Aug 19 2008
August 19th, 2008
“The rich man is the one who is much, not the one who has much” – Karl Marx …
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Aug 19 2008
Who’s the Real Elitist?
When asked by Pastor Rick Warren last weekend what qualified as rich in the US, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain suggested that an annual income of $5 million was a good starting point. Does that mean that someone making $4 million a year is in the middle class? McCain has painted his rival, Democratic hopeful Barack …
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Aug 19 2008
As Deportations Continue, Sanctuaries Grow
Exactly one year ago, on August 19, 2007, Elvira Arellano, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in downtown Los Angeles for being in the US without papers. She was separated from her 8 year old son, Saul, a US citizen and deported back to Mexico within hours. Arellano gained national fame for taking sanctuary at the …
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Aug 19 2008
Will Forever 21 Build a Warehouse on the South Central Farm?
The fourteen now mostly barren acres of what used to be the South Central Farm is slated to become a warehouse for clothing company “Forever 21.” Representatives of what was the largest urban community garden have denounced the development plans. They demand a California State Attorney General ethics investigation into local officials involved in the sale …
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Aug 19 2008
Subversive Historian – 08/19/08
Listen to today’s Subversive Historian
The Salem Witch Trials by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Three-hundred and sixteen years ago on this day in people’s history, five people were executed as part of the Salem Witch Trials. On August 19th, 1692, a clergyman, a woman and three other men were put to death in Salem, Massachusetts after being found guilty of “witchcraft.” As a …
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Aug 18 2008
August 19, 2008
A year after the arrest and deportation of Elvira Arellano, we’ll look at the sanctuary movement and a new shelter for women and families in Elvira’s name. Plus, the land formerly used by the South Central Farmers is to be a Forever 21 warehouse. And, a look at McCain’s millions, and charges of who’s really an elitist? …
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Aug 18 2008
The End of the Musharraf Era
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned from office today rather than face the prospects of being the first president in the nation’s history to be impeached. The news, greeted by celebrations in the country, came just hours ago as mounting political pressures increasingly isolated the former president who took power in a 1999 coup. Officials …
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Aug 18 2008
Next President Must Renounce Torture
Last Friday the California legislature adopted a resolution preventing California health professionals from participating in the torture of prisoners in Guantánamo and other U.S. military prisons. According to Senate Joint Resolution 19, the state’s licensing board must now inform California doctors, psychologists and other health professionals of their obligations under national and international law …
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Aug 18 2008
The Delusion Revolution
This year alone more than a million acres of forest have been reduced to ashes. According to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation, “wildfire frequency and severity are increasing because of rising temperatures, drying conditions, and more lightning brought on by global warming.” Evidence of environmental destruction caused by …
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Aug 18 2008
Empire Notes on Musharraf’s Resignation in Pakistan
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about Musharraf’s Resignation in Pakistan.
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.
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