Jul 26 2007
GUEST: Liliana, undocumented immigrant who faces deportation, Cyndi Villanueva, bi-Lingual Secretary at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Angela Thielen, KPFK volunteer interpreter
This past May, immigration enforcement agents arrived at the home of an undocumented Oxnard woman in order to deport her. The woman, who goes by the name Liliana, has a husband and …
Jul 26 2007
… about the Moncada Barracks Assault in Cuba .
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Jul 26 2007
“We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.” — Raul Grijalva …
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Jul 25 2007
GUEST: Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of Food and Water Watch
Several countries have recently banned a host of Chinese products ranging from pet food to shrimp. The moves were prompted by a finding this April by the US Food and Drug Administration that North American dogs and cats were poisoned by tainted Chinese …
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Jul 25 2007
GUEST: Congressman John Conyers, interviewed by Mansoor Sabbagh of Global Voices for Justice, and KPFK volunteer
This past Monday, antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan was arrested alongside forty-five other pro-impeachment activists after refusing to leave the office of Democratic Congressman John Conyers. Protesters targeted Conyers to try to pressure him to take action on impeachment …
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Jul 25 2007
GUESTS: Agustin Aguayo, Iraq war resistor, Helga Aguayo, Agustin’s wife
With military recruitment hitting new lows, Iraq war resistors and veterans have reasons to be optimistic. Recently war resister Agustin Aguayo returned home to Southern California after serving 8 months in a military prison in Germany. Aguayo is a former Army medic who …
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Jul 25 2007
… about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments .
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Jul 25 2007
“There comes a moment in one’s life when one realizes which are the morals one will do anything for, and nothing can change after this experience. We all have a conscience, it is part of what makes us human, its a beautiful gift. Unfortunately, over time we don’t listen to this inner voice, we abuse it and we lose our humanity.” – Agustin Aguayo …
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Jul 24 2007
GUESTS: Savonala Horne Associate director of agricultural policy and administration for the Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP), Jim Lyons, Vice President of Policy and Communication with OXFAM America, Martha Noble, a senior policy analyst with the Sustainable Agricultural Coalition
A newly reformed farm bill for 2007 is set to be debated in the House …
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Jul 24 2007
GUEST: Dave Enders, reporting for FSRN, and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, live from Baghdad
We apologize for the poor quality phone line in the first half of the interview.
Violence continues to plague Iraq. A round-up of police, morgue and hospital officials reported a total of at least 59 people killed or found dead …
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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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