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GUEST: Richard Berkowitz, author of “A Personal History: Staying Alive – the Invention of Safe Sex,” David Oliver Cohen, the producer of Sex Positive

Within the midst of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, with large numbers of gay men dying from a new and poorly understood disease, a man by the name of …

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GUEST: David Sirota, author of The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington

These days the so-called American Dream, more closely resembles a nightmare. Americans are struggling with unemployment, stagnating wages, job insecurity, falling housing prices, rising gas and food prices, poor health coverage, rising debt, and the un-ending war in Iraq that has claimed …

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Black Agenda Report on Zimbabwe and Somalia

GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is on Zimbabwe and Somalia. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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… about The White Citizens Council

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GUEST: Laura Carlsen, the director of the Americas Program of the International Relations Center, based in Mexico City

A Mexican newspaper posted videos of what appear to be torture training workshops on its website last week. The videos, which are reposted on YouTube, show police in the city of Leon, being subjected to harsh treatment …

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GUESTS: Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Healthcare for America Now, Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor of medicine at Harvard University, Physicians for a National Health Program

With the 2008 presidential race well under way, a new coalition of diverse organizations has formed to ensure health care remains a political priority. The Health Care …

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GUEST: Favianna Rodriguez, artist, a founding member of the EastSide Arts Alliance and co-editor of Reproduce and Revolt

Political activism can be easy. If you don’t believe it, just take a look at the newly released book Reproduce and Revolt. A collection of over 500 political graphics from around the world, Reproduce and …

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… about Martin Luther King Jr and the Chicago Freedom Movement

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GUESTS: Iffat Susskind, Communications Director of Madre, Frances Moore Lappe, author of 16 books, including the bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet, and most recently, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad

Leaders representing the so-called Group of Eight countries will conclude their three day talk today in Sapporo, Japan. …

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GUEST: Kevin Gray, Longtime civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the state ACLU, author of numerous books including the forthcoming “The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama.”

Vice President Dick Cheney alongside members of the U.S. Senate attended the funeral held yesterday for former North Carolina …

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