Archives for 1 July 2008

July 2, 2008

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 12:58 pm. No Comments.
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We’ll examine the bottled water industry, taking a look at the poor quality of jobs, and the impact on communities and the environment. Plus, the US war in Afghanistan turns even more deadly than Iraq, and, a look at the revival of the tenants rights movement in California in the wake of Propositions 98 and 99.


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How N Korea Made it Off the “Axis of Evil”

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 9:48 am. No Comments.
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Nuclear PowerGUEST: John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies

US food aid arrived in North Korea earlier this week in a move that signaled an about-turn in relations between the two countries. Just days earlier, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program - the cooling …


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Report Calls California’s Death Penalty “Dysfunctional”

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 9:48 am. No Comments.
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death penaltyGUEST: Bill Babbitt, Board of Directors of Murder Victim Families for Human Rights, John Holdridge, Director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project

The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice released a report on the state’s capital punishment system yesterday calling it “dysfunctional.” The comprehensive 116 page analysis called for reforms aimed at reducing the …


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South Central Farmers Fight Warehouse Plan

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 9:48 am. No Comments.
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GUEST: Tezozomoc, spokesperson for the South Central Farmers

Two years ago immigrant farmers were forced to give up an oasis of community farming in Los Angeles. The large open space at 41st and Alameda had remained empty for years when low-income families from South and Central America turned it into a agricultural experiment that sustainability fed many …


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Radical Day in History - 01/07/08

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 9:48 am. No Comments.
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… about the formation of the Department of Justice

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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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July 1, 2008

Published 1 Jul 2008 at 9:43 am. No Comments.
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“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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