Jan 06 2006
Analyzing Ariel Sharon’s Tenure
GUEST: Stav Adivi, Program liaison for Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, was a refusnik in the Israeli military
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke this week. He remained in a coma after two rounds of surgery. At the very least, it is likely the end of Sharon’s political career. According to much of the mainstream …
Jan 05 2006
Is the Federal Abortion Ban Headed to the Supreme Court?
GUEST: Louise Melling, Director ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
This Friday the Supreme Court is set to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s decision in the case of Gonzales vs. Carhart. The Supreme Court is responding to a request for review by the Federal government last year. In …
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Jan 04 2006
What Evo Morales Faces
GUESTS: Ronald Bruce St John, analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus, currently working on a history of Bolivian foreign policy, Tom Barry is Policy Director for the International Relations Center and has authored or co-authored numerous books on Mexico, Central America and more
Evo Morales is set to be inaugurated as the first indigenous president of the majority indigenous …
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Jan 03 2006
Spielberg’s Munich: A Critique
GUEST: As’ad Abu Khalil, Professor of Political Science at California State University in Stanislaus and a Visiting Professor at UC, Berkeley, blogger at angryarab.blogspot.com
The 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, was marked by the kidnapping and murder of 11 Israeli athletes. The group splintered from the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Black September, took credit. Now, award winning film maker, Steven …
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Jan 02 2006
For God and Country
GUESTS: James Yee, former Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo, author of “For God And Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fireâ€
US Army Chaplain James Yee was the only Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay. He was singled out by General Geoffrey Miller and unexpectedly arrested, and charged with no evidence. James Yee, a West Point graduate, spent …
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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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