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Zoellick Nominated to Lead World Bank

Published 31 May 2007 at 9:42 am. No Comments.
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Zoellick GUESTS: Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director of New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, Ruth Castel-Branco, Outreach/Communications Coordinator, 50 Years Is Enough Network

On Wednesday, President Bush nominated Robert B. Zoellick as a candidate for Managing Director of the World Bank. Zoellick had previously served in high-ranking foreign policy and economic policy posts under three Republican presidents, …

ACLU Files Suit Against Boeing Subsidiary for Torture Flights

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Extraordinary rendition GUEST: Steven Watt, Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s Human Rights Program

Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit against a subsidiary of Boeing Corporation for its participation in the U.S. government’s “extraordinary rendition” program. Jeppesen Dataplan Incorporated is being sued on behalf of three men who the ACLU said were abducted by the …

30 Years Since Alex Haley’s Roots

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Alex Haley's Roots GUEST: Bill Haley, Alex Haley’s son

Thirty years ago this year, the mini series based on Alex Haley’s ground breaking book, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” aired on television in the US, casting a spell across the country. Alex Haley traced his ancestry back to a proud African tribesman named Kunta Kinte who …

Radical Day in History - 05/31/07

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… about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.

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May 31, 2007

Published 31 May 2007 at 9:02 am. No Comments.
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We’ll analyze President Obama’s latest set of fiscal policies with economist Max Fraad Wolff. And, we’ll learn of a new campaign called Learn, Don’t Burn, to distribute 200,000 Korans to replace the 200 that may be burned this weekend. And, Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute on the World Bank’s new report on global land grabs. Plus the Black Agenda Report.