Jan 06 2009
President-elect Barack Obama hopes to sign an economic stimulus plan as his first action after he takes office on January 20th. The $775 billion “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” includes, among other things, tax breaks for businesses and middle class Americans, investing in infrastructure development, and offering direct aid to states to help preserve crucial …
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Jan 06 2009
Israeli forces pushed deeper into southern Gaza, turning people out of homes and subjecting the rest to no water, heat or power. Hospitals continue to be overwhelmed even as fuel for backup generators is getting dangerously low. Forty people, including many children were killed today when Israeli bombs hit a UN-run school in the …
Jan 06 2009
“Homeland Security USA,” is a new “reality” show that will premiere on ABC television tonight. With 13 shows ordered for its first season, the series claims to be based on the daily tasks federal workers carry out for the government department formed in the wake of the September 11th attacks. The controversial Immigration and Customs …
Jan 06 2009
EMI Drops the Sex Pistols by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Thirty-two years ago on this day in people’s rock history, the EMI record label terminated its contract with the British Punk Band “The Sex Pistols.” On January 6th 1977, the raucous quartet headed by lead singer Johnny Rotten was fired only three months into their …
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Jan 06 2009
“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” -– Noam Chomsky …
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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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