He has worked as a cab driver in New York City

He has worked as a cab driver in New York City, a clerk on Wall Street and as a brakeman on the Alaska

Railroad. He founded and served as president of The Democracy Foundation, Philadelphia II, and Direct

Democracy, nonprofit corporations dedicated to the establishment of direct democracy in the United

States through the enactment of the National Initiative for Democracy by American voters.

Books authored by Senator Gravel are Jobs and More Jobs, and Citizen Power. He lectures and writes

about governance, foreign affairs, economics, SoUGGSl Security, tax reform, energy, environmental

issues and democracy.

Former British MP Tony Benn discusses the departure of Tony Blair, what a liar he is, the antiwar

movement and whether it’s a good idea to prosecute leaders or follow the peace and reconciliation

commissions model of getting justice for war criminals and Blair’s likely successor.

He was a Cabinet minister in the Wilson and Callaghan governments from 1964 – 79, as Minister of

Technology, Secretary of State for both Industry and Energy and President of the Council of European

Energy ministers in 1977.