Archives for 16 July 2008
July 17, 2008
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 2:08 pm.
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We’ll have a conversation with Green Party vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente about why she accepted the nomination and what her hopes for the party are. And, we’ll hear what community activists are doing to save Self-Help Graphics, a local haven of Chicano art whose building was recently sold. Plus, a live report from Beirut on this week’s prisoner swap between Israel and Lebanon.
Torture and War, from Afghanistan to Guantanamo to Iraq
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 9:57 am.
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Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama laid out his Iraq war policy in a New York Times op-ed earlier this week. The Illinois senator described Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki’s call for a timetable for withdrawal “an enormous opportunity.” Describing the Bush Administration’s surge in Iraq as successful, Obama proposes a phased redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq …
Long-term Health Workers Fight SEIU to Stay in Union
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 9:56 am.
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This past Monday thousands of health care workers from across California marched in Manhattan Beach for their rights. But they were not protesting a heavy-handed employer - rather they were marching against their own parent union, SEIU. What motivated over 5000 union members to publicly call attention to an internal conflict was a series of hearings …
Greetings from a Queer Señorita
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 9:55 am.
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Advertising her one-woman performance, local artist Monica Palacios, invites you to “Enjoy an evening of wholesome lesbo raunch and experience righteous rants of nationality, sexuality and middle age flab.” With a resume that boasts such solo shows as “Latin Lezbo Comic,” “My Body and Other Parts,” and “A Sexplosion of Tantalizing Tales,” as well as …
Empire Notes on the Declaration of Iraqi Independence
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 9:54 am.
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Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on the Declaration of Iraqi Independence
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July 16, 2008
Published 16 Jul 2008 at 9:25 am.
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“I think we’re losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and laugh at ourselves. I don’t care whether it’s ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or whose ox is being gored.” — Betty White
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