Jan 31 2006
GUEST: Cindy Sheehan, mother of fallen US soldier
Almost 100,000 people participated in this year’s Americas World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. Among the US participants was Cindy Sheehan, with Gold Star Families for Peace. Cindy Sheehan gained international fame when she camped in front of President Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch last summer …
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Jan 31 2006
GUEST: Laura Carlsen, Director of the Americas Program of the International Relations Center, based in Mexico
The issue of immigration has become increasingly discussed in the legislature, and the media in the past several months. Currently there are about 15 bills and resolutions are under consideration by Congress, most of …
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Jan 31 2006
GUESTS: Dwayne Roberts, Orange County activist and journalist, John Earl, journalist and publisher of the Orange County Organizer
Costa Mesa Mayor Alan Mansoor, became an honorary member of James Gilchrist’s Minuteman Project during a meeting hosted by the anti-immigrant, California Coalition for Immigration Reform, or CCIR, in Garden Grove last …
Jan 31 2006
GUEST: Dortell Williams, Lancaster Prison inmate, radio commentator for Uprising
Dortell Williams has been an inmate at Lancaster County Jail for 15 years. He is an avid listener of KPFK and has filed commentaries about prison related issues. Dortell reached us by phone yesterday and filed a commentary about California Congressional Representative Randall Harold Cunningham. Cunningham resigned from the House of Representatives on November …
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Jan 30 2006
GUESTS: David Bacon, labor journalist and photographer, Dave Campbell, Secretary Treasurer of United Steel Workers Local 675
Iraq is a nation with a strong history of unions and labor movements. Following the U.S. invasion Iraqis continued to be subjected to a 1987 law enacted by Saddam Hussein that banned public workers …
Jan 30 2006
Empire Notes
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
We go now to our weekly commentary Empire Notes by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about Hamas and Palestinian democracy.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Jan 30 2006
GUEST: Elliot Mincberg, Legal Director of People for the American Way
The confirmation of Samuel L Alito to the Supreme Court is still not guaranteed. A test vote is scheduled for Alito today – if he gets the necessary 60 votes, Republicans plan to go ahead with the final vote tomorrow. Democratic senators Edward Kennedy …
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Jan 30 2006
GUESTS: Stefanie Faucher, Program Director of Death Penalty Focus, Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director of ACLU Northern California
Jan 27 2006
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As Hamas wins a majority in the Palestine Legislative elections, we’ll hear a detailed analysis by Nadia Hijab of the Institute for Palestine Studies
Report from the World Social Forums: We’ll speak with Djiadia Dagnoko …
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Jan 27 2006
Tim Wise, antiracist activist, author of “White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son ”
Anti-racist activist Tim Wise was in Los Angeles this past weekend. He addressed the Cinematographers guild on the issue of Race, Privilege, and Power in the 21st Century. Wise’s latest book is “White Like Me: Reflections …
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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