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GUEST: Thandisizwe Chimurenga, writer, activist, and the Director of the Ida B. Wells Institute.

From Anbar Province to the Harbor Gateway, militarism will never be the answer

According to Coretta Scott King, a set of notes for a speech that her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had never delivered, were taken from his pocket following his murder in Memphis, TN …

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Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.

On Fridays in Costa Mesa / Santa Ana
5:00 – 7:00 pm
On the corner of Bristol & Anton (in front of major entrance to …

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GUEST: Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade – the purchase of slaves and their transport from West Africa and Central Africa, into slavery in the so-called “New World.” …

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GUEST: Najum Mushtaq, a Nairobi-based journalist and a contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus, Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches Middle Eastern and African politics. He serves as Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus and is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East …

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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 “Iraqi Ingratitude”

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

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… on the US Virgin Islands.

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GUEST: Trini Rodriguez, Co-founder and manager of Tia Chucha’s Cafe and Cultural Center

Tia Chucha’s Café & Cultural Center in Sylmar was recently served a notice forcing it to move by February 28th of this year. The popular bookstore, café, performance space and cultural center is going to be replaced by …

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… called Coffee Controversy.

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GUEST: Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, lawyer, author and former presidential candidate

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author. He was born in Winsted, Connecticut on February 27, 1934. In 1955 Ralph Nader received an AB magna cum laude from Princeton University, and in 1958 he received a LLB with distinction from Harvard University. His career began as a lawyer in Hartford, Connecticut in …

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… on the Annexation of East Florida.

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