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War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

About 12,000 Italian demonstrators confronted President Bush in central Rome on Saturday as the US president visited with Pope Benedict and Italian leaders. They were protesting the US war in Iraq and the expansion of …

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Guest: John Pilger, award winning journalist and film maker, author of “Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire”

In his new book, Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire, award winning journalist and film maker John Pilger has examined the state of empire and people’s resistance in 5 different former, and current colonies: Afghanistan, the …

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GUESTS: Shonali Bose, director of Amu, Bedobratta Pain, Executive Producer of Amu

Winner of numerous international awards, the new feature film Amu, set in India, is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to her homeland to visit her family. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against …

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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 Iraq and the “Korea Analogy”.

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

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GUEST: Malalai Joya, Member of the Afghanistan parliament, recently suspended

The Parliament of Afghanistan recently suspended its youngest and most outspoken member for statements she made during an interview. Malalai Joya is known for her uncompromising position against the warlords and drug lords who dominate the Parliament and who have regained power in Afghanistan …

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GUEST: Amy Moy, Associate Vice President of Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood, Golden Gate

Last Wednesday, members of Congress introduced new legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that would guarantee women access to birth control. Although an overwhelming majority of women use birth control at some point in their lives, there …

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GUESTS: Huong Hoang, project coordinator, and Julio Diaz, Angel Tovar, high school students from South LA

As part of the Southern California Library’s V-Map project, youth from ten South Los Angeles area High Schools will lead walking tours of the Vermont corridor neighborhood. The tours, which are open to the public, will connect the …

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GUEST: Bruce Dixon is a radio commentator and managing editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is on the indictment of Louisiana Congressman Jefferson. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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GUESTS: Becky Dennison Co-Director, and General Dogon, organizer with the LA Community Action Network, O.C. Hasson, eyewitness to the beating

Last Sunday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles, according to numerous witness reports, a group of 4-5 LAPD police officers brutalized a homeless African American woman on the street in Downtown LA. Witnesses state that the …

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