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 "Corporations and Democracy"  "Corporations and
Democracy" is a radio show hosted by AfD'ers in Mendocino
County, CA, on KZYX&Z-FM,
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting in Philo. The shows
feature interviews with local and nationally-known
activists and authors, and focus on how corporate rule
stands at odds with good public policy on a range of
issues, and what's going on at the grassroots to build
better and more sustainable alternatives.The crew includes AfD'ers Tom Wodetzki and Toni Rizzo, pictured at left, as well as Annie Esposito and AfD council member Steve Scalmanini. The program airs on alternate Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m., and is streamed live from the station website. For information on rebroadcasting any of these episodes on your own local noncommercial station, please contact the Alliance office at afd (at) thealliancefordemocracy (dot) org.  Current Show:September 16, 2011 Listen here! Nomi Prins discusses the endless national banking and financial disaster and what listeners can do about it with hosts Tom Wodetzki and Toni Rizzo. Nomi is a journalist and senior fellow at Demos. Her latest book is It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street (Wiley, September, 2009). Her 2004 book, Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America (The New Press, October 2004) was chosen as a Best Book of the year by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal. Past Shows: September 9, 2011 Listen here! Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini discuss product safety and the right of individuals to sue for redress with Christine Hines, consumer and civil justice counsel at Congress Watch, an arm of Public Citizen, founded by Ralph Nader. Learn how recent court cases are helping corporations evade accountability and responsibility to their employers and clients, and actions you can take to push legislation to help level the playing field. Good comments from callers! August 19, 2011 Listen here! Ben Manski, executive director of Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution and spokesperson for the Wisconsin Wave, talks to Steve Scalmanini and Annie Esposito about heartland progressive populism, from attacks on local government in Benton Harbor and other Michigan towns to the results of the recent Wisconsin recall elections, including allegations of pro-GOP election fraud in a well-to-do county (not the first time this has happened!). Ben reviews the history of home rule provisions and the need to strengthen them today to provide a democratic bulwark against corporate personhood and corporate rule. July 15, 2011  In part 1, Michael Ruppert,
author of "Confronting Collapse" and "Crossing the
Rubicon," and internationally known whistle-blower from
the Bush era talks about building sustainable, resilient
communities in these times of economic and environmental
collapse. Hosted by Tom Wodetzki and Toni Rizzo. Listen
here!In part 2, Toni talks with Martin Keogh, editor of the anthology Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World. Martin talks about the contributors' responses to the question: "In a time of environmental crisis, how can we live right now?" Anthology authors include Paul Hawken, Barbara Kingsolver, Frances Moore Lappé, Michael Pollan, local Fort Bragg resident Thais Mazur, and several other well-known authors involved in sustainability issues. The second half is an interview with Liz Haapanen about the Mendocino Coast Transition Towns. Listen here! September 18, 2009 Listen here! What's the status of health care reform? Dr. John Geyman, past president of Physicians for a National Healthcare Program (PNHP), offers an assessment. Dr. Geyman is professor emeritus of family medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and author of several books, including "Do Not Resuscitate: Why the Health Insurance Industry is Dying and How We Must Replace It," and "The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim its Moral Legacy?" Toni Rizzo conducts the interviews, with call-ins from listeners. August 21, 2009 Listen here! Tom Wodetzski and Toni Rizzo talk with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges, author of Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. Hedges examines commodity culture and the "cult of the self" and sees in it the roots of an illogical, unreflective society which is without compassion and ill-equipped to deal with environmental and economic challenges. Compounding the problem: liberal moral bankruptcy, a corporate media, the fading of print-based society, growing de facto and functional illiteracy. Terrific comments by the audience! (note--the sound quality of the first third of the show is a little rough due to some technical difficulties) August 7, 2009 Listen here! Steve Scalmanini and Annie Esposito interview John Foster of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, an educational non-profit focusing on progressive ballot initiative campaigns nationwide. He discusses the center's project on ballot initiative integrity, especially in relation to a petition for a major mall development in Mendocino County. You can learn more about how the ballot initiative process is being mis-used at www.stopballotfraud.org. Also on the air and the web: Other AfD members and supporters are involved with the following radio projects:
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