Nov 13 2007
GUEST: Gary Langham, Director of Bird Conservation for Conservation for Audubon, California
Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe into the cause of last week’s Bay Bridge oil spill in San Francisco. A 900 foot tanker crashed and spilled 58,000 thousand gallons of oil last Wednesday in what has been the worst accident of its kind to hit …
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Nov 13 2007
… about The Supreme Court Ruling on Segregated Buses
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Nov 12 2007
“Divide and conquer is good advice – but unite and lead is much better” — Anonymous …
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Nov 12 2007
GUESTS: Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Kathy Masaoka, Nikkei for Civil RIghts and Redress
The LAPD’s anti-terrorism bureau says it plants to map the city’s Muslim neighborhoods. Deputy Chief Michael Downing said that although the plan is in its early stages, he wants to create extensive maps to avoid what …
Nov 12 2007
GUEST: Larry Syverson, National Board of Directors of Military Families Speak out
A taxi driver in Baghdad was killed by US private security firm Dyncorp over the weekend, as the debate over the role of private guards in Iraq continues. An Iraqi policeman who witnessed the shooting says that the attack was unprovoked, and that the private security …
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Nov 12 2007
GUEST: Gerald LeMelle, Africa Action Executive Director
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing last Thursday on new legislation that would expand debt cancellation for African nations. Activists testified before Congress on behalf of the proposed “Jubilee Act” saying that it would enable impoverished nations opportunities for development. Both the House and Senate versions of …
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Nov 12 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 Henri Alleg.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Nov 12 2007
… about The 1918 US Invasion of Haiti
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Nov 09 2007
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* National Security Letters and Gag Orders
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* Empire Notes on Pervez Musharraf
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Nov 09 2007
GUESTS: Hamid Khan, Executive Director of the South Asian Network; Syed Bokhari, Protest Organzier
General Pervez Musharraf announced a new timetable for parliamentary elections yesterday, as Pakistan’s state of emergency continues. Addressing his National Security Council, Musharraf declared that he would resign as army chief before starting his third term as president. He also stated that elections would …
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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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