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… about the Fair Employment Practices Committee

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GUEST: Camilo Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramadi

In 2004 Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia was court-martialed by the US military for desertion. A veteran of the US war on Iraq, Mejia had spent 8 years in the military and eventually filed for conscientious objector status, becoming the first publicly known US soldier to do so. Now, his first book and memoir, Road from …

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GUEST: Lonnie Jordan, founded member of the legendary group WAR. His first solo album is “War Stories,” out now on Fantasy Records.

Formed in 1969, the musical band War have successfully blended funk for the last several decades while singing socially conscious songs such as “The World is a Ghetto.” Fifty million album …

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GUEST: Amalia Anderson, Program Director for the Mainstreet Project, community based organization in Minneapolis

ICE agents raided a kosher meat packing plant in northeast Iowa earlier this month, calling it the largest of its kind in the country. A lawsuit on behalf of 137 of the 390 people arrested has now been filed against …

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GUEST: Damien Goodmon, Coordinator, Citizens Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line

South LA community organizations have uncovered apparently illegal campaign contributions from a contractor to an MTA board member. Former LA police chief Bernard Parks who sits on the board of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has accepted almost $20,000 from Tutor-Saliba, …

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… about Emilio Aguinaldo’s return from exile

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GUEST: Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio, family therapist, organizational consultant, author, speaker and trainer, author of “Making Love, Playing Power: Men, Women, and the Rewards of Intimate Justice”

Today we begin a three part series on Uprising called “Personal is Political.” Departing from our more usual fare of hard news and analysis, we attempt to dissect three aspects of our day-to-day lives in …

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… about the beating of Senator Sumner

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GUEST: John Nichols, political writer for the Nation, co-founder of Free Press

Yesterday’s primary elections in Kentucky and Oregon still did not yield a definitive winner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton beat Senator Barack Obama 65-30% in Kentucky scoring 54 pledged delegates. Meanwhile Obama beat Clinton 58-42% in Oregon, adding 39 …

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GUEST: Dr. As’as Abu Khalil, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Stanislaus and has authored numerous books including, “The Battle for Saudi Arabia.” His popular blog is The Angry Arab News Service.

Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Ahmad Qurei urged Israel on its 60th anniversary of statehood last week to recognize the Palestinian …

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