Apr 15 2009
A new study details how Mexican gun traffickers are buying military style weapons in the United States. And, in a follow up to our story about how wealthy Americans have hidden their money offshore, we’ll examine how corporations are hiding $100 billion in tax havens abroad. Plus, an intimate conversation with renowned political activist and KPFK programmer Blase Bonpane, who turns 80 this month. …
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Apr 15 2009
Janitors protested outside of Albertsons grocery stores in four major Southern California cities yesterday against the use of hazardous chemical cleaning supplies. Taking place in downtown Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Diego and Santa Barbara, workers demonstrating with Justice for Janitors questioned the safety of cleaning chemicals provided to them by the company in order to carry out …
Apr 15 2009
Award-winning Chicana playwright, poet and artist Josefina López presents her much awaited first novel “Hungry Woman in Paris” and a brand new play “When Nature Calls.” Best known as the co-author of the acclaimed “Real Women Have Curves,” López, in her literary debut, tells the story of Canela Guerrero, a journalist who leaves the United …
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Apr 15 2009
The standoff between Western ships and Somali “pirates” continues with this week with four more vessels and more than 60 crew members having been taken hostage, and an unsuccessful attempt to take over an American cargo ship, the Liberty Sun, this morning. The actions come in response to the shooting deaths of three Somalis by the US Navy …
Apr 15 2009
Jackie Robinson’s Debut
Back in the day on April 15th, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Suiting up in Dodger Blue, “Number 42” took to the field of “America’s Pastime,” years before the nation’s military or schools were desegregated. After scoring the winning run …
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Apr 15 2009
“Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.” — Elbert Hubbard …
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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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