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GUEST:Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela

Last Wednesday, President Hugo Chavez outlined numerous proposals to reform the constitution of Venezuela. Though Chavez announced his hope for widespread changes in the economy, political structure, and federation of Venezuela, one reform in particular gained the most attention in the media. President Chavez proposed …

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GUEST:Nancy Lessin, Co-Founder of Military Families Speak Out

According to a new U.S. Army report, suicides in the military reached its highest rate in 26 years. Released last Thursday, the Army Suicide Event Report found that in 2006, ninety-nine soldiers committed suicide with more than a quarter occurring during deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the reasons …

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GUEST:Dr. Annalisa Enrile, National Chairperson of GABRIELA Network, and Assistant Professor at USC

In a follow up to a story covered on Uprising last week, GABRIELA Network Chairperson and USC Professor Analissa Enrile finally returned home from the Philippines. Listeners may recall that Dr. Enrile was just one of three GABNet women placed on a hold list …

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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 Iran

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GUEST: David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio, heard on KPFK on Fridays at 3 pm, his latest book is Targeting Iran with Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian, Nahid Mozaffari

Earlier this week, a Bush administration official said the U.S. planned to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group. The Revolutionary Guard is estimated at between …

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GUESTS: Hector Villagra, Staff Attorney ACLU So. Cal, Pedro Rios, Director of American Friends’ Service Committee San Diego

Yesterday a national meeting organized by a food workers’ union harshly condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s workplace raids. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, alongside other organizations and community leaders, called for congressional hearings to investigate the …

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GUESTS: Dr. Kimberly Salter, Organizational Psychologist and Parade Chair, Redwood Mary, Executive Director, Circle the Earth-Grassroots Women Taking Action for Sustainable Development

In honor of the women’s suffrage movement, a commemorative parade will take place in the state capitol later this month. Inspired by the 1913 suffrage parade on the nation’s capitol, statewide organizers will be gathering …

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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 Karl Rove. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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