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GUESTS: Jabbar McGruder, co-chair of the Board of Directors, and LA Chapter President of IVAW, Jane Song, member of IVAW

If you do a news search online for the words “Winter Soldier,” the results include several blogs and news stories by independent media, as well as international coverage from Italy to the Philippines. But …

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GUEST: Peter Erlinder, one of Sami Al-Arian’s Attorneys

Ahead of being called to testify before yet another grand jury, Dr. Sami Al-Arian continues to remain on hunger strike, his third to date. For the past sixteen days, the imprisoned Palestinian activist has been on a complete food and water fast. Believing that the …

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GUESTS: Edith Burgos, mother of abducted man Jonas Burgos, Mervin Toquero, National Council of Churches in the Philippines

Edith Burgos, a mother of a missing activist, is currently on a month-long tour of the United States to demand justice for her son and for all disappeared persons in the Philippines. Sponsored by various Philippines human rights organization, …

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GUEST: Ian Illuminato, Health and Environment Campaigner with Friends of the Earth, co-author of the report, “Out of the Laboratory and on to our Plates”

A new report by Friends of the Earth has found that so-called nanomaterials are being used in popular food products and food packaging, without any warning to the public …

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GUESTS: Wanda, Pasa, and Pelusa Olivia Kruda, members of Las Krudas; Anna Kunkin volunteer Spanish-English interpreter

Having relocated to the United States, Cuban Hip Hop group Las Krudas Cubensi have spent the last year and a half touring the country. Best known on the island nation for their feminist lyrics and compelling onstage …

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

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about the Iraq War: 5 Years Later.

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… about Bayard Rustin

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In February 1971 over a hundred US soldiers who had served in the Vietnam war gathered together in Detroit, Michigan to give eye-witness testimony of war crimes and atrocities that they either committed themselves or witnessed. The gathering was organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War to highlight the nature of US military …

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GUEST: Mark Potok, Director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center

A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that hate groups in the US continued to proliferate, and that most of them are fueled by anti-immigrant hatred. The Center has counted 888 hate groups in …

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