Feb 02 2007
GUEST: Sarah Stoesz, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
This past Wednesday, an abortion bill was introduced in the South Dakota state House that would prohibit most abortions in the state. House Bill 1293 does supposedly allow for exceptions in the case of rape, incest and life threatening pregnancies. However, …
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Feb 02 2007
GUEST: Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, writer, activist, and editor of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
Twenty seven authors and activists have contributed essays to a new anthology called “Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity.” The anthology is edited by writer and activist, Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein …
Feb 02 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about Iran. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Feb 02 2007
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies. ~Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Roe v. Wade, 22 January 1973 …
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Feb 01 2007
GUEST: Anthony Arnove, author of “Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal,” co-author of “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” with Howard Zinn
Congress is getting ready to tackle a number of resolutions on Iraq, most of them non-binding, in the coming weeks. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), co-chairwoman of the Progressive Caucus, is vowing …
Feb 01 2007
GUEST: J. Alexander Thier, senior advisor in the Rule of Law program at the US Institute of Peace, former legal advisor to Afghanistan’s Constitutional and Judicial Reform Commissions in Kabul
While there has been opposition to any increase in US troops in Iraq, there is a near political consensus on any such …
Feb 01 2007
GUEST: Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Last Saturday, more than fifty anti-war demonstrations took place across the United States in opposition to the ongoing war in Iraq. In the nation’s capital, hundreds of thousands converged in the largest of all the anti-war demonstrations over the past weekend. Despite the public …
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Feb 01 2007
… on the history behind Black History Month.
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 …
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Feb 01 2007
“The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.†– David Friedman …
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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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