May 22 2006
GUEST: Hwa Young Lee, Chair of the Korea Truth Commission in the US
The South Korean government has been cracking down on activists and farmers in the town of Pyongtaek to make way for a US military installation – it is to be an expansion of nearby US base Camp Humphreys. The government sent military …
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May 22 2006
GUEST: Debbie, a teacher in Riverside and a volunteer with El Centro
On Sunday, an anti-immigrant march organized by Black Republican Ted Hayes drew only 100 or so demonstrators in downtown Los Angeles. Using the same route as the historic March 25th and May 1st marches, attendees from anti-immigrant groups such as the Minuteman Project …
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May 22 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 Haditha.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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May 19 2006
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* Examining Michael Hayden’s Senate Confirmation Hearing and a look at one telephone company that actually fights for consumer privacy
* Empire Notes with Rahul Mahajan on the NSA’s telephone surveillance program.
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May 19 2006
“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.†— John W. Gardner …
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May 19 2006
GUEST: Marjorie Cohn, Professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and President-elect for National Lawyers Guild and regular columnist for truthout.org
During a nearly eight-hour hearing yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned Bush’s nominee, General Michael Hayden to lead the CIA. Many of the questions were about the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program, …
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May 19 2006
GUEST: Mumia Abu Jamal, political prisoner and award winning journalist
We turn next to Mumia Abu Jamal, for a look at the NSA Spying Program.
Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. …
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May 19 2006
Glen Ford, co-publisher of The Black Commentator
The US in Somalia.
The Black Commentator is online at www.blackcommentator.com.
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May 19 2006
GUEST: Enrique Davalos, member of CITTAC, Kathy Laura, student at Glendale Community College, member of Association of Latin American Students.
The Workers Information Center, or CITTAC as it’s known by its Spanish acronym, is a non-governmental organization based in Tijuana, Mexico. Being based on the borderlands, CITTAC publicly supports the efforts of workers struggles, especially …
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May 19 2006
GUEST: Tafarai Bayne, Director of Recruitment at Public Allies
We turn finally to Public Allies, a Fellowship program in Los Angeles that places diverse youth in various non-profit organizations in the region. They are currently accepting applications for their 2006-07 class.
For more information, visit www.publicallies.org/losangeles or call 213-741-2202 x 4.
The youth media conference will …
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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