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KPFK interrupted regular programming yesterday to bring listeners special coverage of the escalating crisis in the Middle East. Uprising’s Sonali Kolhatkar hosted two hours of special coverage analysing the growing conflict between Israel, Lebanon and Palestine. Hour one features interviews with the editor ofMiddle East Report and Executive Director of the Middle East Research and Information Project Chris Toesing, Alternative Radio’s …

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“It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.” — George Bernard Shaw …

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GUEST: Milan Rai, founder of British branch of “Voices in the Wilderness,” co-founder of anti-war group “Justice Not Vengeance,” author of several books including “War Plan Iraq: 10 Reasons Against War with Iraq,” “Regime Unchanged,” and “Chomsky’s Politics.” His latest book is “7/7: The London Bombings, Islam, and the Iraq War.”

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GUEST: Nobel Peace Laureate, Shirin Ebadi, interviewed by David Barsamian of Alternative Radio

In 2003, Shirin Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She is a Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of the Association for Support of Children’s Rights in Iran. In 1975, she …

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Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.

On Fridays in Claremont
4:30–6 p.m.
On the corner of Indian Hill Boulevard & Arrow Highway
the information line is (909) 399-3451 or …

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GUEST: Caroline Smith De Waal, Director of Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Defenders of Wildlife, in partnership with the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Mercury Policy Project, has released a new ground-breaking study on high mercury levels in light canned tuna. The study has found that the 2004 …

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Violent fundamentalist Islam is a danger to the world. So is violent fundamentalist Christianity, and violent fundamentalist Judaism. What British Muslims have been united in demanding since the July bombings is an end to denial and the begininning of realism. What they have demanded is honesty from the British government about the part played in this disaster by Britain’s violent and inflexible – ‘fundamentalist’ — foreign policy.” — Milan Rai, from “7/7: The London Bombings, …

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“I’d rather lose an eye fighting against injustice than live as a quiet slave.” — Michael Zinzun …

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GUESTS: Talibah Shakir, former Black Panther Party member with Michael Zinzun, Michelle Zinzun, Michael’s daughter.

Michael Zinzun, dedicated community activist and former Black Panther, died in his sleep on Sunday July 9th at his home in Pasadena. He was 57. Michael Zinzun was best known for waging ferocious battles against police abuse whether in street …

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GUEST: John Feffer, Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, author of “North Korea/South Korea : U.S. Politics & the Korean Peninsula” and editor of the forthcoming, “The Future of US-Korean Relations: The Imbalance of Power”

U.S. envoy Christopher Hill has said that North Korea is not responding to diplomatic initiatives to resolve the crisis …

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