Dec 03 2009
A Burmese activist joins us in a rare conversation about what ordinary people living under dictator-ship want; we’ll speak with Jeffrey Haas, author of The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, on the 40th anniversary of the murders. And, how Senate Democrats are strong arming Obama on the Copenhagen talks. Plus this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Dec 03 2009
Today is the Twenty-Fifth anniversary of the worst Industrial Catastrophe in the world which took place in Bhopal, India. On December 3rd, 1984, a toxic gas named methyl isocyanate (MIC) escaped from a pesticide-manufacturing plant operated by the US-based Union Carbide Corporation. Eight thousand of the over 20,000 people who were killed, died instantly while 100,000 more continue to suffer …
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Dec 03 2009
Last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is considered the most important shopping day of the year. Retailers often pin their hopes of strong annual profit margins on the 24 hour consumerist spree. But this year in the context of a deepening recession, weaker sales showed that fewer people showed up on Black Friday, and those that did were bargain hunting …
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Dec 03 2009
Having sold more than 2 million copies, Howard Zinn’s seminal book A People’s History of the United States, has spawned a small industry of history-teaching tools. Among them is the follow up book co-authored with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People’s History of the United States. That book formed the basis of staged readings several years ago by celebrities …
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Dec 03 2009
The Eureka Rebellion
Back in the day on December 3rd, 1854, the Eureka Rebellion took place in Australia. The altercation pitted hundreds of gold miners against government troops as the two clashed over a fortified stockade. Before the rebellion, a gold rush in the British colony of Victoria had set the stage for a class conflict. Miners, who were …
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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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