Life-Net Radio http://www.lifenetradio.org/index.htm en-us Public Domain Covering Poverty Widely In A Net Of Many Voices Retiarius "Ret Z" Zogreso Life-Net News and Radio aims to raise awareness, concern, and action against poverty: an anti-poverty newsletter, radio show, distribution list, and Website, with editorial neutrality and contributor diversity. Life-Net News and Radio aims to raise awareness, concern, and action against poverty: an anti-poverty newsletter, radio show, distribution list, and Website, with editorial neutrality and contributor diversity. poverty, poverty radio, anti-poverty, independent media, hunger, homelessness, protests, social action, news headlines, social commentary, economic development Retiarius Zogreso lifenetradio@broadcast.net LNR #480: Finally! A Candidate with a Specified Agenda! Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad PhD With Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad PhD, Running for Congress (1st District of NJ) In my travels one day recently, I happened to pick up a political campaign brochure that was light-years away from the usual: Instead of emotional manipulation and easy slogans, this piece contained a substantive breakdown of a full range of issues. At last, something informative! Naturally, I had to reach out to this guy and bring him on the show, and since he doesn't have millions of dollars to campaign with, this program may be your only chance to know what's behind one of the names in the voting booth that New Jersey First Congressional District voters will be walking into on June 3. We sit down with Vietnam-era veteran and respected educator Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad PhD. http://www.lifenetradio.org/show480.mp3 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDT 14:46 Iraq war, peace dividend, economic justice, Rob Andrews, Progressive Democrats of America, global warming, civil rights, Congress, elections, media reform