Aug 21 2007
GUEST: Arnoldo Garcia, Director of the Immigrant Justice and Rights Program at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Elvira Arellano, an undocumented Mexican woman who sought sanctuary in a Chicago church, was arrested and deported Sunday in Los Angeles. Accompanied by her eight year old US-born son Saul, Arellano had left Chicago to speak on …
Aug 21 2007
GUEST: Ted Lewis, Director of the Mexico Program for Global Exchange
NAFTA talks will conclude today in a resort 40 miles east of Ottowa, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The talks include the political leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as representatives from 10 top corporations from each country. The two-day summit …
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Aug 21 2007
GUESTS:Ra’ed Haddar, Shimon Katz, combatants for peace, Mohyie Hasson, translator
In Gaza, Palestinians are still suffering blackouts after the European Union suspended the financing of fuel deliveries for the impoverished territory’s only power plant. It was the latest blow to hit one of the world’s most overcrowded places as Gaza has been effectively sealed off by …
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Aug 21 2007
… about George Jackson.
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Aug 20 2007
GUEST:Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela
Last Wednesday, President Hugo Chavez outlined numerous proposals to reform the constitution of Venezuela. Though Chavez announced his hope for widespread changes in the economy, political structure, and federation of Venezuela, one reform in particular gained the most attention in the media. President Chavez proposed …
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Aug 20 2007
GUEST:Nancy Lessin, Co-Founder of Military Families Speak Out
According to a new U.S. Army report, suicides in the military reached its highest rate in 26 years. Released last Thursday, the Army Suicide Event Report found that in 2006, ninety-nine soldiers committed suicide with more than a quarter occurring during deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the reasons …
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Aug 20 2007
GUEST:Dr. Annalisa Enrile, National Chairperson of GABRIELA Network, and Assistant Professor at USC
In a follow up to a story covered on Uprising last week, GABRIELA Network Chairperson and USC Professor Analissa Enrile finally returned home from the Philippines. Listeners may recall that Dr. Enrile was just one of three GABNet women placed on a hold list …
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Aug 20 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 commentary is on Iran
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Aug 20 2007
… about Nat Turner.
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Aug 20 2007
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” — Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. …
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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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