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02
Feb

UC Press Authors on Egypt

Jean-Pierre Filiu, author of Apocalypse in Islam, was interviewed by For Your Ears Only on the ideology, technology, and diplomacy at play in the current demonstrations in Egypt. Filiu, a historian and …

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11
Jan

A 30-Year-Old Can of Worms

Now that he’s back in the Governor’s office, Jerry Brown will have to revisit an issue he championed 30 years ago, but is now a major source of California’s budget woes: Proposition …

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03
Nov

What’s it all about, Arnie?

Looking through the remains of what became a dog’s breakfast of an election, for either side, really, especially if you’re living in California, I’m finding it rather hard to fold it all …

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27
Oct

A Tricky Proposition

Before you vote on November 2, watch this video segment on KCET, Southern California’s PBS affiliate, featuring the authors of California Crackup, Joe Mathews and Mark Paul. The authors examine the proposition …

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27
Oct

An American in Paris

Amidst French labor protests over the increase in retirement age, Steven Hill, author of Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age, searches for an American …

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25
Oct

Veterans’ Battles After Service

Aaron Glantz, independent journalist and author of The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle against America’s Veterans, has written a grave, eye opening report on veterans’ inordinately high death rate following service for …

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13
Oct

The End of the Line for California

As Californians file into the voting booth this November and try to decipher the complicated list of propositions and initiatives, many will think, “There has got to be a better way.” In …

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05
Oct

A New Direction for Labor

In this video Inside Government TV interviews author and long-time activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. about his book, co-authored with Fernando Gapasin, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path …

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