Sep 08 2010
We’ll examine the fatal shooting of an indigenous Guatemalan day laborer in the Westlake-MacArthur Park area by LAPD officers. And, Dylan Loewe, author of Permanently Blue will join us to discuss the upcoming mid-term elections. Plus, BP releases its own investigation of the Deepwater oil rig explosion, only to spread the blame as thinly as possible. And this week’s People’s Marketplace. …
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Sep 08 2010
President Obama today will announce his administration’s new economic stimulus plan. It is expected to include hefty tax-credits and so-called investment incentives for businesses. Paul Krugman has criticized the business tax-cuts as being counter-productive as they will potentially cost the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Meanwhile, a new report shows that many corporations are not investing …
Sep 08 2010
The biggest private-sector union election in nearly 70 years is set to take place this month. More than 40,000 healthcare employees of Kaiser Permanente will vote to choose whether they want to be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) or the newly formed National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The election is happening as a result …
Sep 08 2010
In 1979 President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. The act was part of his revolutionary energy policy announced in 1977 to call on the American people to reject fossil fuels in favor of alternative energies in the wake of a major energy crisis. But less than ten years later, a new president, …
Sep 08 2010
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, who plans to have his congregation burn Qurans on September 11th as a protest against Al Qaeda, is now praying over …
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Sep 08 2010
“We have always wanted to give our children and grandchildren a world richer in possibilities than we’ve had. They are the ones we must provide for now. They are the ones who will suffer most if we don’t act.” — Jimmy Carter, 1977
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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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