http://www.radio4all.net/program/59347Podcast for Program: ALEC Stalled - Afghan ForeverWed, 18 Apr 2012 01:41:32 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/59347 ALEC - WOUNDED, BUT STILL DANGEROUS The corporate-conservative legislative lobby "ALEC" today cancelled its Public Safety and Elections Task Force, which has promulgated "voter ID" and "stand your ground" laws in dozens of states. The announcement follows national Trayvon Martin protests, and membership cancellations by nearly a dozen major corporate sponsors -- most recently TicketMaster and Blue Cross, along with Coke, Pepsi, McDonalds, Kraft and the Gates Foundation, among others. LISA GRAVES, director of prwatch and alecexposed.org, discusses the populist pushback against the "American Legislative Exchange Council," and reveals their finances, neocon provenance, and ongoing legal initiatives. AFGHANISTAN "ENDGAME" STRETCHES INTO THE 2020s With new American and NATO military offensives underway in Afghanistan, Voices for Creative Nonviolence [vcnv.org] director KATHY KELLY deconstructs the Obama administration's election-year promises of "early withdrawal." Kelly recently returned from Afghanistan, and details plans for a permanent US military presence and regional foothold, along with an upcoming Earth Day global exchange with Afghani victims of foreign occupation. Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions - "We're a Winner". Robert KnightWed, 18 Apr 2012 01:41:32 +0000