Mike Whitney is a landscape contractor who veered into journalism following the attacks of September 11. He is a Project Censored award winner who writes on foreign policy, domestic politics and the economy. His articles can found at Counterpunch or the Unz Review. 

Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion

Jeffrey St. Clair (editor), Joshua Frank (editor)

The election of Barack Obama sparked long-dormant tingles of optimism in even the most entrenched political cynics. But the promise of an Obama revolution fizzled out even before his inauguration, as the president-in-waiting stocked his cabinet with corporate hacks, cut secret deals with Wall Street titans and plotted a bloody escalation of the senseless war in Afghanistan. Here is a scathing indictment of the Obama presidency from the best writers on the American Left. Hopeless is a view of Obama's policies from the trenches: the compromises, the backstabbing, the same old imperial ambitions. From Obama's sell-outs to big oil and the nuclear industry to his continuation of savage Bush-era policies in the CIA's global network of secret prisons, this fast-paced chronicle will outrage the politically naive, delight the critical and inspire those looking for an alternative to the dismal politics of lesser evilism. As Emma Goldman famously quipped, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." Let this book stand as a painful reminder to those who think anything less than social struggle will net tangible gain.

Contributors include: Mike Whitney, Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeremy Scahill, Joe Bageant, Marjorie Cohn, Brian Tokar, Linn Washington, Jr., Ronnie Cummins, Kathy Kelly, Tariq Ali, Ralph Nader, and more.

Laura Derr is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience, and 30 years of spiritual practice, 20 years in Buddhist mediation community, and 10 years with the new teachings of Jesus. She was ordained in June, 2016 as an Interfaith Minister. Her spiritual path has revealed a strong intuitive awareness, and the conviction that this awareness is available to everyone.

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Judy Beebe is the visionary founder of G.E.M. Technologies. She has a Ph.D in nutrition and has worked in area of medicine for over 40 years. Judy was looking for a connection between the microcosm and macrocosm and this took her through the world religions and texts. Her studies into the physical body and our spiritual connection to the cosmos have led her to this new energy source. Judy is a great grandmother, a spiritual author and healer.

My name is Susanna Utbult and I´m from Sweden. I have studied and practiced Feng Shui for 18 years. I´m a Feng Shui expert, I own and run the Nordic School of Feng Shui where I have taught feng shui to several hundred students since I took over the school in 2010. I love teaching and helping people to create better homes and better lives.

I also design houses for clients who are in the process of building their own home and they just want to get it right (this time). After being a Feng Shui expert for many years I have realized the home is just one side of the coin for creating a better life. The other side of the coin is YOU. It really doesn´t matter if you have a great home according to Feng Shui, if you are in a mess internally. You just have to do the work to get the whole coin to shine the way you deserve. It´s your birthright.

Susanna Utbult is a Feng Shui from Sweden. She has studied and practiced Feng Shui since 1998.

As a feng shui expert,she owns and runs the Nordic School for Feng Shui and has taught several hundred students. Since Susanna took over the school in 2010 she has grown to love teaching and helping people to create better homes and better lives. Susanna also design houses for clients who are in the process of building there own home and they just want to get it right (this time).

After being a Feng Shui expert for many years I have realized the home is just one side of the coin for creating a better life. The other side of the coin is YOU, the customer. It really doesn´t matter if you have a great home according to Feng Shui, if you are in a confused and in a mess internally. You just need to do the work to get the whole coin to shine the way you deserve. This is your birthright. 

Susanna has developed a way to mix Feng Shui with the teachings of Bob Proctor, from Canada. The decluttering of body/mind/spirit is uplifting and brings Light and balance into your home.

STEVIE DUB

Stevie Dub is from Lancaster Wisconsin & for the past few years he’s lived in Los Angeles where he’s hosted numerous shows & events with his manager & CEO of 7percenter, Steve ‘Boss’ Haas.

Stevie Dub is brand ambassador of 7percenter, a movement which stands for the 7% of people in the world who have a goal & a dream who chase after their goals & inspire others along the way. Together Stevie & 7percenter have donated to numerous schools and companies through their partnered, “PathFinder” nonprofit organization.

This year Stevie Dub plans on releasing a mixtape followed by a full length concept album.

GREG REITMAN

Greg has a BA in History & Film from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a MFA in Film from UCLA in Los Angeles.

Forest is the long time Master of Ceremonies of the now Ozark Mountain UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, AR with many stories to share of his experiences along the way.