Mar 14 2006
GUEST: Hwayoung Lee, Chair of the Korea Truth Commission in the US
On March 6th, 2006, South Korean riot police attempted to forcefully displace residents of the autonomous farming village of Daechuri. Farmers from Daechuri and nearby Doduri have been actively resisting the imminent domain seizure of their lands for the purposes of extending a United States …
Mar 14 2006
GUEST: Professor Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York, co-founder of String Field Theory, and author of international best-selling books such as Hyperspace, Visions, and Beyond Einstein. His latest book is “Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos”
We begin …
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Mar 13 2006
GUEST: Miriam Gerachi, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles
Last week, South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds signed into law legislation that nearly completely banned a woman’s right to abortion. The legislation was passed by a meager 12 vote margin in the South Dakota House. It is now a felony in South Dakota …
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Mar 13 2006
GUEST: Palestinian American poet Suheir Hammad, author of “ZaatarDiva”
Poet Suheir Hammad was born in Amman, Jordan to refugee Palestinian parents. She immigrated with her family to Brooklyn, New York when she was just five years old. Inspired by poet-performers such as Nikki Giovanni, Hammad has traveled the world reciting her poetry …
Mar 13 2006
GUEST: Professor Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York, co-founder of String Field Theory, and author of international best-selling books such as Hyperspace, Visions, and Beyond Einstein. His latest book is “Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos”
Is it …
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Mar 13 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 anniversary of the war on Iraq.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Mar 10 2006
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As the Dubai Ports deal dies, we hear from Corpwatch’s Pratap Chatterjee about the Gulf Arab free-market “paradise”
A New Orleans evacuee joins us to discuss the on-going injustices against Katrina survivors
27 year old Afghan parliamentarian …
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Mar 10 2006
After much controversy over the UAE business deal to operate US ports, the Dubai-based DP World has now backed out. Both parties in Congress had pressured Bush over the deal to turn over operations of 6 US ports, including New York and Miami. A Saudi newspaper called the move “provocatively anti-Arab,” saying “Clearly, [the US …
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Mar 10 2006
GUEST: Freddie Munroe, New Orleans Evacuee
In a recent visit to the hurricane devastated region of New Orleans, President Bush promised to rebuild and strengthen the breached levees that led to the flooding of the city last year. On Wednesday, Bush claimed that the levees would be “equal or better to what they were before Katrina.” Meanwhile, a recent poll of …
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Mar 10 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 New Orleans.
The Black Commentator is online at www.blackcommentator.com.
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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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