Jan 15 2008
GUEST: Sandra Habr-Valle, Research Analyst with Unite HERE Local 11, Jeffrey Agerkop, Hotel Operation at Wilshire Plaza
Last Friday, Wilshire Plaza Hotel workers won an important victory less than two days after declaring a strike. The labor dispute centered on allegations that workers were unfairly retaliated against for their testimony before a National Labor …
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Jan 15 2008
… about the US takeover of East Florida
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Jan 15 2008
“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.” — Wendell Phillips …
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Jan 14 2008
Will 3000 extra US troops in Afghanistan quell violence? We’ll speak with Afghan women’s rights activist, Mariam Rawi; as the Annual Porn convention wraps up in Las Vegas, author Robert Jensen joins us to discuss his new book, “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity;” workers at the Wilshire Plaza go on strike – we’ll find out why. …
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Jan 14 2008
GUEST: Adam Kokesh, Co-Chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War
A new study released by the World Health Organization last Wednesday places the number of violent Iraqi deaths at 151,000 since the 2003 U.S. invasion. The study’s figures were compiled using an Iraqi health ministry survey of nearly 10,000 households making the findings the …
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Jan 14 2008
GUEST: ex-CIA agent Philip Agee, author of the book “Inside the Company: CIA Diary”
Ex-CIA undercover officer, Philip Agee, famous for turning on his organization and exposing it in a book, died last week. He was 72 and living in Cuba. Agee revealed the inner workings of the CIA and the identities of perhaps …
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Jan 14 2008
GUEST: Elise Keppler, Senior Counsel at Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program, just returned from The Hague
The war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor resumed last week after a six month delay. Taylor faces eleven counts of human rights abuses including acts of terrorism, murder, and rape committed during neighboring Sierra …
Jan 14 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 called “Hillary Clinton Meets Karl Rove.”
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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Jan 14 2008
… about the Iroquois Constitution
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Jan 14 2008
“The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.” — Jimmy Carter …
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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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