Mar 12 2008
… about the surrender of the Navajo People
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Mar 12 2008
“America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.” – Senior Senator Barbara Mikulski …
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Mar 11 2008
The Southern Poverty Law Center documents a frightening rise in the number of hate groups linked to the immigration debate – we’ll speak with Director, Mark Potok; a conversation with legendary Chicana activist Bettita Martinez about her new book, “500 Years of Chicana Women’s History;” and a new play, Miss India America, a coming-of-age tale about growing up as a “good” little Indian girl in Orange County. …
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Mar 11 2008
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin …
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Mar 11 2008
GUEST: Ramona Africa, Minister of Information for MOVE
In April, seven members of the MOVE organization will be eligible for parole from sentences stemming from a 1978 confrontation with Philadelphia police. Charged with third degree murder, the “MOVE 9,” as they came to be called, were given 30-100 year prison terms in the shooting …
Mar 11 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 about the MOVE 9.
Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. …
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Mar 11 2008
GUEST: Robert Creamer, political organizer and strategist and author of “Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight – How Progressives Can Win”
As tens of thousands of young Americans get energized over this year’s Presidential elections, many progressives and people around the world are wondering if 2008 is the year of real change in …
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Mar 10 2008
We’ll discuss progressive strategy with author Robert Creamer, whose new book is called “Listen to your Mother, Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win.” And nearly 30 years after being imprisoned, members of the MOVE 9 are up for parole – we’ll hear more about their case and the movement to free them. …
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Mar 10 2008
GUEST: Robert Naiman, National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy
Colombian troops conducted an unauthorized raid into Ecuador recently, saying they were targeting members of the rebel group, FARC. The US-backed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, has justified the raid saying that Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has not done enough to fight terrorism. The move prompted …
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Mar 10 2008
GUEST: Stephen Braun, co-author of “Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible”
Last Thursday Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, aka the “Merchant of Death,” was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. The 41 year old Bout has sold weapons to fighters in some of the world’s most violent conflicts over …
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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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