Sep
18
2006
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GUESTS: Vanessa Diaz, director, editor and producer of Cuban Hip Hop, Larissa Diaz, producer and editor of Cuban Hip Hop
Unbeknownst to many Americans, Hip Hop has rapidly become one of the preferred forms of expression and youth culture on the island nation of Cuba. Despite the imposition of a decade’s long …
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Sep
18
2006
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GUEST: Mel White, author of “Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right
Religion Gone Bad is the latest book by Mel White, which details the thirty-year war that fundamentalist Christians have waged against homosexuality and gays and lesbians. Mel White’s first book was his autobiography, “Stranger at the Gate: To …
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Sep
18
2006
GUESTS: Susan Burton, Executive Director at A New Way Of Life Reentry Project, Lead Organizer with All of Us or None, and former prisoner; Melissa Burch, Director of Programs at A New Way Of Life Reentry Project and long time community organizer around prison issues
The LA County Board of Supervisors passed a motion earlier this …
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Sep
18
2006
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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 part 3, on the “War on Terror.”
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
Sep
18
2006
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” — Susan B. Anthony …