May 05 2008
* Pepe Escobar, foreign correspondent for the Asia Times, on US-Iran relations heating up
* The primary races in Indiana and North Carolina? Will these two states determine the Democratic nominee once and for all?
* Anna Baltzer live in studio, author of Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories …
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May 05 2008
GUEST: Dr. Waltraud “Trudi” Q. Morales, Professor of Political science at the University of Central Florida. She is the author of “Bolivia: Land of Struggle” and more recently “A Brief History of Bolivia”
Bolivia’s wealthiest province voted for autonomy from the central government yesterday. Santa Cruz, populated by a wealthy elite of largely European descent, has …
May 05 2008
GUEST: Caleb Gibson, Advocacy and Legislative Coordinator with Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization
The Federal Reserve alongside other regulators approved a proposal introducing limitations last Friday on what they deem “unfair and deceptive,” credit card practices. The new rules attempt to prohibit companies from double-cycle billing, imposing unreasonable payment deadlines, …
May 05 2008
GUEST: Max Taves, freelance writer for the LA Weekly, Erin Aubrey Kaplan, contributing editor for the LA Times Op-ed Pages
With LA County Supervisor Yvonne Burke retiring, a race is on this June to fill her seat representing the Second district including the South LA cities of Inglewood and Compton. Front runners State Senator …
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May 05 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 Sadr City.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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May 05 2008
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May 05 2008
“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.” –- Lawrence J Peter …
May 02 2008
We’ll go to Bolivia as the state of Santa Cruz votes on autonomy from the national government. And, we’ll examine whether the Fed’s plans to regulate the credit card industry will go far enough. Plus a look at the race between State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas and former LAPD Chief Bernard Parks for the LA County Supervisor’s seat in the Second District. …
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May 02 2008
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* FARC Laptop Allegations Continue
* Black Agenda Report on Iowa and Prisons
* Reflections on the Sean Bell Verdict and Jeremiah Wright’s Comeback
* Empire Notes: Blaming Iraqis
* Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think
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May 02 2008
GUEST: Forrest Hylton, researcher in history at New York University, author of “Evil Hour in Colombia,” and frequent contributor to NACLA and New Left Review
The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, is in the midst of an investigation of documents on a seized laptop allegedly belonging to Raul Reyes. Reyes, the leader of the Colombian …
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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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