Mar 10 2009
We’ll learn about new efforts in Congress on Food Safety and Modernization, and, we’ll look at the 50th anniversary commemorations of the 1959 Tibet Uprising with author Dennis Cusack. Plus, Uprising producer Gabriel San Roman catches up with famed Chicana historian Betita Martinez on women, unions, the economy, and more. …
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Mar 10 2009
“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” — Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India …
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Mar 10 2009
President Obama announced yesterday that the federal government will be lifting restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. In speaking before an audience gathered in the East Room of the White House, the President said that his administration “will vigorously support scientists who pursue this research.” The signing of the Executive Order was a sharp reversal of the …
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Mar 10 2009
Yesterday we heard part 1 of my interview with William Kleinknecht about Ronald Reagan’s economic legacy and how it relates to the financial state of the country today. William Kleinknecht is a veteran reporter and crime correspondent for the Newark Star-Ledger. He is the author of “The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal …
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Mar 10 2009
President Obama has come under increasing criticism from conservatives for some of his economic policies. Reminiscent of the campaign-era rhetoric from the right, Obama is accused of being a socialist from Newt Gingrich to Rush Limbaugh, and a good portion of the right-wing blogosphere. One blogger warned: “Personal freedom, individual liberties and self-determination are evaporating as fast …
Mar 10 2009
U.S. Firebombing of Tokyo
Back in the day on March 10th, 1945, the United States concluded its firebombing of Tokyo, Japan. Occurring during the final months of World War II, the U.S. Air Force deployed more than three hundred low-level B-29 bombers beginning in the late night hours of March 9th. In what many historians note …
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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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