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PERSPECTIVES features interviews on vital local, national and international issues that affect our lives, now weekly on Comcast and Alameda Power & Telecom (APT) in Alameda, California, Comcast Marin, and Novator Public Access Television.


Perspective's Host – Julie Rufo Julie Rufo

Julie Rufo was the co-founder and moderator of the Alameda Public Affairs Forum before she and Joseph Woodard started PERSPECTIVES.

She knows the power of public media, having worked in production of industrial films and shows for some years in Los Angeles, and then becoming a business manager in the entertainment industry.

Born and bred in New York City, she is the daughter of a writer and editor, Charles Lam Markmann, who authored "The Noblest Cry," a history of the ACLU, among other works. She inherited his passion for truth and justice, a passion that carried her into battles against the Vietnam War, the Contras in Nicaragua and Honduras, our proxy wars in Guatemala and El Salvador, our bogus invasions of Grenada and Panama, and now the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Moving to Alameda to live near her son, a successful energy conservation consultant, and father of her two grandchildren, and her daughter who works in administration for the City of Novato and is an active environmental advocate, Julie has happily found a community of people who share her concerns and want to do something about problems that we all face. With a background in social activism that spans five decades, Julie now presents interviews on vital local, national, and international issues that affect our lives.

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In June and July look for a special edition of PERSPECTIVES, May Day and the Real Price of Occupation. The show features voices that the Bush Administration chooses to ignore, Labor's reaction by shutting down all West Coast shipping ports on May Day 2008, and selections from The Real Price of Occupation. Click here to see the show's lead-in (in FLASH format).

In July, Raj Patel, noted author and researcher, will talk with Julie about the world's crisis in food.

Antonia Juhasz discusses The BU$H Agenda, the corporate invasion of Iraq and other countries, and how it will compel decisions to be made by our next Federal Administration

In this election season, be sure to watch the interview with James Soper on the risks of using Electronic Voting Machines.

Virender Gosawami talks about Abuses of Immigration Law that may affect you when you travel abroad.

See a preview of the interviews with Dahr Jamail on Iraq: What We Have Done, including a review of shows we've filmed on the U.S. and Middle Eastern issues.
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Other shows include Jackie Cabasso on the dangers of nuclear energy and the resurgence of nuclear weapons (a two-part interview); Michael Parenti on the meaning of U.S. Imperialism (also two shows) and what we can do about it; Barbara Lubin, the Founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance in a passionate interview on her extraordinary life and travels, and the work of the organization helping children in the Middle East; and two East Bay "renegade rescuers" who worked on the beaches during the S.F. Bay 2007 oil spill trying to save oiled birds. They tell us what they witnessed and did, and how responses can and should be improved in the event of another such horrific occurrence. And coming soon: a two-part discussion with Elizabeth de la Vega on our Outlaw Government and the repercussions of eight years of the Bush Administration.

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