Amy Goodman - "Democracy Now!" News Director and morning show host at Pacifica station WBAI in New York City; anchors the show from NY.  Goodman has covered U.S. foreign policy and reported for Pacifica in Mexico, Haiti and Indonesia. She won awards for breaking the story on a massacre of peaceful demonstrators in occupied East Timor. 1 · 2

Bruce Lipton - Dr. Lipton is an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit. He began his scientific career as a cell biologist, received his Ph.D. Degree from UVA Charlottesville before becoming associate professor at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine in 1973, culminating in 5 years of research at Stanford University. Dr. Lipton’s research on muscular dystrophy, studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused upon the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. 1 · 2

Caroline Casey - Visionary Activist Astrologer, devoted to the principle that Imagination lays the tracks for the Reality Train to follow. Therefore the cultivation of imagination coupled with the capacity for complex story-telling is a key strategy for personal and collective change. As the late great Native American activist, Ruben Snake, used to quip, "Here's a little bit of Native American wisdom for you - if we don't change our direction, we're likely to end up where we're headed." Based in Washington DC, Caroline broadcasts her live weekly radio show, "The Visionary Activist Show", wedding spiritual magic to ingenious social action to Pacifica station KPFA (94.1) 1 · 2

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Danny Schecter - Emmy Award winning journalist and author of "The More You Watch, The Less You Know" and Executive Director of MediaChannel. 1

Danny Sheehan - Daniel Sheehan is an attorney, educated at Harvard Law and Divinity Schools. Sheehan founded and was the Chief Counsel for the Christic Institute, a public interest litigation and policy center that won the first case against the KKK, exposed the Nicaraguan/Contra Affair, prosecuted the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Power Company, which stopped the building and proliferation of new nuclear power plants in the USA, and stopped the Three Mile Island Company from contaminating the public. He served as Legal Counsel to the New York Times in The Pentagon Papers case and currently serves as President and Chief Counsel for the New Paradigm Institute in Santa Cruz, CA. and Cambridge, MA. 1 · 2

Fred Alan Wolf - received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UCLA in 1963, and began researching the field of high atmospheric particle behavior following a nuclear explosion. Since then, he has delved into the relationship between human consciousness, psychology, physiology, the mystical, and the spiritual. His investigations have taken him from intimate discussions with physicist David Bohm to the magical and mysterious jungles of Peru; from master classes with Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman to shamanic journeys on the high deserts of Mexico; from a significant meeting with Werner Heisenberg to the hot coals of a firewalk. He has authored eleven books and continues to lecture, research, and teach worldwide. 1 · 2

Helen Caldicott - Dr. Helen Caldicott has devoted 35 years of her life to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age, and the changes in human behavior necessary to stop environmental destruction.She was the Founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) from 1978 through 1983. PSR was the co-winner of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Linus Pauling individually nominated Dr. Caldicott for the Prize. Dr. Caldicott also founded Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND). She is the author of numerous books exploring nuclear and environmental issues. 1 · 2

James Carroll - Author of Constantine's Sword, Carroll has been a civil rights worker, an antiwar activist, and a community organizer in Washington and New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. Carroll served as Catholic chaplain at Boston University from 1969 to 1974. During that time, he studied poetry with George Starbuck and published books on religious subjects and a book of poems. Carroll left the priesthood to become a writer, and in 1974 was a playwright-in-residence at the Berkshire Theater Festival. He has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, and his op-ed column appears weekly in the Boston Globe. 1 · 2

Kevin Danaher - Described by The New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Dr. Kevin Danaher's analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an exceptionally dynamic speaker. As Global Exchange's co-founder, Dr. Danaher has spoken at universities and for community organizations throughout the U.S. He conducts workshops on issues ranging from the dynamics of the global economy to how we can replace the power of transnational corporations with local green economy networks. A longtime critic of the so-called "free trade" agenda, Dr. Danaher explains how we must work with other countries to reduce poverty and inequality if we want the cooperation of the world's people in ending terrorism. 1

Medea Benjamin - Medea Benjamin is Founding Director of Global Exchange. For over twenty years, Medea has supported human rights and social justice struggles around the world. She is also the co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a women's group that has been organizing creative actions against the war and occupation of Iraq. CODEPINK is pushing for a reorientation of budget priorities in the US to focus on heath care, education and housing, not war. Code Pink now has over 100 chapters throughout the United States. 1 · 2 · 3

Michael Ruppert - Author of 2004's hot-selling political and economic exposé, Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil. Founder and editor of From The Wilderness, a newsletter and website dedicated to revealing political cover-ups. 1

R.U. Sirius - Ken Goffman, a.k.a. R. U. Sirius, is a well-known cultural commentator and co-founder of Mondo 2000, the iconoclastic magazine that defined the digital culture of the early nineties. He is author or editor of seven books, including Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge and The Revolution, and co-wrote Timothy Leary's last book, Design for Dying. He was a columnist for Artforum International and the San Francisco Examiner. He lectures internationally on subjects ranging from the implications of new tchnology to alternative politics. 1 · 2

Rob Brezsny - Author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, he is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He writes "Free Will Astrology," a syndicated weekly column that appears in over a hundred other publications and on the Web. 1

Thom Hartmann - A Project Censored-award-winning, best-selling author, and the host of a nationally syndicated progressive daily radio talk show, heard across America via the Sirius Satellite Radio system, on more than 80 radio stations from coast to coast, in 29 states on CRN, and worldwide on RadioPower.org, weekdays from Noon to 3 PM Eastern Time. 1

Thomas Frank - Author of What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Born on the wild plains of Kansas, Tom pulled himself up by his bootstraps, learned to read, write, and cipher. He likes big steaks, bar-b-que, and most other meat dishes. 1 · 2

Starhawk - One of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality. She is also well-known as a global justice activist and organizer, whose work and writings have inspired many to action. Author of The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and other books that link an earth-based spirituality to change the world. 1