Jun 21 2011
We now turn to India, and a case that reflects the ongoing hypocrisy of the Indian Caste system. The Indian caste system is a system of social stratification and social restriction in India in which communities are defined by social categories that define both their job and status in life but also their spiritual purity. This system which weaves race, …
Jun 20 2011
Mark Weisbrot joins us to discuss the Greek debt crisis, and Part 1 of Walter Mosley’s interview on his new book, Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation. And, we’ll find out why the Indian government is accusing a poet with provocating class warfare. …
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Jun 20 2011
“My question is: why? Why punish all of Gaza’s Palestinians? Is it to make us all so afraid we can’t close our eyes? To make us beg for mercy? To make us want it to stop at any expense? It is cruel. It is inhumane. It is collective punishment. It is psychological terror and torture in its rawest, most disturbing form. And so the war on Gaza continues.” — Laila El-Haddad …
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Jun 20 2011
In the fall of 2004 Laila El-Haddad, living in Boston, was sent to Palestine on a reporting assignment. Her son Yousef, then only 9 months old, was still nursing and would make the trip with her. Haddad’s husband would remain in the United States. A cousin of Haddad’s suggested she start a blog to share details of her son’s development, and of the trip, …
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Jun 17 2011
An hour-long special with blogger and journalist Laila el-Haddad on her book, “Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between” …
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Jun 17 2011
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* An hour-long special with journalist Jonathan Kay on his new book, Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground
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Jun 17 2011
Before we jump into our feature stories we’ll get a quick update on the FBI case against LA anti-war and immigrant activist, Carlos Montes. Last month the FBI raided Montes’ home, confiscating personal possessions and eventually charging him with multiple felonies. He was arraigned in an LA court yesterday.
GUESTS: Bilal Ali, Executive Director of the Inner Cities Action Alliance; Kwazi …
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Jun 17 2011
A top military general in Pakistan, considered to be a crucial US ally, may be pushed out of his post. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has worked closely with US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. However Kayani was not informed of US plans to raid Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in May. A spokesman for Admiral …
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Jun 17 2011
Yesterday we heard part 1 of Sonali Kolhatkar’s interview with author R.T. Naylor about his new book Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz, and Gluttony in a Wanna Have World. According to reports from the 2011 Reuters Global Luxury and Fashion Summit, this year “is expected to be one of the strongest years for luxury goods in recent history.” The demand …
Jun 17 2011
A report published in the New York Times in April 2008 stated that while The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners. Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks …
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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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