Aug 09 2006
“It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.” – Paolo Friere …
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Aug 09 2006
GUEST: Joao Da Silva, Communications Coordinator at School of the Americas Watch, son of a political exile from Chile and a former political prisoner from Brazil
Legendary Chilean folk singer Victor Jara was one of thousands of people tortured and murdered in the days following the U.S. backed military coup of Salvador …
Aug 08 2006
GUEST: Nadia Martinez, Policy analyst for Institute for Policy Studies
As part of the on-going controversy of Mexico’s presidential election, thousands of protestors led by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD, or Party of the Democratic Revolution, have occupied the center of Mexico City. Carrying banners with slogans such as “Vote by vote, …
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Aug 08 2006
GUEST: Carter Camp, Inter-Tribal Coalition to Defend Bear Butte
Last Thursday, the Summit of Indigenous Nations in Bear Butte, South Dakota, signed a resolution to rescind the so-called “Doctrine of Discovery.†The Summit of Indigenous Nations is comprised of more than forty delegations of indigenous leaders and various non-governmental organizations. The resolution signed at …
Aug 08 2006
GUEST: Becky Tarbotton, campaign coordinator for Californians for GE-Free Agriculture
In spring 2004, three counties and two cities in the State of California passed ordinances to restricted growing genetically modified organisms. Local authorities may now lose the power to control their food supply. Earlier this month, State Senator Dean Florez, a …
Aug 08 2006
“What is at stake is the evolution of nature and survival of people, our food sovereignty and food freedom, integrity of creation and our food systems based on the evolutionary freedom of nature and democratic freedoms of farmers and consumers. The choice before us is bio-imperialism or bio-democracy. Will a few corporations have a dictatorship over our governments, our knowledge and information, our lives and all life on the planet or will we as members …
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Aug 07 2006
GUEST: Stephen Zunes, Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy In Focus Project, and professor of Politics at University of San Francisco. He is author of “Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism”
Hezbollah sent a volley of rockets into Israel on Sunday killing 12 Israeli soldiers and three civilians. …
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Aug 07 2006
GUEST: Norman Solomon, Executive Director of Institute for Public Accuracy
In tomorrow’s Democratic primary, two candidates face off for a seat on the US Senate to represent the state of Connecticut. They are Senator Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore’s former running mate and pro-war hawk and three-term incumbent. And, a man who had no name …
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Aug 07 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 Ned Lamont.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Aug 07 2006
GUEST: Maricela Guzman, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Since July 1st, Iraq Veterans Against the War has been volunteering their efforts to help rebuild devastated areas of Louisiana. Nearly one year after the Gulf Coast was battered by Hurricane Katrina, much work has yet to be done and many families have yet to return …
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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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