Jul 31 2006
GUEST: Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
An Israeli air strike this weekend on the Lebanese village of Qana killed 54 civilians, including 37 children. Human Rights Watch denounced the massacre and accused Israel of war crimes. Despite agreeing to a 48 hour pause in bombing, Israel has vowed to deepen …
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Jul 31 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 the Qana massacre.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Jul 31 2006
GUEST: Katha Pollitt, award winning poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation
In her newest book, Nation Magazine columnist Katha Pollitt chronicles the rise of right wing policies under the Bush administration before and after 9/11. The book, “Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of our Time,” is a …
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Jul 31 2006
GUEST: Andrew de Sousa, Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
One year after the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the Central American Free trade Agreement, or CAFTA, grassroots activists are calling for trade with justice. The Stop CAFTA Coalition has drafted a pledge for trade justice, and is demanding that …
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Jul 31 2006
“Women must live modern lives organized around principles of self-reliance and self-development, while at the same time they must feel endlessly guilty and uneasy about the ways in which doing so inconveniences those around them.” — Katha Pollitt from “Virginity or Death!” …
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Jul 28 2006
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* On-going coverage of the Israeli assault on Lebanon with on-the-ground reports and political analysis
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Jul 28 2006
GUEST: Paul Robeson Jr., cultural critic and writer, author of several books including “Paul Robeson Jr. Speaks to America: The Politics of Multiculturalism,” and “The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist’s Journey.” His latest book is “A Black Way of Seeing: From ‘Liberty’ to Freedom.”
Paul Robeson Jr., is the only child …
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Jul 28 2006
GUEST: Anuradha Mittal, founder and Executive Director, Oakland Institute
The Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks officially collapsed this Monday in Geneva at a meeting among representatives of the G6 countries. The G6 includes Australia, Brazil, the European Union, Japan, India and the United States. The primary reason is the US’s refusal to …
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Jul 28 2006
GUEST: Mumia Abu Jamal, political prisoner and award winning journalist
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is on the Israeli assault on Lebanon.
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Jul 28 2006
GUEST: Carmen Balber, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
The California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act has just qualified for the upcoming 2006 November elections. Proposition 89, as it will be known on the ballot, proposes to set up a public financing system for political campaigns. The initiative is based in part …
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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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