Mar 04 2010
We’ll bring you a report back from the “Day of Unity for Public Education” as students and others across the nation went on strike. Plus, violence in the Philippines raises fears of martial law. Plus, an update on reproductive rights in Utah, Nebraska, and the Health care reform bill. …
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Mar 04 2010
A new report by a group of prominent economists this week warned that banks are still engaged in high-risk investing activity that is making another, potentially bigger financial crisis not only likely, but inevitable. The group includes Rob Johnson of the United Nations Commission of Experts on Finance, plus Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel to oversee …
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Mar 04 2010
A new study by the Southern Poverty Law Center has confirmed fears of a growing white American nationalist movement with violent tendancies. Rage on the Right, reveals that extremist, so-called patriot groups grew 244 percent since 2009. Additionally the number of armed militias in the US nearly tripled in number from 44 in 2008 to 127 in 2009. …
Mar 04 2010
On Monday the Brooklyn, New York district attorney stated that no criminal acts were committed by ACORN employees who were secretly filmed giving financial advice to a pair of right-wing activists posing as a pimp and prostitute. This manufactured controversy fueled right-wing criticism of community organizing in the past 2 years at the same time that the …
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Mar 04 2010
The Explosion of La Coubre
Back in the day on March 4th, 1960, the French steamboat, La Coubre exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. The 4,310-ton vessel had been carrying Belgian grenades and munitions. As it was being unloaded at the port, the first blast killed numerous dock workers sending people into panic. Half an hour later, …
Mar 04 2010
Thousands of people across the US are going on strike today to defend public education. Find out about local events near you at www.defendeducation.org. Tune into Uprising on Friday March 5th for a report-back from the Pershing Square rally in Downtown LA. …
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Mar 04 2010
“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is vertical, so it’s humiliating. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other and learns from the other.” – Eduardo Galeano …
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Mar 04 2010
we’ll cover a new economic report that warns of another looming financial crisis as banks continue to take excessive risks. And, a look at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s new report Rage on the Right, which details the disturbing rise of right-wing militia groups. Plus, Si Kahn, on his new book Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice. …
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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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