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… about The First Santa Clause School.

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GUEST:Edith Mirante, Director of Project MAJE, and author of “Down the Rathole”

The Burmese ruling military junta cracked down violently on anti-government protests today as deaths, injuries and hundreds of arrests have been reported. Troops fired shots in the air, clubbed protesters, and made arrests to disperse crowds gathering in the former capital city of Rangoon. …

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GUEST:Moctesuma Esparza, Filmmaker

Award-winning filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza fulfilled a dream this year with the opening of The Los Angeles Academy of Arts & Enterprise, a new charter school in downtown LA, near Lafayette Park. The school provides a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that emphasizes arts and business. In addition to the core subjects, all students …

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GUEST:Pilar Diaz, Lead Singer of Los Abandoned

Following the September 11th military coup in Chile thirty-four years ago, thousands of political leftists were detained, tortured and disappeared. Among the many who suffered such a fate was acclaimed singer-poet Victor Jara. By dedicating his songs to the campaigns of the disposed socialist president, Salvador Allende, Jara became …

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… about The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

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GUEST: Stephen Zunes, Middle East Editor for Foreign Policy in Focus

Amid protests yesterday afternoon, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the campus of Colombia University. Being introduced by university president Lee Bollinger as a leader who has behaved liked a “petty and cruel dictator,” Ahmadinejad spoke to various issues. In his address he defended his nation’s …

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GUEST: Silvia Bardon, President of the California Federation of Interpreters, which is affiliated with the Communication Workers of America.

Southern California court interpreters have been on strike for more than two weeks. Ninety-four percent of the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Superior Court interpreters chose to strike – withholding their labor in what …

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GUEST:Dele Aileman, a representative from the Journey for Justice, the coalition planning the trip to Jena, Louisiana

Thousands of protesters gathered in Jena, Louisiana last week demanding justice for the “Jena Six.” The tiny town has become a symbol for the racism that is inherent in the criminal justice system. In the latest turn of events …

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… about Atlanta’s 1906 Race Riot .

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GUESTS: Raed Jarrar, Iraq, Consultant for the American Friend’s Service Committee, and Noah Merril, of the Electronic News and Analysis Website.

According to the American Friends Service Committee, the cost of the Iraq war is $720 million, daily. The figure, which can be broken down to half a million dollars spent per minute, was displayed on …

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