Becker, the West Coast Coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition, has travelled to the Middle East many times. He spoke about the history of Palestine, how the Palestinians were driven off their land illegally by Israel wiith the backing of the US, the goals of the US and Israel, and the current brutal invasion of Gaza.

He has a huge command of the facts and eloquently details the history and the imperialist motives of the US that fuel the current crisis.

mp3 (48:30 min, 15.5 mb) Recorded at an ANSWER LA meeting on July 7.

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Higher temperatures over 34 years — rather than land-use changes — have led to more blazes, researchers say. They’re sure it’s not a fluke.

A White House spokesperson denounced the report as “obvious work by actual scientists intent on proving their point by using facts,” saying the fires were “clearly the work of terrorists who hate freedom” and called for the militarization of the Forest Service and the arming of Smokey The Bear.

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No joke

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