May 02 2007
GUESTS: Geri Silva, Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes, Rose Braz, Campaign Director of Critical Resistance
Last Thursday, California lawmakers approved a 7.4 billion dollar prison reform bill. In the Senate, the bill passed by a 27-10 vote while the Assembly nearly passed it unanimously by a vote of 70-1. Despite the fact that …
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May 02 2007
Yesterday’s spirited May Day marches around the US in support of immigrants rights brought out hundreds of thousands of people in various cities. Here in Southern California, about 30,000 people showed up in Downtown LA during the day, while in MacArthur Park, about 15,000 showed up. The march in Santa Ana drew several …
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May 02 2007
GUEST: Dan Beeton, International Communications Coordinator with Center for Economic and Policy Research
President Hugo Chavez recently announced his intention to withdraw Venezuela from both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Hugo Chavez has continually blamed the two financial institutions and their austerity policies for perpetuating poverty in Latin America. The move …
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May 02 2007
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May 02 2007
“The prison industrial complex is a self perpetuating industry based on the subjugation of an increasing segment of our communities by racial and economic scapegoating.” — Kobutsu Malone …
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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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