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On August 28th, 7 Palestinians freely left their country for the first time ever – they boarded two boats called the SS Free Gaza, and the SS Liberty, which had been used just days earlier by a group of international activists who sailed into Gaza from Cyprus in defiance of Israel’s on-going siege of …

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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 Iraq and the Consensus of Success.

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Ford’s Pardon of Nixon by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Thirty-four years ago on this day in people’s history, President Gerald Ford gave Richard Nixon an unconditional pardon. On September 8th, 1974, Ford addressed the nation in a television broadcast less than a month after Nixon had resigned from the Oval Office. Justifying his pardon of Nixon for any …

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As day four of the Republican National Convention wrapped up in St. Paul, Minnesota, last night John McCain topped the 4 day event with a speech that may say was uninspired, especially in comparison to his running mate the previous day. While he addressed the delegates, outside the convention hall, hundreds of riot police confronted protestors with …

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Libertarian Party candidate for President Bob Barr showed up at the Republican National Convention last week to mingle with his old friends in the GOP. Barr, who was a Republican Congressman from 1995-2003, was known as one of the most conservative members of Congress with one paper describing him as “the idol of the gun-toting, abortion fighting, …

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The Republican Party concluded its convention last night at the Xcel Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, some political analysts are pondering if news of her pregnant teenage daughter has caused a shift in their approach to family values. Aside from an accepting stance toward teen pregnancy, a new report shows the U.S. …

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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 Labor Day.

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We spend the rest of the hour today looking at the future of the Republican party based on what has happened so far at the Republican National Convention. The GOP is at a major crossroads with its incumbent president having the lowest popularity rating of all time, based on an unpopular war and plummeting economy. It …

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On day 4 of the Republican National Coverage, we’re broadcasting live from Radio Row at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. With Vice Presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addressing an enthusiastic crowd of delegates last night, we’ll take a look this hour at the convention so far, with an analysis of speeches, and …

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The Peekskill Riots by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Fifty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, concert-goers near Peekskill, New York were assaulted by a racist and anti-communist mob. On September 4th, more than twenty-thousand people turned out to hear musicians like Paul Robeson and Pete Singer perform for a Civil Rights Congress benefit. The outdoor event, …

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