Dec
02
2009
We’ll commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster with the voices of some of the survivors. And we’ll hear from Rev Billy and Savitri D of the Church of Life After Shopping – they’re on a crusade to save Christmas from the “Shopocalypse.” Plus The People Speak, Howard Zinn’s best selling history book comes to life in a new documentary for the History Channel, and hits college campuses for a nation-wide tour. Producer Chris …
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Dec
02
2009
President Obama addressed the nation last night in a major speech explaining his policy on the Afghanistan war. As expected he laid out his case for 30,000 additional troops to the 68,000 already in Afghanistan, but also laid out a plan to withdraw troops within 18 months. Following his strong words for the corrupt Afghan government, and a pledge to …
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Dec
02
2009
This morning, activists continue to pour into Copenhagen, Denmark in preparation for the Climate Conference which takes place from December 6th to the 18th. Many of them will urge government leaders to agree to reduce the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere to below 350 parts per million. Currently, the carbon concentration is 385 ppm, and global warming is …
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Dec
02
2009
Coinciding with the Climate Conference in Copenhagen is the release here in Los Angeles of a new film called Belonging by Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy, narrated by Dustin Hoffman. Belonging shows how decades of modern industrial practices have warmed and polluted the Arctic with resulting blowback effects on the rest of the planet. During this time of several …
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Dec
02
2009
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by author and analyst Rahul Mahajan. Today’s commentary is on Obama’s Afghanistan Speech.
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.
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Dec
02
2009
Four Churchwomen Murdered in El Salvador
Back in the day on December 2nd, 1980, four U.S. Catholic churchwomen were brutally raped murdered by National Guardsmen in El Salvador. Maryknoll sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford, Ursuline nun Dorothy Kazel and lay worker Jean Donovan were buried in a shallow grave the following day after their bodies were discovered. The …
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Dec
02
2009
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” — Wendell Berry …
