May 07 2008
* We’ll speak with the widow of a Vietnam veteran about the shocking epidemic in suicides seen among returning Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers.
* Janitors in Los Angeles and Orange County prepare to strike, we’ll find out why.
* Portraits of Ten Women, a new play about Latinas dealing with HIV/AIDS. …
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May 07 2008
GUEST: Edith Mirante, Director of Project MAJE, and author of “Down the Rathole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers”
The death toll in Burma following the wake of destruction left by Cyclone Nargis this past weekend could reach 63,000. The ruling military junta has confirmed 22,464 deaths while noting that another 41,000 are missing and feared …
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May 07 2008
GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and author of several books including “April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death and How it Changed America”
More than forty years ago, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. stood atop a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th 1968, when …
May 07 2008
GUEST: Emily Rochon, Climate and Energy Coordinator for Greenpeace International, lead author of the report, “False Hope: Why carbon capture and storage won’t save the climate”
Earlier this week , oil giant ExxonMobil announced plans to complete the development and testing of a natural gas treatment plant to “make carbon capture and storage (or CCS) more …
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May 07 2008
… about Pontiac’s rebellion
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org. …
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May 07 2008
“All truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” –- Arthur Schopenhauer …
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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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