Mar 28 2007
GUEST: Gerardo Reyes, Staff member with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
After 4 years of boycotts against the Fast food giant, Taco Bell, a well organized coalition of immigrant and people of color workers won a huge victory in 2005 for workers rights. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Southwest Florida, consisting of mostly …
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Mar 28 2007
GUEST: Carl Colpaert, director of “G.I. Jesus”
A new film by independent film maker explores the issues of war, immigration and post-traumatic stress syndrome all at once. Carl Colpaert’s new film, G.I. Jesus, features a Mexican immigrant who serves in the US military in Iraq in order to obtain citizenship. Actor Joe …
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Mar 28 2007
GUEST: Gerardo Gomez, organizer of People’s Assembly on Homelessness
This weekend, homeless persons and their supporters will hold a “people’s assembly” to address the roots of homelessness in Los Angeles. The assembly will consist of a series of panels focusing on six central issues. Homeless persons and other panelists will speak about affordable …
Mar 28 2007
… about The New Zealand Land Wars.
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Mar 28 2007
“Let all bear in mind that a society is judged not so much by the standards attained by its more affluent and privileged members as by the quality of life which it is able to assure for its weakest members.” — Javier Perez de Cuellar, former PM of Peru and Secretary General to the UN …
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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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