Apr 18 2007
… about the San Francisco Earthquake .
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Apr 18 2007
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” — David Brin …
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Apr 17 2007
“Action wedded to analysis becomes redemptive movement.†— Michael Eric Dyson from “Debating Race†…
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Apr 17 2007
GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Debating Race”
According to Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, “Michael Eric Dyson is the most courageous and visionary public intellectual on the scene today. He exemplifies a profound commitment to social justice and a genuine love of black people, especially poor black people. In short, he is a rare kind …
Apr 17 2007
… about Columbus and the Capitulations of Santa Fe .
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Apr 16 2007
GUEST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner recently had strong words of advice for International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato in response to his criticisms of Argentina’s economic policies. During a campaign stop, President Kirchner told Rato, “Spend your time talking to others, because …
Apr 16 2007
GUEST: Richard Mollica, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, author of “Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World
Several Democratic presidential candidates met with a dozen retired generals and admirals this weekend in a closed-door debate …
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Apr 16 2007
GUEST: Seth Kilbourn, Policy Director of Equality California
California Assembly man Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco, is celebrating a victory these days. His attempt to legalize same-sex marriage cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee last week. The bill will next be heard by the Appropriations committee, which is chaired by Leno. But the …
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Apr 16 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 Imus and the Politics of Racial Backlash
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Apr 16 2007
… about MLK’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail .
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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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