Archives for 2 May 2007
California Legislature Stealthily Passes Prison Expansion Bill
Published 2 May 2007 at 9:38 am.
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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 billions of …
May Day Events Attract Tens of Thousands
Published 2 May 2007 at 9:38 am.
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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 thousand demonstrators. …
Venezuela Withdraws from IMF
Published 2 May 2007 at 9:37 am.
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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 might also …
Radical Day in History - 05/02/07
Published 2 May 2007 at 9:37 am.
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May 2nd, 2007
Published 2 May 2007 at 9:31 am.
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“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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