Mar 25 2008
* The state of post-election Pakistan and what lies ahead for US-Pakistan relations
* A new report documents dozens of cases of 13 and 14 year olds imprisoned in the US for life without the possibility of parole.
* The state of California’s controversial decision to spray cities with a moth pesticide this year
* This week’s edition of “Who Said That?”
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Mar 25 2008
GUEST: Chelsea Sexton, executive director of Plug In America
Perhaps you are one of millions of Californians concerned about smog pollution, global warming, and fossil fuel consumption. Perhaps you’ve seen the acclaimed 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? and are outraged that existing technology for making zero-emission vehicles was squelched by political maneuvering. …
Mar 25 2008
GUEST: Alma David, San Francisco organizer with Students for a Free Tibet
The torch lighting ceremony for this year’s Olympics Games were disrupted yesterday in Greece by free-Tibet protesters. The recent mass uprising in Tibet and China’s responding crackdown has been the biggest story surrounding this year’s games, which are being hosted by China. …
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Mar 25 2008
GUEST: Marcia Widder, Litigation Director of the Capital Appeals Project of New Orleans
Last week, the conviction and death sentence of a black Louisiana man was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 7-2 ruling, justices concluded that Allen Snyder had not received a fair trial due to the discriminatory elimination of a black …
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Mar 25 2008
… about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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Mar 25 2008
“Every people has the right to choose the country under which it wishes to live.” — Woodrow Wilson …
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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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