Dec 14 2006
December 14, 2006
“The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.†— Charley Reese quotes
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Archive for December, 2006
Dec 13 2006
Radical Day in History – 12/13/2006
… on Susan B. Anthony
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Dec 13 2006
New York Bans Trans Fats
GUEST: Stephen Joseph, the CEO of BanTransfats.com
Earlier this month, the city of New York decided to ban all restaurants from using artificial trans fats. City health officials created the unprecedented new requirements which set a limit of a half-gram of artificial trans fats per serving of any menu item. Restaurants have until 2008 …
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Dec 13 2006
Will Congress Continue Large Farm Subsidies?
GUEST: George Pyle, editorial writer at the Salt Lake Tribune, and author of “Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farmer and Against Industrial Food.”
One of the major challenges for the new Congress in January is the 2007 Farm Bill which specifies the amounts of federal subsidies …
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Dec 13 2006
The Future of Music?
GUEST: Peter DiCola, Research Director at the Future of Music Coalition, and author of the report “False Premises, False Promises”
It’s been ten years since the Telecommunications Act passed in 1996. To mark this anniversary, the Future of Music Coalition will release a new report today taking a look at radio consolidation …
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Dec 13 2006
December 13, 2006
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate†– Bertrand Russell
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Dec 12 2006
Radical Day in History – 12/12/2006
… on the First Black Man in US House of Representatives
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Dec 12 2006
Death of a Dictator
GUESTS: Hortencia Bussi De Allende (from the Pacifica Radio Archives), widow of President Salvador Allende, Nathan Crooks, editor of the Santiago Times, Francisco Letelier, an artist based in Venice, son of Orlando Letelier
A week after suffering a heart attack, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died on Sunday at the age of 91. The funeral …
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Dec 12 2006
Prison Commentary on Tookie
GUEST: Dortell Williams, inmate at Lancaster State Prison
Stanley Tookie Williams was the co-founder of the notorious Los Angeles Crips gang. During his more than two decades in prison, Tookie authored a set of of award winning childrens’ books, and was nominated numerous times for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Literature Prize. He was visited in …
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Dec 12 2006
Remember Three Strikers This Holiday Season
GUEST: Geri Silva, Executive Director of Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes
In November 2006 a 33 year old man named James Hoover was sentenced to life in prison. He pleaded guilty in October to three counts of first-degree robbery. Hoover was previously convicted of two robbery counts, so this was his “third strike” under …
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