Author Le Ly Hayslip on State Assemblyman Van Tran and on her Humanitarian Work in Vietnam

On our next show, Monday, 12 February 2007, we air an encore edition of Subversity.
In the wake of electoral success in the Orange County Supervisor's race attributed to the political machinery of state Assemblyman Van Tran, we bring you author Le Ly Haylip's view of Van Tran as she addresses her humanitarian work in Vietnam. The progressive Hayslip, no friend of anticommunist Van Tran, had her biographies made into Oliver Stone's 1993 film, Heaven and Earth.

See press release. The interview with Le Ly Hayslip first aired in 2005. To listen to the show, click here: .

Actor Justin Chon on his Acting Career

On our February 5, 2007 show, we talked with actor Justin Chon. The Korean American actor is currently in Nickelodeon's "Just Jordan." A rising star, his film credits include "The OC". A New York Times reviewer called him "good-looking" in "Just Jordan."
For more on Justin Chon, see press release.

To listen to the interview with Justin Chon, click here: .

Stuart Timmons on Gay L.A.

On our January 15, 2007, we talked with author Stuart Timmons about a new book he has co-authored, with historian Lillian Faderman, Gay L.A., about the underground histories and struggles that led to today's emergence of public lesbian and gay communities in the Los Angeles region. Timmons had been on Subversity earlier, most notably when he talked about his book on Harry Hay, the progressive gay activist. An audio file of that interview in July 2001 is clickable here: . To listen to the latest interview about Gay L.A., click here: .

AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai's Disappearance: Implications for Civil Society formation

On our November 27, 2006 show, we were scheduled to talk about AIDS activist Wan Yanhai's work in the wake of his disappearance in Beijing. However, he has now been released after a few days of detention. See our press release

To hear audio of the show, click here: . The show includes clips from an interview we did with him back in 1998 on political surveillance.

Center for Constitutional Studies Files Suit vs. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

On our November 20, 2006 show, we focus on what led up to the lawsuit just filed against Donald Rumsfeld in Germany. We air audio from CCR President Michael Ratner and one-time Abu Ghraib Commander Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinsky as part of proceedings of the Bush Commission into war crimes (see http://www.bushcommission.org). Thanks to Not in Our Name for the use of of this audio.

For more on the lawsuit, see: War Crimes Complaint Against Rumsfeld et al..

See also Karpinsky's testimony.

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Robert Gates: From CIA to Pentagon? Who is the Nominee to Head the Defense Department?

On the next Subversity show, slated for Monday 13 June, 2006 on KUCI, we chat with national security analyst and author John Prados about former CIA director Robert Gates, who is George Bush's nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary. We will discuss what has Gates done in the past and how quickly will he withraw U.S. troops from Iraq? Gates, after all, was deputy CIA director when the U.S. sent Donald Rumsfeld to meet with Saddam Hussein and shake his hands, sealing the U.S. effort to arm Iraq. Gates was also implicated, but never charged, in the Iran-Contra scandal.

For more information with links to resources, see our press release.

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The Religious Right

On our November 6 2006 show, Subversity took a look at the Religious Right with Chip Berlet, senior analyst with Political Research Associates, which has just released a report, Running Against Sodom and Osama: The Christian Right, Values Voters, and the Culture Wars in 2006, that Berlet co-authored.


We also aired a clip from Bob Avakian, who leads the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, warning not to put faith in the Democrats. And we also gave our subversive take on Tuesday's elections, especially one proposition, 83, that is more a reflection of hysteria over sex crimes than anything that would solve anything. We addressed the pros and cons.


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