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GUESTS: Linda Krausen (South Pasadena), Ross Plesset (Eagle Rock, Highland), Anime Nelson (Burbank), local activists involved in peace vigils in Southern California

Yesterday hundreds of demonstrations, vigils, and acts of civil disobedience took place across the country to protest the Iraq war. In San Francisco 150 people were arrested for blocking traffic and various other …

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“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” — attributed to Ronald Reagan …

We’ll spend the hour examining the Iraq war, claims of its success, and methods of resistance. Specifically, as the war enters its sixth year, we’ll analyze Bush’s latest speech defending the war, and two new reports from the Red Cross and Amnesty International, about the humanitarian devastation in Iraq, plus a conversation with three dedicated weekly peace-vigil activists. …

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GUEST: Sudhir Venkatesh, sociology professor, author of “Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets”

Cities across the US like Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; San Bernadino, California, and Baltimore, Maryland, are grappling with the problems of gang violence. The problem is no longer new. But neither are most solutions being …

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GUEST: Dortell Williams, inmate at Lancaster State Prison

Dortell Williams, an inmate at Lancaster State Prison, filed this commentary called ‘A Generational Memory.’ …

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” — Frederick Douglass …

Gangleader for a Day – we’ll spend the hour with bestselling author Sudhir Venkatesh. Plus this week’s contest, Who Said That, and a commentary by Dortell Williams. …

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GUEST: Kevin Gray, civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the ACLU of South Carolina, author of the forthcoming book, “The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama”

Newly revealed videos of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor, are fodder for a firestorm over racial issues …

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GUESTS: Jabbar McGruder, co-chair of the Board of Directors, and LA Chapter President of IVAW, Jane Song, member of IVAW

If you do a news search online for the words “Winter Soldier,” the results include several blogs and news stories by independent media, as well as international coverage from Italy to the Philippines. But …

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