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GUEST: Aisha Bain, Mongolia Program Associate at Global Rights
Over the past year, the government of Mongolia has passed laws increasing taxes and state ownership in the country’s mining industry. Most recently, a law passed on August 27th, allows the Mongolian government to acquire up to thirty four percent of private mining projects. The …
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Sep
14
2006
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GUEST: Spencer Mandell, Director of “God’s Open Hand”
One of the promises made by the Bush administration after 9/11 was to bring democracy to Afghanistan, a country the US invaded less than a month after the attacks in New York and DC. Five years later, Afghanistan is in flames, with an epidemic …
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Sep
14
2006
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GUEST: Jodie Evans, Co-Founder of Code Pink
Code Pink, one of the leading anti-war organizations in the country, has just launched a new campaign called Give Peace a Vote, asking people to sign up and declare that they will not vote for any pro-war candidates in upcoming elections. The Voters pledge consists …
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Sep
14
2006
Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.
On Fridays in Burbank
5:30-7pm
on the corner of Palm and San Fernando
the email contact is burbankpeace@sbcglobal.net
On Fridays in Ojai
5 to 7 PM
Libbey Park,at the …
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Sep
14
2006
“The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.” — Noam Chomsky …