Sep 05 2006
GUEST: Gilberto Lopez Rivas, Anthropologist with the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico City and a frequent contributor to La Jornada
Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal has announced the results of a partial recount in the presidential elections held earlier this year. The results do not erase the lead of ruling party candidate …
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Sep 05 2006
GUEST: John Trasviña, Interim President and General Counsel of MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Starting tomorrow and running through Sunday September 10th, The National Latino Congreso will be taking place in downtown Los Angeles. Organizers are describing the National Latino Congreso as being the most comprehensive gathering of Latino …
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Sep 05 2006
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 part 1 of 2, on the “War on Terror.”
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Sep 05 2006
GUEST: Aliyah Strauss, Chair of the Israel section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, long-time member of Women in Black, performer with The Raging Grannies in Israel
Israeli Vice-Prime Minister Shimon Peres announced a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the so-called “road-map for peace.” According to Abbas, an …
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Sep 05 2006
“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars — yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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