Sep 08 2006
GUEST: Marjorie Cohn, Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and president-elect of the National Lawyers Guild
As we approach the fifth anniversary of 9/11, President Bush is making a series of public addresses on the so-called war on terror, capitalizing on the tragedy that was used to spur public support for war. …
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Sep 08 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford, Black Agenda Radio (formerly with The Black Commentator)
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator, formerly with the Black Commentator. He is now affiliated with ‘The Black Agenda Report.’ This week’s commentary is about the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials on September 30th.
The Law Bush Ignores: Crimes Against Peace are Punishable by Death
This month …
Sep 08 2006
GUESTS: Vicenta Montoya, National Immigration Coordinator for the Progressive Democrats of America and the member of the National Immigration Solidarity Network, Joe Hatcher, Iraq Veterans Against the War
A year ago Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq, set up camp in Crawford, Texas, near President Bush’s ranch to protest the …
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Sep 08 2006
“Being young and not being a revolutionary is a biological contradiction” — Salvador Allende …
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Sep 07 2006
The Pasadena Weekly just published a story on a book I’ve co-authored with my partner, Jim Ingalls on US policy in Afghanistan.
September 7, 2006
KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar and Caltech’s Jim Ingalls offer a new way to look at Afghanistan
By Joe Piasecki
Among progressive thinkers and anti-war activists, American foreign policy in Afghanistan is, at best, a gray area.
Feelings about the war in Iraq are comparatively simple: There were no weapons …
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Sep 07 2006
GUESTS: Osama Saeed, Spokesperson for the British Muslim Association, Rose Gentle, mother of Gordon Gentle who was killed at age 19 in Basra, Iraq
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, after nearly a decade in office, has announced that he plans to step down within the next 12 months. Blair is President Bush’s …
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Sep 07 2006
GUEST: Heather Rogers, journalist and film maker, author of “Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage”
“The United States is the number one producer of garbage: we consume 30% of the planet’s resources and produce 30% of all its wastes. But we are home to just 4% of the global population.” So cites Heather Rogers …
Sep 07 2006
GUEST: Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director of Diesel Technology Forum
On September 1st, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated the introduction of ultra low sulfur clean diesel in California. In mid-October, the mandate on clean diesel will make its nationwide debut. In this important environmental trend, California is once again leading the way. Nearly all …
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Sep 07 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 Alhambra
6:30 to 8:30pm
Main Street and Garfield Avenue
in front of Edwards Stadium 14 Theater
On Fridays in Belmont Shore
7 to 9 …
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Sep 07 2006
“Trash has the power to unmask the exploitation of nature that is crystallized in all the commodities. Garbage reveals the market’s relation to nature; it teases out the environement al politics hidden inside manufactured goods. Because of this, transforming the way our society conceives of and treats the everyday substance of garbage would have profound effects in other areas of ecological crisis, such as dying oceans, ozone depletion, global warming, and the proliferation of toxic …
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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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