Nov 13 2006
GUEST: Meena Nanji, independent film maker based in Los Angeles
Tomorrow, November 14th is the fifth anniversary of the defeat of the Taliban by the United States and Northern Alliance. Yet, Afghanistan’s biggest challenge remains what’s now called the “Taliban insurgency,” according to a senior United Nations official yesterday. This insurgency is …
Nov 13 2006
GUEST: Isabel Garcia, co-chair of Derechos Humanos, based in Tuscon, Arizona
Last Tuesday, voters in Arizona overwhelmingly approved several anti-immigrant ballot measures by an average margin of three to one. Arizona voters decided to deny bail, state-funded literacy programs, punitive damages in lawsuits, and in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants. Also passed was proposition 103 …
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Nov 13 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 changing course in Iraq
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Nov 13 2006
“There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.†–- Sophocles …
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Nov 10 2006
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* Does a Democratic Victory Signal a Change in US Policies?
* What impact will Ortega’s Election in Nicaragua Have?
* A Young Lebanese Activist Speaks Out on the devastation of her nation by Israel.
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Nov 10 2006
GUEST: Katherine Hoyt, Co-Coordinator of Nicaragua National Network
After sixteen years and numerous failed bids, Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega will once again become president of Nicaragua. This past Sunday, Nicaraguans headed to the polls and elected the former guerrilla revolutionary to the presidency over his U.S. favored opponent Eduardo Montealegre. Daniel Ortega garnered 38% of …
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Nov 10 2006
GUESTS: Richard Linklater, director of many acclaimed films including “Fast Food Nation”; Eric Schlosser, journalist and author of the best-selling book, “Fast Food Nation”
Based on the best-selling book, Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, acclaimed director Richard Linklater has made a feature film by the same name. Fast Food Nation, the film, …
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Nov 10 2006
GUEST: Norman Finkelstein, professor at De Paul University, and author of several books including “Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History”
This Sunday, a conference in Los Angeles will attempt to address a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a confederation government. Among the speakers are Benjamin R. Barber, …
Nov 10 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
Visit www.blackagendareport.com. This week’s commentary is on American Facism.
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Nov 10 2006
“Look at situations as contingent, not as inevitable, look at them as the result of a series of historical choices made by men and women, as facts of society made by human beings, and not as natural or god-given, therefore unchangeable, permanent, irreversible.” — Edward Said …
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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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