Aug 03 2006
“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.” — Sir Winston Churchill
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Aug 01 2006
GUEST: Najum Mushtaq, journalist based in Nairobi
Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers have entered Somalia in a move designed to protect the Somali government, based in the provincial town of Baidoa. The protection is needed against expansion by Islamic fundamentalists, who took over the capital, Mogadishu and other southern towns after ousting U.S.-backed warlords …
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Aug 01 2006
GUEST: Eric Mann, author of “Katrina’s Legacy: White Racism and Black Reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,” director of Labor-Community Strategy Center
A doctor and two nurses have been charged with murdering 34 hospital patients in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit last year. Prosecutors have investigated claims of negligence and …
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Aug 01 2006
GUEST: Dr. Amy Luers, UCS Climate Impacts Scientist and co-author of the Our Changing Climate report
Yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair reached an environmental accord aimed at fighting global warming. The agreement seeks to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, yet stops short of imposing mandatory cap-and-trade programs such …
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Aug 01 2006
“The ultimate concern is that if runaway global warming occurred, temperatures could spiral out of control and make our planet uninhabitable…. this is the first time that a species has been at risk of generating its own demise.… The dinosaurs dominated the earth for 160 million years. We are in danger of putting our future at risk after a mere quarter of a million years.†Michael Meacher, former British Minister for the Environment. …
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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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