Sep 09 2010
We’ll analyze President Obama’s latest set of fiscal policies with economist Max Fraad Wolff. And, we’ll learn of a new campaign called Learn, Don’t Burn, to distribute 200,000 Korans to replace the 200 that may be burned this weekend. And, Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute on the World Bank’s new report on global land grabs. Plus the Black Agenda Report. …
Sep 09 2010
The day after Labor day in an election year marks the official beginning of campaigning. President Obama is touring the country with what amounts to a stump speech for Democrats. Yesterday he spoke to a crowd in Cleveland and placed the blame for a stagnant economy on the shoulders of Republicans. He positioned Democrats as champions of the middle …
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Sep 09 2010
An indigenous Guatemalan man named Manual Jamines was shot in the head and killed by Los Angeles Police officers in the Westlake area of Los Angeles over the Labor Day weekend. The Sunday evening shooting prompted hundreds of people protesting against the LAPD for three consecutive nights during which several arrests were made and at least three police officers …
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Sep 09 2010
BP yesterday released a report on the causes of the April 20th explosion on its Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The report is based on an internal investigation, and the company was immediately criticized for spreading the blame instead of taking responsibility for the events that led to 11 deaths and the most catastrophic oil spill in the history of the …
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Sep 09 2010
While pundits and economists worry about Wall Street’s well-being, Americans worry about losing their jobs, paying their bills and the health of the planet. The capitalist marketplace promotes the exploitation of people and natural resources as cheap fixes. But you don’t have to abandon your values to save a buck. Welcome to the People’s Marketplace.
Do you rent the place …
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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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