Feb 07 2006
GUEST: Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
After being rescheduled four times, presidential elections in Haiti are underway despite fears of instability and violence. These will be the first elections since the U.S. backed coup ousting President Jean-Bertrand Aristide two years ago. Thirty-three candidates vying for the …
Feb 07 2006
Empire Notes
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about the widespread outrage over recent anti-Muslim cartoons in the European media.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Feb 07 2006
Earl Hadley, Education Coordinator for Campaign for America’s Future
President Bush yesterday called on Congress to adopt his a 2.77 trillion dollar budget for next year. The budget would boost spending for the so-called “war on terror” while cutting so-called discretionary programs that are popular social services such as Medicare, food stamps, and student loans. …
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Feb 07 2006
GUEST: Chilean musician and former political prisoner under the Pinochet dictatorship, Sergio Reyes
We look back at the life and music of one of Chile’s most legendary folk singers, Violeta Parra. Violeta Parra was born in 1917 in the small town of San Carlos, in southern Chile. She was the daughter of an elementary schoolteacher …
Feb 03 2006
This Monday, February 6th, 2006, Pacifica will provide national coverage on the Congressional hearings on President Bush’s decision to order eavesdropping on Americans. US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez will be testifying.
Sonali Kolhatkar will be co-hosting Pacifica’s national coverage with Mitch Jesseritch and Verna Avery Brown.
The hearings will air from 6 am to 3 pm Pacific Time. Morning Review, Democracy Now, and Uprising, will be pre-empted. …
Feb 03 2006
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Dissecting Bush’s State of the Union Address to hear the reality behind Bush’s double speak on Iraq, Iran, health care, and the environment.
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Feb 03 2006
GUEST: Christian Ramirez, Director of the San Diego Office of American Friends Service Committee
One of the founders of the Minute Man Project, Chris Simcox, participated in an immigration debate earlier this week in Iowa, insisting that his organization is not racist. Rather, he says, it is concerned only with national security and …
Feb 03 2006
Glen Ford, co-publisher of The Black Commentator
The Black Commentator is an online political magazine bringing you commentary, analysis and investigation from a black perspective. Today’s commentary is about warmongering and Iran.
The Black Commentator is online at www.blackcommentator.com.
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Feb 03 2006
GUESTS: Gustavo Arellano, Board Member of El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Kimberly Mercado, and Pedro Lopez, volunteers at El Centro and members of the music group, Son del Centro
El Centro Cultural de Mexico in Santa Ana received a 30-day eviction notice in August of 2005. Its old location was closed the following month. …
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Feb 03 2006
GUEST: Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress and HIV/AIDS Activist
The rate of HIV/AIDS among Black women is staggering. Black women accounted for 68 percent of new HIV infections between the years, 2001 and 2004. Those infections are overwhelmingly happening through unprotected heterosexual sex. Black Americans make up 13 percent of the population, yet account …
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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