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GUEST: Nadia Martinez, Policy analyst for Institute for Policy Studies
For the past five days, US President Bush and Venezuelan President Chavez have traveled around Latin America, trading barbs from afar. The two have not set foot in the same country at the same time. While Bush has been defending his administration’s record …
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GUEST: Katherine Albrecht, Founder and Director of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) , co-author of SPYCHIPS: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with RFID
American Express has launched a new method of credit card payment using radio frequency identification technology. Their Express Pay card …
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2007
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GUESTS: filmmakers Jauretsi Saizarbitoria and Emilia Menocal, filmmakers of East of Havana
“East of Havana†is a new documentary by first time filmmakers Jauretsi Saizarbitoria and Emilia Menocal that explores the Cuban experience through the lens of Hip Hop. The film follows the lives of three Afro-Cuban rappers, Mikki Flow, Magyori, and …
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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 4th Anniversary of Iraq War – Part 1.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
Mar
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2007
… on the 1864 letter about the surrender of the Navajo People.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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“Hip Hop is struggle. It means a determined attitude towards life. It means rebellion. Hip Hop is the voice of youth and it means above all, the struggle for many things that are poorly done and the detoxification of the mind and body. For me, it means freedom.” — Soandry, Cuban hip hop artist. …