Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

LEGALIZING HEMP & MARIJUANA with Don Wirschafter and Todd McCormack at today's 3pm eastern SOLARTOPIA GREEN POWER & WELLNESS SHOW.  HarveyW is joined by his long-time friend Don, one of the great pioneers of the legalize hemp and marijuana industry, and expert Todd McCormack to discuss the end of cannabis prohibition and the upcoming Obama decision as to continue pushig against the river.

DR. KING WOULD HAVE FOUGHT FRACKING….and much more about his legacy of non-violent activism for peace, social justice and survival.  Stefanie Spear, editor/publisher of the EcoWatch website and Dr. Bob Fitrakis of Freepress.org join HarveyW to commemorate Martin Luther King and the 2d inauguration of Barack Obama, whose environmental legacy is very much up for grabs, especially in the era of corporate personhood and Citizens United, whose third anniversary we mourn.  This far-reaching, free-wheeling discussion of the deep-rooted connection between the "triplets" of racism, militarism and social injustice makes the indelible link to our modern struggle to save this planet and win Solartopia.

GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JILL STEIN joins us in Solartopia with news of her excellent campaign and the future of the Green Party. We rip the Obama Administration's horrificly violent and hypocritical war on marijuana and its legal users in states like Montana---where at least one patient has died in a federal facility---and California. We also look at the demise of nuclear here and in Germany, where Solartopian technologies are fast becoming dominant. We also examine Obama's response to the fiscal cliff and the Great Fear that continues to mark the realities of corporate power. With callers from California and Massachusetts, this edition of the Solartopia Show is a must-listen for everyone interested in broad-ranging social change.

SHOWDOWN AT SAN ONOFRE and the rest of the rust bucket nukes comes to HarveyW's Green Power & Wellness Show.  We explore the collapse of the decayed, decrepit atomic energy industry with Ace Hoffman, Barbara George and Eugene Coyle, leading California experts and activists on the decline and fall of two reactors at San Onofre that sit on earthquake faults in a tsunami zone.  Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness Network chimes in about the pending demise of Vermont Yankee, Fitzpatrick and other worthless, useless, ridiculously radioactive atomic reactors.  If the Mayan calendar's end has warned us of a need to change the world as we knew it, shutting the nuke power industry is a great way to start.  Hear all about it on this fantastic exploration of the post-nuclear Solartopian transition now accelerating to warp speed.

ENOUGH OF THESE DAMN GUNS!!!  Join HarveyW at a special Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show Monday at 3pm eastern time to commit to doing something about the horrors of gun violence.  The 2nd Amendment does NOT mean everyone can "bear" whatever kind of gun they want while we pump billions into militarizing the world.  We will NOT shake our heads in powerlessness.  It's long past time to take meaningful action.

AMERICA'S WAR ON MARIJUANA…WHAT WILL OBAMA DO? Author and public policy expert Mark Kleiman joins HarveyW at the Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show to talk pot and politics.  We explore legalization and its impacts in Washington and Colorado, along with the medical marijuana laws in 18 states plus DC.  With wide-ranging medical and social effects, he era of pot prohibition unravels even while Obama ponders re-ramping it up.  And as Kleiman explains, full legalization has acquired an unexpected enemy in the medical marijuana industry.

LEGAL HEMP & MARIJUANA!!! are celebrated on this landmark Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show as Harvey is joined by long-time hemp campaigners Anndrea Hermann and Tom Murphy.  We celebrate electoral victories in Colorado, Washington State and elsewhere.  Then we explore the deep details of legalized hemp, now a half-billion-dollar/year industry in Canada.  Based in Manitoba, Anndrea explains the realities of a hemp industry that employs tens of thousands of Canadians for a crop that's used in food, cleansers, construction, paper, rope, twine and much much more.  From Maine, Tom tells us of federal legislation aimed at finally bring the hemp industry back in the US, where it might well outstrip its smokable cousin in terms of revenue and employment.  The future of cannabis---industrial and otherwise---is the future of American health, economy and agriculture.

LEGAL MARIJUANA, NO MORE DRUG WAR & A NEW DAWN FOR DEMOCRACY with HarveyW, Bob Fitrakis, Sheila Parks & Cliff Arnebeck.  Colorado and Washington state have become the world's first governments to legalize pot.  So the prospect for ending the drug war brings with it the re-enfranchisement of millions of African-Americans, Hispanics and young people brightens.  Listen in as the election protection movement now looks to banning electronic voting machines in a far freer world.

ELECTION THEFT, ELECTRONIC & OTHERWISE - HarveyW is joined by Bob Fitrakis & Victoria Collier to continue our pathbreaking exploration of the the past, present and future integrity of our electoral process.