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GUEST: Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, author of several books including “Citizens of the Empire,” “The Heart of Whiteness,” and his latest, “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity”

The 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo just wrapped up after three days in Las Vegas. The event is the largest of …

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GUEST: Ralph Nader, Green Presidential Candidate in 2000

While most of the corporate media focuses on the two major political parties and their primaries, we turn today to the Green Party’s election recent election event. The Green Party held its presidential debate last Sunday in San Francisco. They called it the “Presidential Debate that …

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GUEST: Sandra Habr-Valle, Research Analyst with Unite HERE Local 11, Jeffrey Agerkop, Hotel Operation at Wilshire Plaza

Last Friday, Wilshire Plaza Hotel workers won an important victory less than two days after declaring a strike. The labor dispute centered on allegations that workers were unfairly retaliated against for their testimony before a National Labor …

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GUEST: Adam Kokesh, Co-Chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War

A new study released by the World Health Organization last Wednesday places the number of violent Iraqi deaths at 151,000 since the 2003 U.S. invasion. The study’s figures were compiled using an Iraqi health ministry survey of nearly 10,000 households making the findings the …

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GUEST: ex-CIA agent Philip Agee, author of the book “Inside the Company: CIA Diary”

Ex-CIA undercover officer, Philip Agee, famous for turning on his organization and exposing it in a book, died last week. He was 72 and living in Cuba. Agee revealed the inner workings of the CIA and the identities of perhaps …

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GUEST: Elise Keppler, Senior Counsel at Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program, just returned from The Hague

The war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor resumed last week after a six month delay. Taylor faces eleven counts of human rights abuses including acts of terrorism, murder, and rape committed during neighboring Sierra …

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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 called “Hillary Clinton Meets Karl Rove.”

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… about the Iroquois Constitution

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GUEST: Ervand Abrahamian, Professor of History at City University of New York, author of several books including “Iran Between Two Revolutions”

On Wednesday, President Bush began a week-long trip to the Middle East to address the Israeli– Palestine conflict and Iran. Bush has declared that a peace treaty between Israel and the …

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