Local Democracy and Gas Drilling

Hydrofracking for natural gas threatens our environment and local economy. Why do corporations get to do such things to us all? Court cases have given corporations the status of persons - but persons with superhuman power. Eric Banford and Katherine Halton tell Valarie FitzRandolph how citizens are seeking ways to regain control.

Resisting War in Afghanistan

Asma Barlas and Petra Hepburn discuss the current war in Afghanistan. Why does the US get into these wars? Who wins? Who loses? How can we change things? Recorded December 5, 2009.

Gas Drilling - Public Response

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A discussion of the public response to proposal to drill for natural gas using "fracking" techniques in the Marcellus Shale. Marty Luster interviews Helen Slottje and Eric Banford

Socialism and the Capitalist Crisis

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Joseph Schwartz is interviewed by Wayles Browne. Recorded August 15, 2009

Mythology of Gas Drilling

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Marty Luster interviews Ken Zeserson and Judy Abrams on Gas Drilling in the Finger Lakes

What the Frack?

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Marty Luster discusses the process of fracking shale to extract natural gas and it's possible impact on the Finger Lakes area with Ken Zeserson and Judy Abrams. Recorded July 22, 2009

Other resources with information on the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on the Marcellus Shale of New York's Southern Tier can be found at Shaleshock.org, the Catskill Mountainkeeper's Marcellus Shale page, Un-Natural Gas.org, and Damascus (PA) Citizens for Sustainability.

A brief interview with Congressman Maurice Hinchey on this subject is available on the site of Water Under Attack, a documentary film project on this subject currently in progress.

Health Care and the Public Option

Theresa Alt of Ithaca DSA speaks at a recent health care rally in Ithaca, New York.