Dec 19 2006
“If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men to capitalize their labor.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
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Dec 18 2006
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Dec 18 2006
GUEST: Sameer Dossani, Director of 50 Years Is Enough
Five Iraqi trade union federations have condemned federal oil law negotiations for being too corporation-friendly. Last Thursday, leaders of the five federations met in Amman, Jordan and released a joint statement. They’re calling for a pause in negotiations that will govern Iraq’s 115 billion barrels …
Dec 18 2006
GUEST: David Helvarg, president of the Blue Frontier Campaign and author of the book “50 Ways to Save the Ocean.”
Last week the government agency NASA, released five years of satellite data in the journal, Nature. The data confirms that along with the atmosphere, ocean temperatures have also been warming. There …
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Dec 18 2006
GUEST: Saul Landau, Senior fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, and the co-author of “Assasination on Embassy Rowâ€, an award winning book about the murder of Orlando Letelier and author of the forthcoming book, “A Bush and Botox Worldâ€
The death of ex –Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet last week was bittersweet for those …
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Dec 18 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 Dennis Kucinich.
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Dec 18 2006
“Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives†— George Bernard Shaw …
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Dec 15 2006
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This week on Uprising —
* Iran Hosts a Conference Denying the Holocaust
* A critique of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto
* New York Adopts a Ban on Transfats
* Death of a Dictator – a Conversation with poet, Francisco Letelier
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Dec 15 2006
GUEST: Dr. Trita Parsi, author of the forthcoming book “Treacherous Triangle – The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States.”
This week the Iranian capital, Tehran, hosted a two day conference on the Holocaust, called “International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust.” Conference participants included former Louisiana …
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Dec 15 2006
GUESTS: Joe Blackburn and Tina Ta, residents of El Monte, organizers and activists, Jane Williams, Jane Williams, Chair of the Sierra Club Toxics Task Force and a member of the Sierra Club National Air Committee
The South Coast Air Quality Management District in November 2006 ordered an El Monte metal parts manufacturer to take immediate …
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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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