May 06 2009
May 6, 2009
“We are all actors; being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.” – Augusto Boal …
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May 06 2009
“We are all actors; being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.” – Augusto Boal …
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May 05 2009
We’ll speak with John Barry, New York Times bestselling author of “The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History,” to lay out the facts of Swine Flu amid all the hype and misinformation. And, we’ll find out how President Obama is overhauling the Consumer Product Safety Commission and what it means for Americans. Plus, a tribute to the late Augusto Boal, the founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, who died …
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May 05 2009
President Barack Obama will meet tomorrow with the Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan in a high-level summit in Washington DC to discuss the new US strategy in South and Central Asia. Both Presidents Asif Al Zardari of Pakistan and Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan are rapidly losing the support of their constituents as the Obama administration vows to refocus the so-called …
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May 05 2009
Twenty nine year old Rick Reyes was born to immigrants from Mexico, and grew up in Boyle Heights. He joined the Marine Corps and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, based on his experience in Afghanistan and given President Obama’s promised troop surge, he thinks the US should at minimum rethink the Afghanistan war. In April Reyes testified …
May 05 2009
On the night of July 12th 2008, four white teenagers in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania were involved in the fatal beating of a 25 year old Mexican immigrant named Luis Ramirez. Last week an all-white jury acquitted two of the teenagers, 19 year old Derrick Donchak and 17 year old Brandon Piekarsky of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and ethnic intimidation …
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May 05 2009
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on the Surge in Violence in Iraq.
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.
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May 05 2009
Back in the day on May 5th, 1886, the Bay View Tragedy took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coming the very next day after the Haymarket Tragedy in Chicago, seven marching workers were killed by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in the struggle for the right to an eight hour workday. In the days leading …
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May 05 2009
“Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel.” — Judge Sturgess …
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May 04 2009
We’ll hear from Rick Reyes, a war veteran, about his opposition to the US occupation of Afghanistan where he served as a Marine. We’ll also hear part 2 of my reportback from a New York conference on Peace and Development in Afghanistan. And, we’ll hear from a lawyer involved in the case of a Mexican immigrant beaten to death by four white teenagers in Pennsylvania. …
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May 04 2009
Mexico City will decide today whether to re-open its schools, restaurants, and private businesses – they have all been closed since last week in response to the swine flu alert. The alert, upped to a level four, is characterized by human-to-human transmission and containment of the virus is no longer possible. Critics contend that the …
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