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GUESTS: Molly Bingham and Steve Connors, Filmmakers

In April 2003, people around the world watched a massive statue of Saddam Hussein toppled by US troops on television. Just a few days later, small style insurgent attacks against US occupiers began to place. Since then, the resistance fighters have carried out hundreds of attacks. After historic elections, the …

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GUESTS: Lilia Rodriguez, Francisco Alvarez, Gallery owners, Duke One, Raul Gonzalez, Artists

The indigenous ritual of honoring the dead has been practiced for about 3,000 years in the Americas – and when Spanish colonizers arrived to present-day Mexico, they could not eradicate the tradition. Instead, the practice was absorbed into Catholic theology and became Dia de Los Muertos, …

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

This week’s commentary is about Disaster Capitalism. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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… about The Balfour Declaration

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GUEST:Michel Shehadeh, Exonerated Member of the “LA 8”

The Board of Immigration Appeals, the nation’s highest administrative body overseeing immigration cases, dismissed all charges against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh – members of a group of Palestinian student activists who came to be known as the LA 8. In 1987, the government arrested Hamide and Shehadeh and six …

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GUEST:Saul Landua, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Author of “A Bush in a Botox World,” and Director/Producer of “We Don’t Play Golf Here”

A United Nations resolution against the U.S. embargo on Cuba received a record number of votes last Tuesday. Of the 192 members in the General Assembly, 184 countries voted in favor of the …

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GUEST:John O’Brien, President of Catholics for Free Choice

While addressing the International Conference of Catholic Pharmacists this week, Pope Benedict urged pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraception on the basis conscientious objection. While conservatives and religious groups say that making emergency contraception available encourages promiscuity, reproductive rights groups say it’s an effective way to prevent unwanted pregnancy, …

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… about Puerto Rican Nationalists

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GUEST: Normon Solomon, author of “Made Love, Got War,” Founder and Executive Director of the Institue for Public Accuracy

From the hysteria over the Sputnik launching to the current quagmire in Iraq, activist Norman Solomon has lived through decades of America’s perpetual warfare state. Lessons learned from a lifetime of resisting are reflected upon through Solomon’s newest book, …

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GUEST: Eve Tetaz, Founder of Pathways

76-year-old Eve Tetaz is set to appear before a senior DC Superior Court Judge on four misdemeanor charges Friday. Her crime? Engaging in civil disobedience to nonviolently protest the continued war and occupation of Iraq. Tetaz says she will plead no contest to the charges, which may result in jail time. The …

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