Jul 12 2006
GUESTS: Rex Rude, year-round programmer for Outfest, Alex Hinton director of “Pick Up the Mic”
Outfest 2006 presents the 24th annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. From July 6th through July 17th, the city’s oldest continuous film festival will be presenting over 200 films and videos from 25 countries in …
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Jul 11 2006
GUEST: Khalil Barhoum, Senior Lecturer at Stanford University, Coordinator of the Department of African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature
Israel continued its assault on Gaza today with airstrikes killing one man and wounding several people including civilians. Israel officially left the Gaza Strip last year evacuating settlers — but retains a …
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Jul 11 2006
GUEST: Jose Villa, Christen Westberry, immigrant rights activists beaten by LAPD at July 8th Minute Man March
On Saturday July 8th, members of anti-immigrant groups including The Minuteman Project gathered on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue for a march and rally. They were outnumbered by hundreds of counter-demonstrators who assembled to …
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Jul 11 2006
GUEST: Reyna Grande, author of Across a Hundred Mountains
“Across a Hundred Mountains,†is the title of author Reyna Grande’s debut novel. Coming at a time when immigration has become a flashpoint for national debate, “Across a Hundred Mountains,†tells the story of undocumented immigration, and familial separation. Through the novel’s intertwining characters …
Jul 11 2006
The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. — Lippmann, Walter …
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Jul 10 2006
GUEST: Chuck Collins, Senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, living in Oaxaca, Mexico
US media are reporting that the ruling National Action Party candidate, Felipe Calderon, has been declared the winner in Mexico’s disputed presidential election race of last week. The official vote count was 35.88 percent for Calderon and …
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Jul 10 2006
Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to The White House
GUEST: Sasha Abramsky, author of “Conned,” Senior Fellow for Democracy at the public policy organization Demos, whose previous book was “Hard Time Blues: How Politics Built a Prison Nation”
A June 1st article in Rolling Stone …
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Jul 10 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 North Korea and the Use of Force.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Jul 10 2006
“Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between [people], and their beliefs — in religion, literature, colleges and schools — democracy in all public and private life….†– Walt Whitman …
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Jul 07 2006
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* Chris Hedges on the topic of his upcoming book, “American Fascism: The Rise of the Christian Right”
* Empire Notes by Rahul Mahajan on the Israeli assault on Gaza
* The Black Commentator with Glen …
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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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