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… on Violence Against the Chinese in Seattle.

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GUEST: Kamau Franklin, Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights

Eight men, most of whom are former members of the Black Liberation Army, were arrested recently in the 1971 killing of a San Francisco policeman. Law enforcement authorities describe the murder as part of a five-year long campaign to assassinate police officers in California and …

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GUEST: Joe Linton, Outreach Director at Friends of the Los Angeles River

Last Friday, LA City officials released an ambitious and expensive decades-long plan to revitalize the Los Angeles River. The revitalization master plan would cost more than two billion dollars and would transform thirty-two miles of the concrete filled river channel from Canoga …

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GUEST: Edward Hammond, Director of The Sunshine Project

Small Pox, a disease that has killed millions over the history of the world, was eradicated in 1977 in an effort led by the World Health Organization. However, the eradication was not entirely complete as viral stocks still exist. Today, the decision to destroy …

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… on the Seattle General Strike of 1919.

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GUEST: Melissa Ngo, Director of Indentification and Surveillance Project of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Maine’s legislature voted overwhelmingly to overturn the implementation of the Federal REAL ID act. This federal law sets a national standard for drivers licenses by creating a national ID card and requires states to link their recordkeeping systems to …

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GUEST: Carla Garapedian, director of “Screamers”

This past Friday, film footage and photographs surfaced in Turkish media showing members of the Turkey’s security forces posing with the alleged murderer of journalist Hrant Dink. These photographs show Ogun Samast, the 17 year old confessed murderer of Dink, holding out a Turkish flag while being flanked …

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GUEST: Rebecca Schoenkopf, aka “Commie Girl,” former columnist with the OC Weekly

Rebecca Schoenkopf, known to readers of the OC Weekly as the columnist, “Commie Girl,” is the latest staff person to resign from the local alternative newspaper. Scheonkopf, whose column was awarded in the best political category by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies last …

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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 Democratic Senator Joe Biden.

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… on the Immigration Act of 1917.

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