Apr 12 2006
GUEST: Professor Alexandro Gradilla of Cal State Fullerton
In Santa Ana, fifty students will face disciplinary action for joining the April 10th march and rally for immigrant rights. The rally took place at noon, during school hours. The students were rounded up from the rally and returned by van to Villa Fundamental Intermediate School to resume class or …
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Apr 11 2006
GUEST: Sonia Mercado, civil rights attorney representing the Soltero family
Mourners gathered at a church in Long Beach for the funeral of Anthony Soltero yesterday. The 14 year old student from Ontario had organized and participated in the March 28th school walkouts against HR4437. An 8th grader at, DeAnza Middle School, Soltero was reprimanded by the school’s …
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Apr 11 2006
GUEST: Abdul Kamus, founder of the African Resource Center, and Community Consultant for Unite Here
As the immigrant rights marches continue to spring up all across the country, we turn next to Washington DC, where tens of thousands marched yesterday. It was part of a a national day of action on immigration. They gathered on the National Mall in sight of …
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Apr 11 2006
GUEST: Lila Zanganeh, editor of “My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes : Uncensored Iranian Voices”
Reports of an impending US attack on Iran are all over the news these days, despite the Bush administration’s misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. In just the past few days there have been lengthy articles in …
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Apr 11 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 military strikes against Iran.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Apr 10 2006
GUEST: Marie Trigona, Free Speech Radio News Correspondent, Journalist and Activist with Grupo Alavio
Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Telerman will meet with a Bolivian government delegation today to analyze the sweatshop-work conditions of most Bolivians in Argentina. Just a few weeks ago, six people were killed in a massive factory fire, four of them were …
Apr 10 2006
GUESTS: Gilda L. Ochoa, and Enrique C. Ochoa, editors of “Latino LA: Transformations, Communities, and Activism”
As Congress debates immigration policies, communities throughout the US are continuing to rise up for immigrant rights. These unanticipated mass demonstrations are one measure of the potential power of an emerging demographic in the US. Here in Southern California, …
Apr 10 2006
GUEST: Xiomara Corpeno, an organizing director of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles or CHIRLA
Today marks a national day of action for immigrant rights. Coming a day after about half-a-million people gathered in Dallas, Texas and San Diego’s Gran Marcha saw an estimated 50,000 demonstrators, historic mobilizations for immigrant rights continue …
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Apr 07 2006
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What does the Duke University rape story, and the Congresswoman McKinney scandal have in common? We’ll speak with noted columnist Jill Nelson
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Apr 07 2006
GUEST: Jill Nelson, author of several books including “Straight No Chaser: How I Became a Grownup Black Woman,” columnist, and lecturer, contributor to USA Today, and niaonline.com.
A 27-year-old black woman accused three white members of Duke’s lacrosse team of raping her when she was hired to strip at an off-campus party. The …
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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