This is one of Joe's favorite topics.

Mark Reynolds is the Executive Director of the Citizen's Climate Lobby.

We had a long conversation about the state of the world's climate.

Then we had a call-in from Jerry.

Music:

"Big Yellow Taxi" Joni Mitchell

"Eve of Destruction" Barry Macquire

Ronnie Garza is one of the 'Gulf Port 7.' He and six other occupiers are facing felony charges for taking part in a lock-down outside the main entrance to the Port of Houston, December 12th, during the West Coast Port Shutdown action. 

Ronnie joined us by phone for an abbreviated Occupy Radio. His story involves undercover cops, sloppy bookkeeping, entrapment. and possible prison time.

Music: 

Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"

Tim Lewis is a docomentary film maker. He contributed most of the cinematography for the Oscar nominated, "If a Tree Falls."

Carol Berg Caldwell is a judicial activist. 

Together they are raising public awareness about a recent violent act of vigilantism, apparently disregarded by the Eugene Police Department.

"Where the Sidwalk Ends," (http://youtu.be/8slPuxqBxmw)

Alley Valkyrie is back on the show in time to talk about the Downtown Public Safety Zone, which is back before the Eugene City Council. 

Music:

"He Was a Friend of Mine," Bob Dylan

"Aint Gonna Be Treated This Way," Woody Guthrie

"Vigilante Man," Woody Guthrie

Charlie Swanson and We the People of Eugene are backing an advisory vote by the citizens of Eugene asking this question: 

"Shall Congress send to States constitutional amendment reversing negative impact of the Citizens United case and limit independent campaign spending?"

Charlie stopped by the Occupy TV studio to discuss Move To Amend, Citizen's United and the general state of affairs in our world today. 

David Cobb was the 2004 Presidential candidate for the Green Party, he's a spokesman for Move To Amend, and the National Projects Director of Democracy Unlimited. 

He spoke from the Occupy the DNC Camp.

Move To Amend is leading a national coalition of groups and local governments to call for a Constitional Amendment rejecting the ideas of corporate personhood, and money as speech. 

https://movetoamend.org/

http://occupythednc.us/

https://www.facebook.com/occupydnc

Occupy the DNC Camp: http://youtu.be/zXH15rb0XUQ

Stan Taylor of the LCC Peace Center joined us in studio. 

Music:

"Do America" Mark Knopfler

"Road to Nowhere" Talking Heads

"Masters of War" Bob Dylan

Katy Glenn is one of the co-authors of the report, "Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the US Response to Occupy Wall Street." She details the Government's crackdown on dissent.

http://www.chrgj.org/projects/docs/suppressingprotest.pdf