Jan 10 2007
GUEST: Craig Aaron, Communications Director with Free Press
The third conference on Media Reform by the group, Free Press will convene this Friday January 12th in Memphis, Tennessee. The conference will attract activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens. A total of 2,500 people are expected to attend. The list of speakers includes …
Jan 10 2007
GUEST: Eunsook Lee, Executive Director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Members of the new Democratic-controlled Congress have predicted that reform of the nation’s immigration policy is likely to happen this session. Immigration reform is a part of the party’s one-hundred hours agenda. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said …
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Jan 10 2007
GUEST: Ben Zipperer, a research assistant at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, focusing on US and European labor markets, co-author of the report, “Dropping the Ax”
One in five union organizers or activists can expect to be illegally fired as a result of their union election campaign activities according to a new …
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Jan 10 2007
… on Victor Berger, Socialist in Congress
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Jan 10 2007
“Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower …
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Jan 09 2007
GUEST: Antonia Juhasz, visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.
President Bush is expected to announce an increase in troops in Iraq tomorrow evening. Meanwhile, a proposed hydrocarbon law is quietly being introduced by the Iraqi government that would radically …
Jan 09 2007
GUEST: Sarah Olson, independent journalist and radio producer
Last week’s pre-trial hearing for Army Lt. Ehren Watada is raising the crucial question of whether military officers have the right to publicly criticize their Commander-in-Chief and US foreign policy. More importantly, Watada’s impending court martial highlights growing dissent against the war from within the military. The …
Jan 09 2007
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 Nancy Pelosi and the Antiwar Movement
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Jan 09 2007
GUEST: Anisha Desai, Program Director, United for a Fair Economy
Today, the Democratic Party-controlled Congress is set to kick off their “first one-hundred hours†agenda. Included in the party’s agenda are populist proposals aimed at increasing the minimum wage and reducing the interest rates on college student loans. As their first one-hundred legislative hours will …
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Jan 09 2007
… on the New York Bill to Outlaw Public Flirting
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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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