Nov 29 2007
GUEST: Hans Bennett, Journalists for Mumia
On December 6th, NBC’s Today Show will feature a new book coinciding with its release date about death-row journalist Mumia Abu Jamal. The book’s title, “Murdered by Mumia,” reveals its intent. It is co-written by the widow of the Philadelphia Police Officer that Abu Jamal was convicted of killing, Maureen Faulkner, and conservative radio …
Nov 29 2007
GUEST: Mumia Abu Jamal, political prisoner and award winning journalist
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is called The Obama Factor.
Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. …
Nov 29 2007
… about the Zong Massacre
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Nov 29 2007
“AIDS is essentially a crisis of governance, of what governments do and do not do to for their people …We have demanded too little from our leaders, excused far too much.” — Gregg Gonsalves, from a speech at the 2006 Toronto AIDS Conference …
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Nov 28 2007
GUEST: Laila El-Haddad, Palestinian freelance journalist, photographer, and blogger who lives in Gaza and the US; co-director of the short film, Tunnel Trade, and blogger for Raising Yousuf
Yesterday a one-day Middle-East summit in Annapolis, Maryland resulted in the Israeli and Palestinian heads-of-state agreeing to a joint document that commits them to …
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Nov 28 2007
GUEST: Eric Isaacson, Partner in the law firm, Coughlin-Stoia, and cooperating attorney with the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
If you live in San Diego and are a welfare recipient, investigators from the County’s DA office can show up unannounced and without a warrant to search your home in order …
Nov 28 2007
GUEST: Lucas Guttentag the Director of the ACLU Immigrant’s Rights Project
In a follow-up to a story we covered recently the Department of Homeland Security asked last Friday that the federal case over Social Security “No Match” letters be suspended. The Bush Administration had originally hoped to use social security records as a tool …
Nov 28 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 about declining violence in Iraq.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Nov 28 2007
… about the Treaty of Hopewell
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Nov 28 2007
“Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.” – Jack Paar …
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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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