pal, The Progressive. September 2, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi on Islamic feminism, living with fear, and losing trust in U.S. foreign policy.

A New Age of Unreason

By Jan Frel, AlterNet. August 31, 2004.
Election 2004: Mark Crispin Miller opens fire on the Bush administration in an interview with AlterNet.

The Resurrection of 'Donnie Darko'

By Sean Axmaker, GreenCine. August 30, 2004.
Movie Mix: The primary lesson to take from the re-release of 'Donnie Darko'? The bunny is not evil.

Political Realities

By Jessica Clark, In These Times. August 30, 2004.
Movie Mix: Documentaries rush in to fill a journalism void with the help of independent media (like AlterNet!)

Conservatives Betrayed

By Jan Frel, AlterNet. August 28, 2004.
Election 2004: Jim Bovard, a critic with libertarian and conservative leanings, tells us that we won't see anything conservative at the Republican convention in New York.

To Protest or Not to Protest?

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 27, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: Naomi Klein debates Todd Gitlin on the matter.

Emergency RevolutionaryEmergency Revolutionary

By Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 27, 2004.
Margaret Cho is taking her revolution to the streets. The most difficult part of revolution? Feeling you deserve one.

Outsourcing and Patriotism

By Bill Moyers, NOW with Bill Moyers. August 21, 2004.
Election 2004: Lou Dobbs talks about how American businesses are putting their interests ahead of the national interest with the outsourcing of jobs.

Back to Kansas

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. August 20, 2004.
Election 2004: Thomas Frank talks about returning to his home state, Republicans as underdogs, and why Democrats are chasing down right-leaning policies.

Streetwise Shakespeare

By Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 19, 2004.
Slam poet Saul Williams' reality is a lyrical one. But don't tell him he's keepin' it real.

Marriage and Its DiscontentsMarriage and Its Discontents

By Larry Smith, AlterNet. August 17, 2004.
Authors Cathi Hanauer and Daniel Jones discuss the challenges of navigating the funhouse world of post-modern matrimony.

This American Strife

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet. August 6, 2004.
Media and Technology: Be it on "Survivor" or in the White House, sore winners take it all in our polarized culture. Author John Powers talks about the "social Darwinism" that has become the order of the day.

Bike For DemocracyBike For Democracy

WireTap. August 4, 2004.
WireTap: 100 towns, 90 days, nine states, two wheels and one election.

New Kid For a Bloc

By Suemedha Sood, WireTap. July 30, 2004.
WireTap: Young political activist Ben Yoon speaks to us about his involvement with the DNC, the democratic party and galvanizing an Asian-American voting bloc.

The New Radicalism

By Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 22, 2004.
David Solnit's new book is a manual to help movements develop a strong clear analysis of what's wrong and why, a collection of visions of positive alternatives, and a resource and inspiration for strategies on getting the world we want.

A Youth Activist on the Road OutA Youth Activist on the Road Out

By Emily Freeburg, WireTap. July 19, 2004.
WireTap: WireTap catches up with veteran youth activist, Bremley Lyngdoh, to discuss the importance of walking your talk, the future of sustainability, and the need for more international awareness among America's young people.

Punk Prophet

By Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 19, 2004.
Seminal punk rocker Mike Watt says that all politics is about power. But power isn't just about killing and bombing – there is also the power to create. And he's got the power.

Finding Our Own Dignity and Power

By Laura Flanders, Air America. July 16, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: Singer Rickie Lee Jones finds artistic motivation in the fight against the Patriot Act.

Keep Yer Flab OnKeep Yer Flab On

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet. July 15, 2004.
Media and Technology: The so-called fat epidemic is a product of upper-class white hysteria that demonizes everyone who does not fit a certain body type.

The Future's So Bright

By Safir Ahmed, AlterNet. July 12, 2004.
Election 2004: Joe Trippi talks optimistically about the Internet and the Democrats' prospects – and compares the Dean campaign with the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.

The Hunting of the President

By Ayelish McGarvey, The American Prospect. June 21, 2004.
Movie Mix: Joe Conason and Gene Lyons discuss their documentary 'The Hunting of the President,' revealing how Starr dug up dirt on Clinton.

Fighting the Republican Noise Machine

A BuzzFlash Interview. June 17, 2004.
Media and Technology: David Brock talks about his new book that exposes the inner workings of the rightwing media echo chamber and how it shapes our political debate.

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