Time Tested Books in Sacramento welcomes investigative journalist, writer and editor Jeffrey St. Clair, for a talk about his new books “Born Under a Bad Sky” and “Red State Rebels.” St. Clair is the co-editor, with Alexander Cockburn, of the political newsletter CounterPunch, and a contributing editor to the monthly magazine In These Times. He has also written for The Washington Post, San Francisco Examiner, The Nation and The Progressive. His reporting specializes in the politics surrounding environmental and military issues.

After attending the American University in Washington, D.C., St Clair worked as an environmental organizer and writer for Friends of the Earth, Clean Water Action Project and the Hoosier Environmental Council. In 1990, he moved to Oregon to edit the influential environmental magazine Forest Watch. In 1994, he joined journalists Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein on CounterPunch. He now co-edits the newsletter and the popular website.

RSVP to lcohen@dfnyc.org

Meet Senator Mike Gravel. He:

• ended the Vietnam draft
• stopped nuclear weapons testing in the north pacific
• released the Pentagon Papers, and
• much more!

Also view his latest youtube video.

Meet Senator Mike Gravel. He:

• ended the Vietnam draft
• stopped nuclear weapons testing in the north pacific
• released the Pentagon Papers, and
• much more!

Also view his latest youtube video.

The McClendon Study Group will meet Wednesday July 2nd at 7 p.m. at the National Press Club.

Our speaker for this session will be Barry J. Kissin, an activist attorney and former candidate for the U.S. Congress from Maryland. Although it is likely that you never heard of him, it is also likely that you are unaware of his theory that the anthrax letter attack on the U.S. Senate was an inside job. With five deaths and over a dozen hospitalizations, the American people should expect that all investigative leads would be vigorously pursued, a process Kissin is questioning.

You will recall that the McClendon News Service has never thought that the FBI's response to the attacks passed ‘the smell test.’ Now that former anthrax-attack ‘person of interest’ Steven J. Hatfill has been granted a nearly $6 million DOJ settlement, the odor has become pervasive.

Mark Crispin Miller wrote:

"The Family" by Jeff Sharlet is an amazing book. One of those rare books that changes how one looks at the whole world, providing a profound corrective to a range of well-established misconceptions. Not only does "The Family" help us grasp the true threat posed by 'Christian fundamentalism,' but, even more important, it also utterly explodes the tidy leftist view that those who run the show are merely cynical, interested only in the numbers, and using 'faith' only to keep the masses hypnotized, the better to pick their pockets. While there surely is such cynicism at the top, the situation is, as Sharlet demonstrates, far more complex than that, and therefore a lot scarier. And to find out that such widespread and powerful fanaticism played such a crucial role throughout the Cold War is simply staggering -- one of those truths that will, I think, take quite a long time to sink in."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduces her new book, KNOW YOUR POWER, (Doubleday, $23.95)

“For our daughters and our granddaughters, now the sky is the limit,” said Nancy Pelosi, after being sworn in as Speaker of the House.

In her new book, she shares the insights gained from her life: from the kitchen of her San Francisco home to the Congress of the United States.

This is a ticketed event. Admission is $23.95, which includes the book and 2 tickets to the book talk.

Please purchase in advance by calling P&P at 202-364-1919; 800.722.0790.
Co-sponsored with Sixth & I.

From John W. Ennis, Director:
I'd like to invite you to the premiere of my new documentary, FREE FOR ALL!

After sitting through the suspect 2000 and 2004 elections, I had to go out with my camera to find out if what I felt in my gut was true: our elections in America are far from secure.

This investigation led me on a journey throughout Ohio, the pivotal swing state that decided the last presidential election. I met politicians, activists, election officials, journalists, attorneys, party leaders, a lot of cool locals who helped me shoot it all, and Jerry Springer.

The evidence I came across showed not just efforts to steal votes at the polls, but to systematically block millions of Americans from even casting a vote. When some people know they can't win fairly, they'll do everything they can to cheat.

A Message from Eric C. Bauman, Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party

Join Us in Welcoming U.S. Senator Jim Webb of Virginia to Los Angeles!

Please join us this Sunday evening, June 22, 2008, at Town Hall Los Angeles for a special evening and conversation with United States Senator Jim Webb of Virginia as he discusses his latest book "A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America" (Book, CD) with activist and radio show host David Bender.

U.S. Senator Jim Webb with David Bender: A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America

Parking at Lot 2 on Hilgard & Westholme / $8
Event Tickets: $20 / Person

Audience Q&A will follow the presentation by Senator Webb and David Bender. Copies of A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America will be available for purchase.

A "Popular" Idea: Abolish the Electoral College, Replacing with Direct Election of U.S. Presidents

Pathways to Needed Change

Voice of the Voters! Special Guests:

• Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
• State Senator Jamin Raskin (MD); Professor, American University Washington College of Law
• Alex Keyssar, Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

WEDNESDAY June 18 -- 8:00 to 9PM PM ET
Heard on 1360 AM Greater Philadelphia & and on the Internet
www.voiceofthevoters.org OR http://wnjc.duxpond.com/

Previous interviews may be found at www.voiceofthevoters.org