Mar 18 2009
We’ll speak with the head of Catholics for Choice about the Pope’s recent comments linking condom use with an increase in the HIV/AIDS problem. And, we’ll examine why Orange County’s DA has refused to file charges against the police officer who shot and killed an innocent Anaheim man in his front yard. Plus, part two of our interview with Aaron Glantz on his new book, The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans. …
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Mar 18 2009
“The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.” — Marian Wright Edelman …
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Mar 18 2009
Edward Liddy, the embattled CEO of AIG is testifying at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing this morning. Members of Congress and the Obama Administration are falling over themselves this week to denounce the $165 million in bonuses for top executives at AIG. The corporation in question received $170 billion in bailout funds last year — …
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Mar 18 2009
Veterans’ groups are angry over President Obama’s recent statement that he was considering a plan that would charge treatment for some service-related injuries to the private health plans of soldiers. Obama has explained the idea as a way to generate up to $540 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2010. Overall, the VA has …
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Mar 18 2009
As Los Angeles is mired in an ever increasing budget deficit, community organizations are calling on Mayor Villaraigosa and the City Council to focus resources on social services. The LA Coalition against State Violence is calling on officials to reduce city money allocated for the Los Angeles Police Department and invest instead in public transportation, prevention …
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Mar 18 2009
The Paris Insurrection
Back in the day on March 18th, 1871 an uprising took hold in Paris, France that would eventually lead to the establishment of the Paris Commune. The immediate political catalyst for the insurrection in the capital city was the defeat of the French in the Franco-Prussian War. In negotiating an armistice, members of …
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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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