Jan 23 2008
GUEST: Anita Dancs, Research director of the National Priorities Project
Over the course of last year, the U.S. Army failed to meet its benchmark for enlisting recruits by nearly 20 percentage points. According to the National Priorities Project, the Department of Defense fell short of its 90 percent goal, as it only enlisted 70.7 …
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Jan 23 2008
… about Leonard Peltier
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Jan 23 2008
“The worst suffering in human history has been carried out by those who preach such grand utopian visions, those who seek to implant by force, their narrow, particular version of goodness.” — Chris Hedges …
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Jan 22 2008
A discussion with investigative journalist Sarah Posner about her new book, “God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters;” the US Army fails to meet its recruitment benchmarks; and a new decision that threatens to drill for oil in the Alaskan sea. Plus, another edition of Uprising’s new contest, “Who Said That?” …
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Jan 22 2008
GUEST: Mohammad Omer, freelance journalist from Gaza
Palestinian protesters seeking relief from the Israeli blockade of Gaza, clashed with Egyptian border guards today. Demonstrators briefly broke through the Egyptian border terminal before being pushed back. Tensions in the Gaza strip have mounted since Ehud Barak’s Defense Ministry closed all border crossings and aid …
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Jan 22 2008
GUEST: Arnoldo Garcia, Enforcement Project Director with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights released last week one of the first reports to document the on-going raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE. The report is entitled “Over-Raided, Under Siege: U.S. Immigration Laws and …
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Jan 22 2008
GUEST: John Zogby, President and CEO of the independent polling firm Zogby International
This past weekend, voters in Nevada and South Carolina chose presidential nominees from their parties. The results were unsurprising and followed poll results leading up to the race: Clinton beat Obama by more than 5% in Nevada, while McCain beat Huckabee by …
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Jan 22 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’s commentary is about Obama.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Jan 22 2008
… about Roe V. Wade
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Jan 22 2008
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” -– 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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