May 04 2006
GUESTS: Daphne Wysham, Director of Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, Brendan Bell, Energy expert with Sierra Club
Worried about election year vulnerabilities, the Republican Party has offered Americans $100 rebates to make up for high gas prices. Senator Bill Frist, realizing that the idea wasn’t too sound, admitted, “The issue … doesn’t seem to …
Comments Off on Oil Prices and the Republican Party
May 04 2006
GUESTS: Alberto Valdivia, Dean of Central High School, Anjela Talamantes, school teacher in North Hollywood, Tri-C, Leonard Isenberg, school teacher at Oasis Fellowship
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network just released its 2005 National School Climate Survey. It’s the only national survey to document the experiences of students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and …
May 04 2006
Neighborhood activists all over Southern California hold regular peace vigils to end the war in Iraq. Each week we announce just some of the 50 plus vigils that are taking place. Complete listings of all the vigils are available at www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org or www.peacevigils.com.
On Fridays in Glendale
5–7 p.m.
On the corner of Brand Boulevard & Broadway
the information line is (818) 662-0412
On Fridays in Pasadena
At …
Comments Off on Neighborhood Peace Vigils
May 03 2006
“It’s patently obvious that patriotism isn’t practiced by those who inculcate it into others. It’s a sentiment that’s infused in us so that we’ll put ourselves at the disposition of our exploiters. When we take the gun in hand to defend the nation, that which we’re defending is the property of our bosses. Let us open our eyes.†– Ricardo Flores Magon, from a 1917 essay on Patriotism. …
Comments Off on May 3, 2006
May 03 2006
GUEST: Professor Ronald Takaki, Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, author of “A Different Mirror : A History of Multicultural America,” and “Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans”
There was a time when, if you wanted to find the anti-immigrant demonstrations gathered on a street corner, you looked for the cluster of American flags. …
May 02 2006
I attended both rallies at yesterday’s May Day events in Los Angeles. I produced the first hour of KPFK’s live coverage (hosted by the brilliant Aura Bogado) during which we heard from Minister Tony Muhammed, State Senators Gloria Romero and Liz Figueroa, and former INS prosecutor Elsa Martinez.
We were set up at the KPFK booth right next to the main stage in Downtown, on the corner of Spring …
May 02 2006
Yesterday, millions of people across the US and Los Angeles came out in a May Day boycott and protest to demand rights for immigrants. Los Angeles is considered the epi-center of a burgeoning national movement for immigrant rights. In downtown Los Angeles hundreds of thousands defied calls to not miss work and showed …
May 02 2006
GUEST: Emily Clayton, Healthcare Advocate at Calpirg
The California State Senate will be considering a piece of legislation crucial to patient protections. It’s the “Pharmaceutical Drug Right-to-Know Act,” sponsored by Calpirg. The Senate Health committee already passed the act in April. SB 1683, would require drug companies to release the results of all their health studies for every drug sold in …
May 02 2006
GUEST: Devyani Saltzman, photojournalist and freelance writer, author of “Shooting Water,” and Deepa Mehta’s daughter
Award winning Canadian Indian film maker Deepa Mehta has finally released her much-awaited film Water. It’s the third part of her so-called “Elements Trilogy,” with the first film being Fire in 1996, followed by Earth in 1998. All three films are …
Comments Off on Deepa Mehta’s Water Released in US
May 02 2006
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on rising oil prices.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
…
Comments Off on Empire Notes on Rising Oil Prices
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 ……
... more Announcements, Speaker Series
|
