Mar
10
2008
We’ll discuss progressive strategy with author Robert Creamer, whose new book is called “Listen to your Mother, Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win.” And nearly 30 years after being imprisoned, members of the MOVE 9 are up for parole – we’ll hear more about their case and the movement to free them. …
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10
2008
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GUEST: Robert Naiman, National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy
Colombian troops conducted an unauthorized raid into Ecuador recently, saying they were targeting members of the rebel group, FARC. The US-backed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, has justified the raid saying that Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has not done enough to fight terrorism. The move prompted …
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10
2008
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GUEST: Stephen Braun, co-author of “Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible”
Last Thursday Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, aka the “Merchant of Death,” was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. The 41 year old Bout has sold weapons to fighters in some of the world’s most violent conflicts over …
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10
2008
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GUEST: Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy Program in Mexico where she has worked as a writer and political analyst for two decades
This May the Canadian city of Montreal will host the annual North American mock parliament called “the triumvirate.” Organized by the North American Forum on Integration, the event will bring …
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10
2008
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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 about Ralph Nader.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
Mar
10
2008
… about Cesar E. Chavez
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Mar
10
2008
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” –- Bertrand Russell …