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GUEST: Randall Robinson, author of “An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President.”

Following a recent one day visit to Haiti, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim did not indicate a timetable for withdraw of his country’s U.N. forces from the Caribbean nation. U.N. officials have said that the nearly 9,000 strong multinational so-called …

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GUEST: Belinda Escobosa Helzer, staff attorney at the ACLU of Orange County.

Immigrant rights activist Coyotl Tezcatlipoca was addressing a meeting of the Costa Mesa City Council in January of last year when he was abruptly cut off by local mayor, Allan Mansoor. Coyotl was criticizing a proposal to mandate local police officers enforce federal immigration …

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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 Protests in Burma.

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

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Produced by Radio Rootz.

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GUEST: Dr. James Crowell, President of the Biloxi chapter of the NAACP

Last Wednesday, religious leaders protested a plan to divert housing recovery funds to expand the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi. The group of more than a dozen challenged Republican Governor Haley Barbour to answer their protest within 24 hours. Last September 7th, Governor Barbour announced …

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GUEST: SKIM, musician

Local artist SKIM offers a bridge between man and woman, native and immigrant, war and love. Introducing hip hop to the throb of Korean drums, and rapping ferociously over guitar while singing in angelic keys, SKIM escapes simple categorization. She convinces ears to listen, bodies to dance, and hearts to open. Under the …

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GUEST: Sheryl Labash, Troops Out Now Coalition

A new report by the Iraqi Red Crescent notes that nearly two million Iraqis have been forced to leave their homes. In Baghdad alone, that’s nearly a million former residents who have become internally displaced. Meanwhile, the World Tribunal on Iraq has recently accused the United States of causing more …

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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 White Man’s Wars. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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THE RAVAGING OF AFRICA: PART TWO

The ravaging of Africa has been enriching Europe and North America for more than 500 years. First, European empires imposed slavery and colonialism on the continent. After 1945, the United States took over as the dominant neo-colonial power.

Through the Pentagon and the CIA, the U.S. government has fueled 14 wars in Africa. The methods employed include direct and proxy …

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THE RAVAGING OF AFRICA

The ravaging of Africa has been enriching Europe and North America for more than 500 years. First, European empires imposed slavery and colonialism on the continent. After 1945, the United States took over as the dominant neo-colonial power.

Through the Pentagon and the CIA, the U.S. government has fueled 14 wars in Africa. The methods employed include direct and proxy invasions as …

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