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GUEST: Elias Bermudez, CEO and Founder of Inmigrantes Sin Fronteras and radio show host of “”La voz del Emigrante”

Arizona’s governor, Janet Napolitano signed a bill earlier this week prohibiting companies from hiring undocumented workers and requiring them to verify their workers’ employment eligibility. Napolitano, a Democrat, signed the bill after a three year …

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GUEST: Ricardo Icaza, President of UFCW Local 770

About 65,000 Grocery workers in Southern California recently voted to authorize a strike in the event that contract negotiations between their union and three major supermarket chains break down. Representatives from Albertsons, Ralphs, and Vons have been meeting with leaders of the United Food and Commercial …

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GUEST: Paul Maloney, Editor of Radio and Internet Newsletter

On Tuesday June 26th, over 14,000 internet radio webcasters participated in a National Day of Silence to draw attention to pending royalty rate hikes. Webstreams were silenced throughout the day including major webcasters such as Yahoo, Pandora, and Rhapsody. The action was intended to …

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… about the Bloody Thursday Riots .

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GUEST: Byron De Lear, former Congressional Candidate with the Green Party

Antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan’s hiatus from the peace movement has been quite brief. In an article on Commondreams.org yesterday she announced her intention to begin a walk from Atlanta, Georgia on July 13th ending up in Washington DC on July 23rd to …

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GUEST: Howard Zinn, author of many books including “A People’s History of the United States”

When Howard Zinn first published, “A People’s History of the United States,” twenty-five years ago, it was groundbreaking in serving as an antidote to traditional American history narratives. Teachers and parents who have sought to bring Zinn’s social perspectives to …

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GUEST: Quetzal Flores

For the past decade local Los Angeles political music bands have played every 4th of July at an event called The Farce of July. This year, The Farce of July celebrates its tenth anniversary at Self Help Graphics, 3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles from 12 noon through 10 pm. …

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… about Jack Johnson v. James Jeffries .

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GUESTS: Antonia Rivera with the OC Dream Team, Debbie, Orange County based activist, Guillermo Suarez, activist lawyer with Frente Contra las Redades

Two weeks ago, a hundred and seventy-five immigrants in thirteen Orange County cities were arrested during a five day sweep conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement …

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GUESTS: Anurima Bhargava, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Jody Leung, a student at James Logan High School and a winner of an national essay contest, called “Does Diversity Matter” by National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights

In the final week of its 2007 term, the Supreme …

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