Archives for 11 March 2009
March 12, 2009
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 1:08 pm.
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With 25,000 people dying of hunger each day we’ll hear a brand new speech by world-renowned environmental activist, writer and physicist, Vandana Shiva, who recently spoke at USC about the Global Food Crisis.
Congress Takes Up Food Safety
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 9:54 am.
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The scandal of salmonella-tainted peanut butter which led to 125 product recalls, hundreds of illnesses, and 6 deaths, has also sparked action on Capitol Hill. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro recently introduced House Resolution 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would, among other things, create a new Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services. The …
Women’s History Month Special: Betita Martinez on Women, Unions, and Organizing
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 9:53 am.
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With the economy continuing to be in the grips of an epic recession, women have often faced underreported hardships. Nationally, the unemployment rate for women has risen to 6.7 percent. In California, when women are working, they comprise 68 percent of minimum wage jobs holders. Prior to the current recession, women suffered unequal pay for equal work prompting President …
Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Uprising, Tibet Activists Change Tactics
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 9:52 am.
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Tibetans and their supporters yesterday held commemorations in various countries around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of an uprising that led to the exile of the Dalai Lama. Demonstrations and other events were held in Australia, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, Canada and here in the US. Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City to the Chinese Embassy, …
Subversive Historian - 03/11/09
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 9:50 am.
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Hone Heke’s Rebellion
Back in the day on March 11th, 1845 indigenous Maori chief Hone Heke cut down a British flagstaff at Kororareka, New Zealand for the fourth time. Tensions had been building between the indigenous peoples and the ever increasing British colonial presence. This unease increased after the Treaty of Waitangi, which Heke had originally signed five …
March 11, 2009
Published 11 Mar 2009 at 9:41 am.
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“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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