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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about Israel and the US.

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British East India Company Chartered by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Four-hundred and eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the British East India Company was chartered by Queen Elizabeth I. On December 31st, 1600, under the title of “The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies,” the group …

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As we approach the end of 8 years of George W Bush, we continue today with our three part series examining the impact of this president, leaving office with one of the worst approval ratings in history. Yesterday we focused on the war abroad and the war at home. Today we will take a look at Bush’s war on women, minorities, and …

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The GM Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937 by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Seventy-two years ago on this day in people’s history, General Motor autoworkers began a sit-down strike. On December 30th, 1936, members of the relatively newly formed United Autoworkers Union decided to lock themselves in Flint Michigan’s Fisher Body plant #1. GM had been planning …

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As we approach the end of 8 years of George W Bush, we launch today a three part series examining the impact of this president, leaving office with one of the worst approval ratings in history. Today we focus on the war abroad and the war at home: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the loss of civil liberties and …

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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 Israel’s War on Gaza.

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

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by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Ninety-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, Mexican revolutionary Praxedis G. Guerrero died on his feet. On December 29th 1910, the anarchist contemporary of the Flores Magon brothers was killed fighting federal troops in Janos, Chihuahua in the course of the Mexican revolution. All too often overlooked …

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Boogieman: The Lee Atwater Story (originally aired on Sep 30 ’08)

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Many of us know Karl Rove as Bush’s Brain. But we don’t hear as much about Karl Rove’s mentor, the late Lee Atwater. Credited with helping elect W’s father against Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988, Atwater legitimized the Republican playbook of negative campaigning, coded racism, working the rumor mill, and …

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“The Largest Mass Execution in US History” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

One-hundred and thirty-six years ago on this day in people’s history, thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged. On December 26th, 1862, the mass execution of the condemned men in Mankato, Minnesota was the largest such act ever carried out in the history of the United States. The hangings …

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Who Speaks for Islam? (originally aired April 29 ’08)

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Nearly 7 years after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, and the subsequent US war in Afghanistan, and more than 5 years after the Iraq war, Western perceptions of Muslims and Islam is more distorted than ever. Radio shock jocks routinely spout anti-Muslim hate speech, newspaper Op-eds …

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