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GUESTS: Zia Mian, with the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Professor of Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad

At least 21 people have been killed since last Tuesday in violence between Pakistani government forces and religious leaders and …

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GUEST: Marie Trigona, member of Grupo Alavio, a Direct Action and Video Collective, correspondent for Free Speech Radio News, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Last Thursday, for the first time ever, a clergyman of the Catholic Church faced charges in connection with repression carried out under Argentina’s so-called “Dirty War.” Christian Von Wernich, …

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GUEST: Ann Fessler, author of “The Girls Who Went Away”

This Wednesday, July 11th, author Ann Fessler will appear at the Los Angeles Public Library to promote the re-release of her critically-acclaimed book, The Girls Who Went Away. Originally published in 2006, The Girls Who Went Away focuses on the …

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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’s commentary is on the Showdown in Pakistan.

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GUEST: LA City Councilman Richard Alarcon, representing District 7

Nearly a quarter of all people living in the City of Los Angeles, are considered living below the poverty line, according to the last census in 2000. As the economy worsens, wages are flat-lining, health care is less accessible, jobs are more scarce, housing is …

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GUEST: Laura Moye, Deputy Director with the Amnesty International USA Southern Regional Office in Atlanta

A thirty eight year old black man is set to be executed by the state of Georgia as early as July 17th. Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row for 15 years for the murder of white police …

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GUEST: Natsu Taylor Saito, Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law

In the coming weeks, the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents will vote on whether or not to dismiss Professor Ward Churchill. Ever since the tenured ethnic studies professor published an essay entitled “Some People Push Back: On the …

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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 on Blacks and the Military. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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