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Exactly one year ago, on August 19, 2007, Elvira Arellano, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in downtown Los Angeles for being in the US without papers. She was separated from her 8 year old son, Saul, a US citizen and deported back to Mexico within hours. Arellano gained national fame for taking sanctuary at the …

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The fourteen now mostly barren acres of what used to be the South Central Farm is slated to become a warehouse for clothing company “Forever 21.” Representatives of what was the largest urban community garden have denounced the development plans. They demand a California State Attorney General ethics investigation into local officials involved in the sale …

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The Salem Witch Trials by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Three-hundred and sixteen years ago on this day in people’s history, five people were executed as part of the Salem Witch Trials. On August 19th, 1692, a clergyman, a woman and three other men were put to death in Salem, Massachusetts after being found guilty of “witchcraft.” As a …

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Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned from office today rather than face the prospects of being the first president in the nation’s history to be impeached. The news, greeted by celebrations in the country, came just hours ago as mounting political pressures increasingly isolated the former president who took power in a 1999 coup. Officials …

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Last Friday the California legislature adopted a resolution preventing California health professionals from participating in the torture of prisoners in Guantánamo and other U.S. military prisons. According to Senate Joint Resolution 19, the state’s licensing board must now inform California doctors, psychologists and other health professionals of their obligations under national and international law …

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This year alone more than a million acres of forest have been reduced to ashes. According to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation, “wildfire frequency and severity are increasing because of rising temperatures, drying conditions, and more lightning brought on by global warming.” Evidence of environmental destruction caused by …

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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 about Musharraf’s Resignation in Pakistan.

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The Arrest of Steve Biko by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Thirty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko was arrested in King William’s Town, South Africa. On August 18th, 1977, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement was apprehended at a police roadblock under the apartheid regime’s Terrorism Act. While in police custody, …

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President Bush this morning announced that Russia must withdraw all its troops from Georgian territory immediately. He denounced Russia’s actions as “bullying and intimidation” and vowed to stand with Georgia. While the war between Russia and Georgia continues to escalate and the casualties continue to mount, the US media is blithely commenting on how …

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According to a new report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, about 11.4 million Americans with chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes or asthma lack health insurance. Such Americans either delay or forego much-needed medical care. The health care crisis in America affects everyone in the middle class and below, and yet, how …

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