Mar
13
2008
KPFK will broadcast the Winter Soldier Investigations from Washington DC on Friday March 14th from 7 am to 4 pm and on Saturday March 15th from 6 am to 2 pm. KPFK will also air a 2 hour live broadcast from the major antiwar rally in Hollywood from 2 – 4 pm on Saturday March 15th, commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. …
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13
2008
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In February 1971 over a hundred US soldiers who had served in the Vietnam war gathered together in Detroit, Michigan to give eye-witness testimony of war crimes and atrocities that they either committed themselves or witnessed. The gathering was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War to highlight the nature of US military …
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Mar
13
2008
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GUEST: Mark Potok, Director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center
A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that hate groups in the US continued to proliferate, and that most of them are fueled by anti-immigrant hatred. The Center has counted 888 hate groups in …
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Mar
13
2008
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GUESTS: Brian DeShazor, Director of the Pacifica Radio Archives, Patrick Bristow, actor and director of the Saint Paddy’s All Star Improv Revue
This upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day, the Pacifica Radio Archives is inviting you to a one night only improv benefit show. A cast of talented actors will be on hand to …
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Mar
13
2008
… about the New JEWEL Movement in Grenada
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 …
Mar
13
2008
“History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it — as with these — life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life.” — Henry Steele Commager …