Apr 06 2009
As the Supreme Court rejects a new trial for political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal, we’ll find out what happened, and what’s next. And, we’ll go to Pakistan to speak with human rights activists working against the Talibanization of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Plus, President Obama calls for nuclear disarmament over the weekend – we’ll look into the details of his plan. …
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Apr 06 2009
Today the Obama Administration is holding its fifth regional health care summit in Los Angeles. Hosted by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Governor Gregoire of Washington, the forum will bring together elected officials and health care personnel to discuss what must be done to change the national health care system. President Obama recently told …
Apr 06 2009
The Labor Department released unemployment figures on Friday that showed that the nation’s economy shed yet another 663,000 jobs in March. Since December 2007, the current recession has claimed 5.1 million jobs in the United States bringing the economy to its highest unemployment rate since 1983. Although the majority of job losses are from construction, manufacturing, professional …
Apr 06 2009
The Pentagon announced in March that sexual assaults reported by US military personnel against fellow troops rose in Iraq and Afghanistan by nearly 25% last year. It also estimated that only between 10 and 20 percent of people who were sexually assaulted actually report the crime. According to the BBC, Dr. Kaye Whitley, director of the …
Apr 06 2009
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” — Audre Lorde …
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Apr 06 2009
The Murder of Little Bobby Hutton
Back in the day on April 6th 1968, Black Panther Party member Little Bobby Hutton was murdered by the Oakland Police. Coming just two days after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was slain, Hutton, who was the first person to join the Panthers at the age of 16 …
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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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