Dec 10 2009
We’ll find out why nurses unions across the nation are joining together to form a super-union. And, a discussion about Iranians rising up as Amnesty International releases a new report on this summer’s post-election government violence. Plus, an audio summary of the first week of Copenhagen climate activism. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Dec 10 2009
Sarah Palin, the darling of America’s extreme right wing, published an op-ed on yesterday’s Washington Post citing the recent so-called Climate-gate controversy as a good enough reason for President Barack Obama to boycott the on-going climate talks in Copenhagen. Obama plans to head there next week even as he is likely to face anger from many developing nations over a …
Dec 10 2009
An independent investigation commissioned by ACORN and carried out by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger has found that the poor people’s advocacy group did nothing illegal in the undercover sting operation by two right wing activists earlier this year. Harshbarger characterized the behavior of the ACORN staff in the incriminating undercover videos of the incident as being “inappropriate and …
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Dec 10 2009
An historic settlement has been reached in a case of Native American land rights against the US government this week. After a thirteen year-long legal battle with the US departments of Interior and Treasury, a settlement of more than $3.4 billion has been reached, the biggest ever against the federal government, and bigger than all previous settlements and judgments …
Dec 10 2009
“Our land is everything to us… I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it – with their lives.” — John Wooden Legs, Cheyenne. …
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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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