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Host Laura Flanders asks Rep. Maralyn Chase, Washington's 32nd District, and Martha Burke, Money Editor at Ms. Magazine, what real national security would look like for woman--and why the presidential candidates aren't talking about it.

Live From Main Street Seattle: Threats at Home and Abroad

Where are the front lines? Carol Kessler, Director of the Center for Global Security for Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Mako Fitts, assistant professor of Sociology at Seattle University, discuss how war abroad affects families at home.

Live From Main Street Seattle: Women, Foreign Policy and War: Do women deserve a say?

Iraq War Veteran Sarah Mott and Sarah Rich, mother of Suzanne Swift—the Army Specialist who spoke out on rape and sexual harassment by her commanders in Iraq, discuss the ongoing treatment of women in the military.

Live From Main Street Seattle, Q&A

Host Laura Flanders and panelists Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Gael Tarleton, Martha Burke, Maralyn Chase and Mako Fitts respond to a question from the audience: What can we do to break the stranglehold that the arms industry and the war profiteers have on our national security policy?

We've just honed in on the location, time and general content of LFMS Seattle and are very excited. Here's a sneak peek of what to expect:

Beyond Hockey Moms and Palin Politics: Women on Real National Security

Location: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA
Date of Taping: Oct 26 2008, 4:00 p.m.

RSVP HERE

Though National Security is a buzzword on the 2008 campaign trail,
there has been virtually no discussion of what it means for everyday
Americans to feel secure.

Join us, less then two weeks before the election, as we move beyond lipstick and hockey pucks to investigate what real national
security looks like. Hosted by Laura Flanders (GritTV), Live From Main Street Seattle will convene an all-women panel to examine how issues of national security impact our daily lives and ask the tough questions about how we can build a better future. Does the solution lie in our military or social policies? What
are women doing to ensure security in their communities and in the world at large? And how does the militarization of our budget affect security in other areas of our lives?

We will bring together the voices of women who have served in the military, foreign policy experts and more to explore how national security policy might change if a broader cross-section of society was at the decision-making table.

Here's the live feed of today's show, which begins streaming at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CST/ 10:00 a.m. PT.

We've got the Power
Find out the latest efforts to combat voter disenfranchisement, voting machine fraud, and how not to get turned away at the polls. This segment will also feature a discussion with Steven Rosenfeld and on-the-ground updates from Ohio's "Golden Week."

In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. Yet, questions have emerged about partisan contractors programming the machines that will count the vote. And come election day, it may not be possible to conduct a recount in a number of swing states if the vote is close. Why? There will be no paper ballets to verify the vote.

Here to discuss what we can do and how we can ensure our vote is not stolen are Steven Rosenfeld, senior fellow at AlterNet and the author of Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting, Deanna Zandt, media technologist and consultant to the Hightower Lowdown, and Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting.

Registration deadlines loom and there are many obstacles. From reading tests to ID challenges, felon disenfranchisement laws and the endless purging of voter rolls the U.S. is almost alone among industrial world democracies in having no uniform federal voting law. WHY IS THAT?

As early voting begins in states across the country, we are joined by Wendy Weiser who directs the Brennan Center's work on voting rights and elections; Docia Buffington, the lead organizer for the Youth Voter Collective; renowned author and professor, Frances Fox Piven. She has written many books including Why Americans Still Don't Vote; and Dr. Divine Pryor the Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions.

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