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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 called “An Iraq Policy of Failure”.

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GUEST: Juliano Mer Khamis, actor and film maker, writer and director of Arna’s Children

From 1989 to 1996 film maker Juliano Mer Khamis filmed Palestinian children in a theater group run by his mother Arna. Arna was a remarkable woman, born into an Israeli zionist family who married a Palestinian Arab, Saliba Khamis. …

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GUEST: Bill Coleman, Senior Vice President of Compensation at Salary.com

A new study published in the American Journal of Sociology shows that being a mother in the job market is quite challenging. Published by Shelly Correll of Cornell University, the study found that mothers were less likely to be hired than childless women …

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GUESTS: Timoi, exhibiting artist, Victoria Delgadillo, curator

More than ten years following the Guatemalan peace accords which ended a decade long genocidal war, Guatemalan women are still searching for peace. Since the beginning of 2003, 2,300 women have been brutally murdered. Some of the victims are as young as seven years old. Violence against Guatemalan …

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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 Andrew Young and Paul Wolfowitz. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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… about the Henry D. Marrow Jr. Murder .

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GUEST: Reverend Nnmio Bassey, Director of Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, Roxanne Lawson, International Policy Campaigner with Friends of the Earth USA

Property damage to oil infrastructure in Nigeria has escalated since last month’s controversial elections in which Umaru Yar’Adua was elected to the presidency. The elections have received massive criticism for reports …

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GUEST: Rebecca Mead, author of “One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding,” staff writer at The New Yorker

In an era of ever-increasing personal debt, the average American wedding costs nearly $30,000 to put on. The opulence and expense of today’s weddings has led to the term, “Bridezilla,” inspiring reality television and watercooler …

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GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, Chair of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, Mimi Kennedy, actor and activist, advisory board chair of Progressive Democrats of America

As Americans will be buying Mother’s Day gifts and taking their mothers out to restaurants this weekend, the anti-war origins of Mothers Day will remain unbeknownst to many. …

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