Jul 26 2006
July 26, 2006
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” — Victor Hugo …
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Archive for July, 2006
Jul 25 2006
New Feature: Uprising Mailing List
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Jul 25 2006
Israel-Iran Tensions
GUEST: Trita Parsi, author of the forthcoming, “Treacherous Triangle — The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States”
As the Israeli assault on Lebanon and Gaza continues, we take a look today at Israel-Iran relations. Commentators in mainstream media, whether the New York Times, Washington Post, or Haaretz in Israel, have warned …
Jul 25 2006
Could Heat Waves be Result of Global Warming?
GUEST: Myles Allen, physicist and climate change scientist at Oxford University, Pardeep Pall, Graduate student in climate science at Oxford University
At least four people died in Southern California over this past weekend due to the record-breaking, triple-digit heat wave gripping the state. Officials say more than two dozen …
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Jul 25 2006
Where is LA’s Middle Class?
GUEST: George Galster, Professor of Urban Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, co-author of a study on the Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America
According to a new study, Greater Los Angeles is the most economically polarized metropolitan area in the United States. Based on 2000 census data, demographers at Wayne …
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Jul 25 2006
July 25, 2006
“The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.” — Bill McKibben …
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Jul 24 2006
Rice Visits Lebanon – War Rages On
GUEST: Bassem Chit, Coordinator for Field Operations with the Sanayeh Relief Center
Israel continued its offensive into Lebanon today, with troops moving deeper into Lebanon to besiege the biggest town close to the frontier. Hezbollah has continued its barrage of missile attacks on northern Israel. Hundreds of Lebanese and tens of Israelis have …
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Jul 24 2006
Empire Notes on John Bolton and Collateral Damage
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 John Bolton and Collateral Damage.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Jul 24 2006
From Sun Tzu to Xbox
GUEST: Ed Halter, contributing critic for The Village Voice, a graduate of Yale and New York University, author of “From Sun Tzu to Xbox”
The LA based Pandemic/Bioware Studios are developing a new videogame simulating an invasion of Venezuela set in 2007. According to the game’s website, “Mercenaries 2: World in Flames,†…
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Jul 24 2006
Enemies of Democracy?
GUEST: James RePass, President and Chief Executive of the National Corridors Initiative
Enclosed by walls and guarded by private security, residents of gated communities say their neighborhoods offer a sense of security. However, many sociologists bemoan these increasingly popular communities as exclusionary, elitist and anti-social. Critics of gated communities also claim that the barriers …
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