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GUEST: Antonia Juhasz, visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.

President Bush is expected to announce an increase in troops in Iraq tomorrow evening. Meanwhile, a proposed hydrocarbon law is quietly being introduced by the Iraqi government that would radically …

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GUEST: Sarah Olson, independent journalist and radio producer

Last week’s pre-trial hearing for Army Lt. Ehren Watada is raising the crucial question of whether military officers have the right to publicly criticize their Commander-in-Chief and US foreign policy. More importantly, Watada’s impending court martial highlights growing dissent against the war from within the military. The …

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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 Nancy Pelosi and the Antiwar Movement

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GUEST: Anisha Desai, Program Director, United for a Fair Economy

Today, the Democratic Party-controlled Congress is set to kick off their “first one-hundred hours” agenda. Included in the party’s agenda are populist proposals aimed at increasing the minimum wage and reducing the interest rates on college student loans. As their first one-hundred legislative hours will …

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… on the New York Bill to Outlaw Public Flirting

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GUESTS: bell hooks and Amalia Mesa Bains, co-authors of “”Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism”

Today we spend the morning with two well known cultural critics: bell hooks and Amalia Mesa Bains on their new book, “Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism.”

Bell hooks is the acclaimed feminist writer who has written extensively about the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to …

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… on Carmen Conde and Mujeres Libres.

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GUEST: Howard Zinn , people’s historian and author of “People’s History of the United States”

Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and social activist, best known for his book, “A People’s History of the United States,” which has sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Howard Zinn was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the G.I. Bill …

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GUESTS: Erik Leaver, a Carol and Ed Newman Fellow, the Institute for Policy Studies and the Policy Outreach Director at the Foreign Policy In Focus Project, George A. Lopez, Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame

Yesterday an advisor to Iraq’s Prime Minister …

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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 about Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein.

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