Dec 05 2007
December 5, 2007
No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government. — Shirin Ebadi …
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Archive for December, 2007
Dec 04 2007
Chavez Loses Referendum
GUEST: Eva Golinger, author of “The Chavez Code: Cracking U.S. Intervention in Venezuela,” and her newest book, “Bush Versus Chávez: Washington’s War on Venezuela”
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez suffered an electoral setback for the first time since he was elected president in 1998. Last Sunday, Venezuelan voters narrowly rejected proposed constitutional reforms by a vote …
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Dec 04 2007
Does Radical Activism = Homegrown Terrorism?
GUESTS: Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU, Robert Weitzel, freelance writer whose recent essay about the Homegrown Terrorism Act is entitled “A Tutorial in Orwellian Newspeak”
This October the US House of Representatives passed HR 1955, “The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007,” in a 404-6 …
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Dec 04 2007
Laundry Workers on Strike
GUESTS: Cristina Vasquez, Vice President of UNITE Here International and Managing Director of the Western Regional Joint Board, Hector Aguilar, laundry worker
As the holiday season approaches, laundry workers continue their more than two-month-long strike. Hundreds of laundry employees, union and non-union alike, are accusing Prudential Overall Supply of unfair labor practices. The …
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Dec 04 2007
Radical Day in History – 12/04/07
… about the killing of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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Dec 04 2007
December 4, 2007
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -– George Orwell …
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Dec 03 2007
Crisis in Somalia
GUEST: Leslie Lefkow, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch
The top humanitarian official at the United Nations, John Holmes, has urged more aid for Somalia, where serious violence has killed hundreds this year and sparked a dire humanitarian crisis. Somalia is considered one of the world’s worst developing humanitarian crises but very few aid agencies …
Dec 03 2007
Pakistan: Turmoil in lead up to Elections
GUEST: Ali Ahsan, Pakistani lawyer and son of leading dissent lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan
As upcoming parliamentary elections approach in Pakistan, two former Prime Ministers are divided whether to participate or boycott them. Benazir Bhutto has said that her Pakistan People’s Party will take part in the January 8th elections under protest while reserving the …
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Dec 03 2007
The Truth About Immigrant Impact on US Healthcare
GUEST: Michele Waslin, Senior Policy Analyst with the Immigration Policy Center
According to a new study, undocumented immigrants are half as likely as U.S. born Latinos to visit emergency rooms in California. Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine journal, the study’s findings contradict rhetoric that blames undocumented immigrants for …
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Dec 03 2007
Empire Notes on Venezuela’s Referendum Defeat
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 Venezuela’s Referendum Defeat.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
