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		<title>Christopher Hitchens on Stage in Los Angeles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens, who died of cancer in Houston on December 15, 2011, spoke at public events in Los Angeles many times. “What Marx said about religion, by the way, was that it was the heart of the heartless world, the sigh of the oppressed creature, the spirit of the spiritless situation, an opiate for the people ..." said Hitchens at the Wiltern in March 2003.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/12/remembering-christopher-hitchens-in-los-angeles/</link>
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		<title>Walking Tall: First Nations Activists Raise Awareness of Residential Schools in Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Residential school has impacted all of our lives, especially as the children of survivors. They were taken to those schools when they were very young. They were deprived of the basic necessities of life. They were deprived of the love that only a parent can give,” said Patrick Ethrington, Jr.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/11/walking_tall/</link>
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		<title>Marching for Immigration Reform in Los Angeles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday March 26, 2006 the largest protest in the United States since the Vietnam war unfolded on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. People in LA were mobilized to hit the streets by Eddie "Piolín" Sotelotalk, the host of a popular Spanish-language morning radio talk show in Southern California. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/10/immigration/</link>
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		<title>Ludivine Sagnier&#8217;s Wounded Souls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love Crime, The Devil’s Double and Lily Sometimes - all starring Ludivine Sagnier - screened in Los Angeles this spring and summer. I met up with Ludivine at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills to talk about the wounded souls she brings to life in her films and where she finds the freaky stuff to feed them.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/09/ludivine_sagnier/</link>
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		<title>Trampoline Hall Comes to Los Angeles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trampoline Hall arrived in Los Angeles as part of a promotional tour for The Chairs are Where the People Go, a miscellany of Misha Glouberman's observations typed up by Sheila Heti. Topics include improv, bars, neighborhoods, gyms, relationships and domesticity. The book blurs the distinction between author and subject, with Heti serving as Glouberman’s amanuensis.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/07/trampoline-hall-comes-to-los-angeles/</link>
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		<title>Norman Jewison: Advocate for Social Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overdressed souls formed two solitudes on either side of the forgotten swimming pool. The dark suits and heavy dresses seemed funereal in the white California sunlight. Norman Jewison’s baseball cap added a touch of mirth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/05/norman_jewison/</link>
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		<title>The Photography of Autumn de Wilde</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Autumn de Wilde is an American photographer who has worked with artists such as Beck, The White Stripes and Kate &#038; Laura Mulleavy. She immerses herself in the lives of her subjects and has produced an innovative body of work that demands attention. Autumn has the uncanny ability to channel the history of photography in refreshing ways. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/04/autumn_de_wilde/</link>
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		<title>Egyptians Travel from Vegas to LA for Rally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday February 5, 2011 dozens of Egyptian families living in Las Vegas traveled by bus to Los Angeles to attend a public demonstration and show their support for family and friends in Egypt.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/02/egypt/</link>
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		<title>Scorpian Kick: The Rise &amp; Fall of Narco-Soccer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pablo Escobar, Columbia’s notorious drug lord, bankrolled his countries national soccer team at the height of his power, creating the conditions for coaches and players to transform the sport and the way the world perceived their country. The mix of drug money and athletic talent produced an explosive soccer team that seemed to appear out of nowhere on the world stage.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2011/01/narco_soccer/</link>
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		<title>Dr Mongo: LA&#8217;s Spoken Word Superstar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“I wrote Penitentiary when I was doing time in penitentiary,” said Dr Mongo. “Oscar Wilde was one of my favorite poets at the time. 'The Ballad of Reading Jail' had a great influence on me. I love the imagery.”

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		<link>http://www.transmopolis.com/2010/12/drmongo/</link>
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