Sep 28 2006
GUEST: Michael Albert, co-editor of ZNet, and co-editor and co-founder of Z Magazine, author of several books including “Parecon: Life After Capitalism”
7-Eleven Corporation just announced that it is switching suppliers for its retail gasoline network from the Venezuela based Citgo with its own brand. The move comes only days after Venezuelan …
Sep 28 2006
GUEST: Mie Lewis, author of “Custody and Control,” an Aryeh Neier Fellow at Human Rights Watch and the ACLU
Last week, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union issued a new report entitled, “Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York’s Juvenile Prisons for Girls.†The report, authored by …
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Sep 28 2006
GUESTS: Steve Greenhut, Senior editorial writer and columnist for The Orange County Register, Tom Adams, President of the California League of Conservation Voters
Proposition 90 on this November’s ballot, is called “Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property.” It’s an Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Proponents are informally calling it the “Protect Our Homes Act.” Prop 90 is a property-rights initiative that would …
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Sep 28 2006
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 Atwater
5-6:30pm
Glendale Boulevard and Glenfeliz
the information line is 213/250-5500
On Fridays in Glendale
5–7 p.m.
On the corner of Brand …
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Sep 28 2006
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate†– Betrand Russell …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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