We’ll find out how North Korea managed to remove itself from Bush’s Axis of Evil; and, Ralph Horowitz’s new plan to develop a problematic warehouse distribution center on the land formerly occupied by the South Central Farm; plus, a California commission concludes that the state’s death penalty is “dysfunctional” and “close to collapse.”

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GUEST: Norman Solomon, elected Obama delegate, and author of War Made Easy, Syndicated columnist of “Media and Politics”

Economist and New York Times op-ed writer, Paul Krugman, writes this morning, “It’s feeling a lot like 1992 right now. It’s also feeling a lot like 1980. But which parallel is closer? Is Barack Obama going to be a Ronald Reagan of the left, a president who fundamentally changes the country’s direction? Or will he be just another Bill Clinton?” Many progressives who supported Barack Obama against Hilary Clinton during the Democratic primary elections, are disappointed by several recent moves made by the Illinois senator after he clinched the nomination. Among those are a fervently pro-Israel speech made to the Israeli lobby group, AIPAC, a Bill-Cosby-like Father’s Day speech …

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GUESTS: Bill Fletcher, executive editor of The Black Commentator, former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum, Patrick Bond, Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and author of “Uneven Zimbabwe,” and “Zimbabwe’s Plunge”

Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe for a sixth term yesterday following a violence-tainted and controversial run-off election. His main rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change pulled out of the race just six days prior to last Friday’s vote citing state-sponsored violence and intimidation against his supporters. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission released the official results of the run-off yesterday, which showed Mugabe taking roughly 85% of the vote in an election that netted a turn out of just 42%. African Union observers cited violence and …

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GUEST: Elaine Brown, former chair of the Black Panther Party, Jenn Laskin, both are members of the Committee to Free Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald

This Wednesday July 2nd, parole hearings will be held in California for the longest held Black Panther Party political prisoner in the United States. Currently detained at Centinela State Prison near the border with Mexico, Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald has been imprisoned for nearly 40 years. As a member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fitzgerald was involved in a September 1969 shootout with Los Angeles police. He sustained and survived a gunshot wound to the head only to be arrested later and charged with assault on police and the murder of a security guard. At only 18 years of age, …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on the Unraveling of Barack Obama.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.

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Dissecting the Doublespeak on Domestic Drilling

GUEST: Dave Alberswerth, Senior Policy Adviser for the Wilderness Society

President Bush gave a speech last week in which he called for more domestic oil drilling in order to relieve record high gas prices. As part …

We’ll examine the unfolding violence in Zimbabwe and what Robert Mugabe is up to; and, a look at the changing face of Barack Obama. Plus, we’ll speak with activists calling for freedom for Chip Fitzgerald, a former Black Panther, imprisoned for more than 40 years, who many say is a political prisoner. And this week’s Empire Notes.

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Read LA-Indymedia’s breaking news report of Don’s passing here.

Last Sunday my friend Emma called me and said, “Look there’s this nasty rumor going around that Don White was found dead in his apartment.” I was shocked but didn’t believe it for a second. I called Don’s home and heard his answering machine message. I didn’t leave a message. I called around to several friends who knew Don better than I and found that it was true. Our dear friend Don White, whom I had just seen one week earlier, answering phones in KPFK’s phone room, was apparently dead.

The shock was too deep to bear alone. I awoke my sleeping husband, who also knew Don. …