Mar 21 2006
GUEST: Elaine Bernard, Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard University
This month millions of students and workers have risen up in France in opposition to a proposed labor law aimed at unemployed youth. The “First Employment Contract” as it’s called, among other things, allow workers between the ages of 18 to 26 …
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Mar 20 2006
GUEST: Dahr Jamail, independent reporter
George Bush has a strange way of commemorating the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. While tens of thousands of people around the world protested the on-going US occupation of Iraq, the White House has stepped up it’s terror-tactics with a new offensive – Operation Swarmer. It …
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Mar 20 2006
GUEST: Amit Srivastava, Coordinator of the India Resource Center, Director of Global Resistance
More than one billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean water. Nearly 2 billion don’t have adequate sewage and sanitation. These staggering statistics are what delegates to the fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City are discussing. For …
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Mar 20 2006
GUEST: Karen Wayland, Legislative Director with the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC)
As part of the 2007 federal budget, the US Senate just voted 51-49 to allow oil drilling in Alaska’s Artic National Wildlife Refuge. By attaching the drilling measure to the budget resolution, Senate leaders hope to avoid a filibuster. However, such a political …
Mar 20 2006
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 on Bush’s New National Security Strategy.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Mar 17 2006
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This week on Uprising — A Third Anniversary Special on the War on Iraq
Iraqi blogger Faiza Al Araji, dispels current American views on Iraq.
Journalist and author of “How America Lost Iraq,” Aaron Glantz, dissects current and past …
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Mar 17 2006
ANTI-IRAQ WAR MARCHES
There will also be a mass march to commemorate the third anniversary of the war on Iraq on Saturday March 18th on the corner of Hollywood and Vine at noon.
For more information, visit answerla.org.
In Santa Barbara, people will gather at Vera Cruz Park, on Cota Street between Santa Barbara and Anacapa Streets at 11:30, march at noon to the Santa Barbara Sunken Gardens …
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Mar 17 2006
GUEST: Mark Day, documentary film maker, producer and Director of “The San Patricios: The Tragic Story of the St. Patrick’s Battalion,” also author of “Forty Acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers”
In 1846, thousands of mostly Irish immigrants joined the US army and found themselves fighting a war against Mexico. Many of …
Mar 17 2006
GUEST: Kevin Appelby, Director of Migration and Refugee Policy at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Cardinal Roger Mahony announced earlier this month that the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese would defy anti-immigrant legislation currently passing through Congress. In particular, it would ignore a proposed federal law requiring churches to ask immigrants for residency documents before administering …
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Mar 17 2006
GUEST: Debbie X, member of the Tonantzin Collective
A group called the Tonantzin Collective will be holding a St. Patrick’s Day protest this Friday night in Costa Mesa. The protest will be held outside Skosh Monahan’s Steakhouse and Irish Pub – a restaurant owned by Costa Mesa Councilman, Gary Monahan. There have been weekly protests outside …
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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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