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GUEST: David Lynn, independent journalist, just returned from Chad

Last week the International Criminal Court made its first move on Darfur, Sudan, in response to the on-going genocide. The Court accused a Sudanese minister and a militia commander of war crimes. As expected, the Sudanese government refused to co-operate. Meanwhile the African Union’s …

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… on the 1857 Supreme Court Decision on Dred Scott vs. Sanford.

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GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, Chair of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq

Last August, two Iraqi women, 31 year old Wassan Talib and 26 year old Zeynab Fadhil were sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, for the murder of several Iraqi security forces. Zeynab Fadhil has long held that she …

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GUEST: Nu Wexler, Communications Director at Wal-Mart Watch

The nation’s most important gathering of conservatives just wrapped up in Washington DC over the weekend. The Annual Conference of the Conservative Political Action Committee CPAC is the most important conservative movement event of the year, attended by over 5,000 activists from every state. One of the …

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GUESTS: Austin Delgadillo, an organizer with Critical Resistance

James E. Tilton, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation recently toured the Lancaster State Prison facility to support Governor Schwarzenegger’s prison reform package. Tilton witnessed extreme overcrowding and is supporting the Governor’s plan which calls for a $10.9 billion expansion program to add 78,000 …

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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 Walter Reed Scandal and Socialized Medicine.

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… on the U.S. government’s apology to Nazi Germany.

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GUEST: Roberto Rodriguez, columnist with the Column of the Americas, doctoral student at University of Wisconsin

President Bush plans to work with Congress on an overhaul of immigration laws, according to two Cabinet officials earlier this week. Carlos Gutierrez, the Commerce Secretary, told the Senate Judiciary committee that the Bush administration’s priority is to …

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GUEST: Krista Hansen, Program Director of Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

It’s been one year since the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, took effect. U.S. exports to four Central American countries grew more than 18 percent last year as a result. Imports were unchanged as the textile …

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GUEST: Nicole Possert, Representative of the Highland Park Heritage Trust, one of the founding organizations of Friends of the Southwest Museum

Last July, the exhibit halls of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian closed to the public. The Autry National Center, which owns the property, claims that the museum exhibit space in Mt. …

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