Dec 09 2008
Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, known around the world as “International Human Rights Day.” On December 10th 1948, the United Nations General Assembly, representing the nations of the world, adopted the most far-reaching document enshrining the social and economic rights of all human beings. The anniversary …
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Dec 09 2008
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on “The Real Victims of the Iraq War”
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Dec 09 2008
The John Birch Society by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly fifty years ago on this day in people’s history, the John Birch Society was founded in Indianapolis. On December 9th, 1958, Robert Welch proposed the idea for the organization before those gathered in a meeting he convened. Before his small audience of …
Dec 09 2008
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern imposition. It was often their leaders who did so. – Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General …
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Dec 08 2008
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Today we examine the global food industry in an effort to understand the international food crisis. Haitians marched in the tens of thousands across their nation to protest high food prices, which had increased by about 50%. Haitians had resorted to eating “dirt cookies” — biscuits made of clay, salt, and oil, to stave off …
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Dec 08 2008
John Lennon by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Twenty-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, musician John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman. On December 8th, 1980, the former member of the Beatles was pronounced dead on arrival after sustaining four gun shot wounds just outside of his New York …
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Dec 05 2008
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* Should the Auto Industry be Nationalized?
* Black Agenda Report on “Corporate Economist Lies”
* ACORN Proposes Working Solution for Foreclosure Crisis
* Empire Notes on the Mumbai Attacks
* Conversation with Noam Chomsky on his 80th Birthday
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Dec 05 2008
We’ll get a live report from Kabul about the on-going war in Afghanistan and learn who the Taliban really are. And, remember Jay Garner, former US Lieutenant General in Iraq? We’ll learn about his new job helping oil corporations secure Iraqi oil. And, this week’s Empire Notes with Rahul Mahajan. …
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Dec 05 2008
“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” -– psychologist Rollo May. …
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Dec 05 2008
CEOs from the Big Three Detroit-based automakers once again returned to Washington yesterday to beg for a bailout. Representing General Motors, Ford Motor, and Chrysler, the CEOs argued for up to $34 billion dollars in federal loans to avoid bankruptcy. Prior to this second round of hearings, which continues today, the Big Three …
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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