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Interview with Noam Chomsky
From Liz Myers | 44:18
Air Occupy radio show interviews Noam Chomsky about Gaza, Occupy Wall Street movement, Labor, and the media.
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On December 11, 2012, Air Occupy radio show had the honor of interviewing Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics & Philosophy. In addition to authoring groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics, Professor Chomsky is a prolific writer and speaker on many topics, including foreign policy, media, politics, and war. He has been a vocal supporter of the Occupy movement, and in May, he published a book entitled "Occupy" through Zuccotti Park Press/Occupied Media Pamphlet Series. The interview covers his recent trip to Gaza and the plight of Palestinians, the importance of a free media, and the Occupy Wall Street movement and its evolution.
Ag-Gag Laws
From Liz Myers | 56:24
On Air Occupy on Tuesday, May 21, we look at "ag-gag" laws with Paul Shapiro, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection with the Humane Society of the United States. At the end of the program, we also talk about the March Against Monsanto taking place May 25 all over the world.
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Ag-gag laws target whistleblowers - animal welfare activists who take undercover videos, photographs, and sound recordings at factory farms. These laws have been criticized for violating the 1st Amendment, allowing animal cruelty to continue, and endangering the public's health by silencing persons who might expose problems with food safety. In Tennessee, an ag-gag bill passed the legislature this year, but Governor Bill Haslam (R) has stated that he plans to veto it. We also discuss farm factory conditions.