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Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on Obama and the “War on Terror.”

GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.

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Ruta by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Exactly seventy years ago on this day in people’s history, the leftist libertarian youth paper, “Ruta” or “the path” ended its publication within Spain. On January 26th, 1939, the city of Barcelona fell to the Nationalist forces of General Franco. With the fascists in control, an outspoken radical paper …

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As a tenuous and temporary cease-fire holds in Gaza, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously called for a lasting truce. In the wake of Israel’s twenty-two day assault on the coastal strip, more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed and thousands more injured. Presented by France and Britain, the agreed upon press statement of the Security Council urged that a lasting halt to hostilities be …

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Bruce Dixon is a writer and radio commentator and the Managing Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on President Obama

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The Marias Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

One-hundred and twenty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, the U.S. army massacred Piegan Blackfeet Indians along the Marias River in Montana. On January 23rd, 1870, cavalrymen led by Major Eugene Baker slaughtered more than 173 people of which women and children comprised the grand …

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Much has been said in the aftermath of Obama’s election and inauguration about the state of America’s racial politics. African Americans, particularly of older generations, never thought they would live to see the day the US elected a black president. But what does Obama’s election mean about race-relations in the US? We spend the rest of the hour hearing from anti racist writer, activist, and educator, …

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“La Matanza” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Seventy-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, a peasant led insurrection broke out in the northwestern region of El Salvador. On January 22nd, 1932, with the Central American nation in the grip of the dictatorship of Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, rebels in the poverty-stricken countryside rose up …

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Washington D.C. is gearing up for the highly anticipated inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama next Tuesday. At least a million people, and possibly as many as four million people are expected to gather for this historic event. As the numbers rise, so does the security detail. The 56th Presidential inauguration has broken prior budgetary records …

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Democratic members of the House yesterday offered their version of an economic stimulus package, which differed significantly from Barack Obama’s. The President-elect, in capitulating to Republican demands, devoted a large portion of his plan to tax breaks and came under fire from members of his own party. The version that House Democrats are pushing calls for …

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Upland Mayor John Pomierski has promised to put the issue of day laborers gathering outside a local Home Depot on his city council’s agenda. The mayor of this Inland Empire city made his statement after a member of the Minuteman Project from Orange County and a local Upland resident brought it up on Monday’s city council …

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