Apr 18 2006
This was posted on a new media blog that I am a part of. It’s by a group called Women in Media and News. The blog is WIMN’s Voices.
Recently there was a lot of hue and cry about Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man who had converted to Christianity and was facing the death penalty for the crime of apostasy. The US media seemed to suddenly discover that Afghanistan’s new government was …
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Apr 18 2006
GUEST: Professor of Geology at UC Davis
California governor Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for two dozen communities in California that are at risk of flooding from recent heavy rainfall. The state is liable for damage from most levee breaks, even if it didn’t build the levees. Last year’s devastation in New Orleans has …
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Apr 18 2006
GUEST: John M. Simpson, the Stem-cell Project Director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.
Proposition 71, the Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, was passed by Californian voters in November 2004. The proposition allocates three billion dollars of taxpayers’ money for the public funding of stem cell research. But the language of …
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Apr 18 2006
GUESTS: Ali Kazimi, award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada, Rahul Dholakia, director of the acclaimed film, “Parzania”
The Fourth Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles will be opening this Wednesday at the ArcLight Theater in Hollywood. Among the films being showcased are Deepa Mehta’s highly awaited “Water,” and other feature films, as well …
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Apr 17 2006
GUEST: Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trans-Arab Research Institute; member of the Executive committee of the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, and author of many books including “Dishonest Broker: The U.S. Role In Israel and Palestine”
With Hamas’s …
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Apr 17 2006
Thousands of students and their supporters gathered on Saturday April 15th at City Hall. They were demanding dignity for immigrants in a continuation of the massive protests all across the US. This particular march was dedicated to the memory of Anthony Soltero, the 14 year old middle school student who shot himself after being …
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Apr 17 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 about the US antiwar movement
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Apr 17 2006
GUEST: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator of the Green Party of the United States
Candidates and leaders with the Green Party of the US are faulting Democrats for refusing to hold the Bush administration accountable for a mounting list of high crimes and misdemeanors. The Green Party had called for impeachment of President Bush initially in …
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Apr 14 2006
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* Center-left Romano Prodi narrowly wins Italian Prime Ministerial elections
* French protestors claim a partial victory
* African immigrants join the struggle for immigrant rights and dignity
* Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling: Women in Congressional …
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Apr 14 2006
GUESTS: Melissa Lopez, 17 year old from Garden Grove High School, Abraham Medina, 17 year old from Santiago High School, Carlos Alvarez, 19 year old from El Camino College, Mitchell Santos, 15 year old from Venice High School, Thalia Santos, 18 year old from Venice High School, Yecica Garcia, 18 year old …
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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