Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone, and author of, "Apocalypse in the Gulf: The Poisoning. It's the biggest environmental disaster in American history - and BP is making it worse." See his blog for other works.
Peter Gleick, author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water. Tap water is safe almost everywhere in the U.S. So why does someone buy a bottle of water every second of every day? And where do the thousands of plastic bottles discarded daily end up?
Kent State Truth Tribunal: May 4, 1970, the National Guard opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four students. Emily Kunstler, co-director of "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe," and Laurel Krause, sister of Allison Krause, one of four students killed, will be participating in the West Coast session of the Tribunal in San Francisco, this weekend, August 7 and 8th. It will be be streaming live from 9 AM to 5 PM at www.michaelmoore.com.
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