Mar 25 2009
We’ll mark the 10th anniversary of the US/NATO war on the former Yugoslavia and examine the devastating aftermath of the 78-day bombing campaign. And, we’ll hear why Native American and Alaska Native women are experiencing epidemic levels of sexual violence, one day after a congressional hearing on the subject. Plus, part two of our conversation with Pratap Chatterjee on his book Halliburton’s Army. …
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Mar 25 2009
President Obama went on the defensive yesterday evening in his second prime-time news conference defending his Treasury Secretary’s plan to save the financial sector with $1 trillion of tax payer money. The President took questions from reporters for nearly an hour during a conference that almost entirely focused on the economy. He was grilled about the bonuses received by AIG …
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Mar 25 2009
Halliburton, the subsidiary of Kellogg, Brown, and Root, is in the news again, this time being charged with attempted bribery in Nigeria to buy liquefied natural gas facilities. Two British citizens working for the company formerly headed by former Vice President Dick Cheney, now face charges, according to the US justice department. Cheney’s leadership of Halliburton is only one among …
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Mar 25 2009
The Obama administration recently selected Thomas Perez, Maryland’s Labor Secretary, to run the Department of Justice’s civil rights division. Though Perez, a first-generation Dominican-American, has served on the board of two immigration organizations, the President’s move is being called a “flinch on immigration,” by a New York Times editorial published yesterday. Criticism has centered on why the LA-based civil rights …
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Mar 25 2009
The Scottsboro Nine
Back in the day on March 25th, 1931, nine African- American youths were removed from a Southern Railroad train and taken to a jail in Scottsboro, Alabama. Soon to be known around the world as the “Scottsboro Nine,” six of the youths were accused by Victoria Price, a white woman, of gang raping …
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Mar 25 2009
“In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and our country.” — John F Kennedy …
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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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