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Che: Rise and Fall

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez aired his weekly program “Alo, Presidente”, yesterday in Cuba to mark the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s arrest and execution. The program, which aired live in Venezuela and Cuba, was broadcast in the Santa Clara Monument complex where …

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The Working Poor: From Salt of the Earth to Made in LA

A new documentary follows the political development of three sweatshop workers that labor in LA’s Fashion District. “Made in LA”, directed by filmmaker Alumdena Carracedo and producer Robert Bahar, chronicles the lives of Lupe Hernandez, Maura Colorado, Maria …

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Living Beyond Our Means While Trying to Wage a Living

The Public Interest Research Groups, along with the American Council on Education, says that colleges and universities often ignore harassing and sometimes deceiving credit card marketing on campus. The consumer group adds that schools sometimes provide financial institutions students personal …

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The Truth Behind the War

Separate bomb attacks in Iraq claimed the lives of at least 58 people, and left 89 wounded yesterday. Officials say one set of twin suicide bombings in Baiji targeted local police chiefs and public employees. Two women were killed yesterday in a separate incident in …

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Che: Rise and Fall

Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the execution of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Argentine-born revolutionary was leading a guerrilla campaign in Bolivia forty years ago as part of his tri-continental strategy against the forces of imperialism. His career as a revolutionary came …

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GUEST: Roberto Lovato, Writer with New American Media, The Nation, and the former head of CARECEN in Los Angeles.

The Senate approved an additional $3-billion for so-called border security last week, most of which will be used to build some 700 miles of fencing in an attempt to keep migrants from crossing. Lawmakers voted …

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GUESTS: Becky Dennison and Pete White, Co-Directors of the LA Community Action Network

Downtown LA’s Skid Row, some 50 blocks that have been a center for kitchens, shelters and other services has seen some massive demographics changes in the past year. Skid Row and its residents had been largely ignored for decades until developers saw a market …

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GUEST: Jonathan Kozol, author of “Letters to a Young Teacher”

As half of new teachers are likely to quit within the first five years on job, Jonathan Kozol has written a new book of letters to a first year teacher. The semi-fictionalized “Francesca,” based on young educators who have written to Kozol over the years, is a …

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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 commentary is on a Tale of Two Atrocities.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …

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