Jan
18
2007
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GUEST: Thandisizwe Chimurenga, writer, activist, and the Director of the Ida B. Wells Institute.
From Anbar Province to the Harbor Gateway, militarism will never be the answer
According to Coretta Scott King, a set of notes for a speech that her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had never delivered, were taken from his pocket following his murder in Memphis, TN …
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Jan
18
2007
Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.
On Fridays in Costa Mesa / Santa Ana
5:00 – 7:00 pm
On the corner of Bristol & Anton (in front of major entrance to …
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Jan
17
2007
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GUEST: Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade – the purchase of slaves and their transport from West Africa and Central Africa, into slavery in the so-called “New World.” …
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Jan
17
2007
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GUEST: Najum Mushtaq, a Nairobi-based journalist and a contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus, Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches Middle Eastern and African politics. He serves as Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus and is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East …
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Jan
17
2007
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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 called “Iraqi Ingratitude”
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
Jan
17
2007
“Art is the heart’s explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on cars, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order.” — Luis J. Rodriguez …
Jan
17
2007
… on the US Virgin Islands.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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Jan
17
2007
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GUEST: Trini Rodriguez, Co-founder and manager of Tia Chucha’s Cafe and Cultural Center
Tia Chucha’s Café & Cultural Center in Sylmar was recently served a notice forcing it to move by February 28th of this year. The popular bookstore, café, performance space and cultural center is going to be replaced by …
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Jan
16
2007
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. — Ralph Nader …
Jan
16
2007
… called Coffee Controversy.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …