Jan 08 2008
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 “Crimes of State.”
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Jan 08 2008
… about Carmen Conde aka Florentina
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Jan 08 2008
“For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists.” -– Albert Camus …
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Jan 07 2008
GUEST: Gerald Lemelle, Executive Director of Africa Action
After three days of talks between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, nationwide protests have been called off. The meeting was apparently brokered by US envoy Jendayi Frazer, and attended by Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African leader, Desmond Tutu. At least 600 …
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Jan 07 2008
GUEST: Rob Richie, Executive director of FairVote
If you’ve been following the election news from Iowa last week into New Hampshire and beyond this week, you may be wondering just how this complicated American system of electing presidents works, from caucuses to primary elections, party conventions and the electoral college. On Uprising, in addition …
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Jan 07 2008
GUEST: Jerry Flanagan, Health Care Policy Director at the Foundation for Tax Payer and Consumer Rights
Last month, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez joined forces to file a much-touted health care reform bill, ABx1 1. If ABx1 1 and its accompanying ballot measure are passed, they would represent the largest public …
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Jan 07 2008
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 Barack Obama.
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Jan 07 2008
… about the US development of the Hydrogen Bomb
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Jan 07 2008
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” — World Health Organization, 1948
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Jan 04 2008
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* Obama and Huckabee Win Iowa Caucus
* Empire Notes on Bhutto’s Assassination
* How Progressives Can Win Elections
* Mumia Abu Jamal on the Politics of Fear
* Guiness World Records Rewrites History
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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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