Mar 13 2008
KPFK will broadcast the Winter Soldier Investigations from Washington DC on Friday March 14th from 7 am to 4 pm and on Saturday March 15th from 6 am to 2 pm. KPFK will also air a 2 hour live broadcast from the major antiwar rally in Hollywood from 2 – 4 pm on Saturday March 15th, commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. …
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Mar 13 2008
In February 1971 over a hundred US soldiers who had served in the Vietnam war gathered together in Detroit, Michigan to give eye-witness testimony of war crimes and atrocities that they either committed themselves or witnessed. The gathering was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War to highlight the nature of US military …
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Mar 13 2008
GUEST: Mark Potok, Director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center
A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that hate groups in the US continued to proliferate, and that most of them are fueled by anti-immigrant hatred. The Center has counted 888 hate groups in …
Mar 13 2008
GUESTS: Brian DeShazor, Director of the Pacifica Radio Archives, Patrick Bristow, actor and director of the Saint Paddy’s All Star Improv Revue
This upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day, the Pacifica Radio Archives is inviting you to a one night only improv benefit show. A cast of talented actors will be on hand to …
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Mar 13 2008
… about the New JEWEL Movement in Grenada
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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Mar 13 2008
“History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it — as with these — life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life.” — Henry Steele Commager …
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Mar 12 2008
As Iraq Veterans Against the War get ready to launch their modern-day Winter Soldier Investigations, we’ll hear excerpts from the original 1971 Winter Soldier hearings in Detroit Michigan, by veterans of the Vietnam war; and a disturbing rise in hate groups in the US, as a result of anti-immigrant hysteria; plus, artists gather for a one-night only set of performances in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, to benefit the Irish audio collection of the Pacifica …
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Mar 12 2008
GUEST: Dr. Beatrice Golomb, an associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego and the author of the study on Gulf War Syndrome
Hundreds of thousands of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War have suffered for years from a mysterious and complex illness that has been named Gulf War Syndrome. A wide-ranging set …
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Mar 12 2008
GUEST: Elizabeth Betita Martinez, legendary Chicana activist and author of “500 Years of Chicana Women’s History”
Lucy Parsons, Sylvia Mendez, and Elvira Arellano are just three of many women highlighted in Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez’s new book, “500 Years of Chicana Women’s History.” In this groundbreaking bilingual text the story of the ‘Chicana’ in struggle, is …
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Mar 12 2008
GUESTS: Meera Simhan, writer and performer, Shishir Kurup, writer, composer, director and actor
“Miss India America 2008,” is a coming-of-age story about growing up Indian in Orange County. Written and performed by Meera Simhan, this one-woman play chronicles the formative years of a second generation South Asian girl. Directed by Shishir Kurup, “Miss India …
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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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