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GUEST: Alex Gibney, director of Taxi to the Darkside and ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Soon after the American defeat of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a young Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, was arrested by pro-US Afghan militias and imprisoned at Bagram airbase. In the 5 days before he died he …

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GUESTS: Lara Morrison, KPFK volunteer and LA Eco-Village resident; Michelle Wong, Board member of the Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust, and member of the LA Eco-Village

Due to declining enrollment, the Los Angeles Unified School District has largely scaled back on expansion plans for new school sites. Despite this, residents and owners of properties …

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… about the first Jazz record album

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GUEST: Laura Flanders, author of “Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable and Inspirational Political Change in America”, host of Radio Nation

In his hour-long, final State of the Union address, President Bush yesterday spoke about a large variety of issues, from the economy, taxes, health care and education, to trade and the US wars in …

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GUEST: Amie Williams, LA-based film maker, Uprising correspondent, Gem, a political analyst in Kenya

Despite a visit from former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, violence in Kenya has reignited, with dozens of people being killed, and thousands displaced in the last five days. Annan intends to mediate between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader, Raila …

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GUEST: Daniel Brezenoff, Clinical Social Worker, former Congressional Candidate for the Green Party

Last Friday, Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced his decision to drop out of the race for the presidency. A long-shot to win the Democratic nomination, Kucinich will now shift focus on winning his seventh term in Congress. To the left of …

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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 Israeli siege of Gaza.

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After 3 and a half days off the air, KPFK is back on! Snow and ice from the recent stormy weather affected the transmitter on Mount Wilson. The station is now back and running. Thanks to listeners for your patience. …

Severe weather conditions have resulted in KPFK being off the air recently. A message from KPFK’s Chief Engineer Bob Conger explains the situation:

The KPFK problems on Mt. Wilson that started as an electrical power outage has progressed to an icing problem with the antenna and an incredible amount of snow on Mt. Wilson.

I tried to get to the transmitter site twice on Friday and once today. I got within a few hundred yards on …

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