Dec 08 2006
“Something to Scream About” Screamers director and System of a Down join forces to decry Armenian Genocide. By Gabriel San Román (Originally Published in the December 7th issue of the OC Weekly)
On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Turkish government began a systematic campaign of arrests, deportation, and annihilation against the Armenian people. By 1923, mass killings had claimed the lives of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in what became …
Dec 08 2006
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* Award winning Palestinian photo-journalist speaks out on “truce” in Gaza
* The UN Considers a Global Arms Trade Treaty
* Katrina Survivors Pressure FEMA for Housing Rights
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Dec 08 2006
GUEST: Mohammed Omer, correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Gaza
The United Nations and its partners this week launched their largest ever appeal for emergency aid to the occupied Palestinian territory. More than $453 million is needed after Israel cut off tax and customs funds to the Palestinian Authority when Hamas …
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Dec 08 2006
GUEST: Carla Garapedian, filmmaker of Screamers
“Screamers†is the title of a new documentary film by Carla Garapedian that features all-Armenian rock band System of a Down and explores the 1915 Armenian Genocide in Turkey. Through interviews with Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, and genocide survivors such as System lead singer Serj Tankian’s 96 …
Dec 08 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about Katrina Victims. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Dec 08 2006
GUEST: Terrol Williams, Katrina survivor, member of ACORN
Yesterday, members of the New Orleans based community organization, ACORN, held press conferences in three different cities to call on FEMA to comply with a recent federal ruling. The ruling orders the immediate restoration of housing aid to Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors. In fact, the …
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Dec 08 2006
“If nations are allowed to commit genocide with impunity, to hide their guilt in a camouflage of lies and denials, there is a real danger that other brutal regimes will be encouraged to attempt genocides. Unless we speak today of the Armenian genocide and unless the Government recognizes this historical fact, we shall leave this century of unprecedented genocides with this blot on our consciences.” –Caroline, Baroness Cox, House of Lords, April 1999
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Dec 08 2006
Alternative ways to buy holiday gifts while preserving your conscience this weekend:
1. KPFK will have its Annual Parking Lot Sale, tomorrow, Saturday December 9th, from 10 am to 2 pm at 3729 Cahuenga Blvd West in North Hollywood. There will be Books, CDs, DVDs, and more, available for sale. All sales will benefit KPFK directly. Again, that’s this Saturday December 9th from 10 am to 2 pm at 3729 Cahuenga Blvd West in North …
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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