Dec 15 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is on Racial Profiling. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Dec 15 2006
GUESTS: Sumaiya Islam, South Asian Network, Liz Sunwoo with MIWON
This Monday is International Migrants Day. On December 4th 2000, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 18th International Migrants Day. It was on that same day in 1990 that the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant …
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Dec 15 2006
GUEST: Marta Moreno, Executive Director of El Comite de Longmont in Colorado, serving Denver County, Carolyn Slauson, Program Director of El Comite
On Tuesday, federal officials raided six meatpacking facilities across the country arresting 1,282 workers on suspicion of being undocumented and possessing stolen identities of U.S. citizens. The raid was carried out by …
Dec 15 2006
“Environmental racism is racial discrimination in environmental policymaking. It is racial discrimination in the enforcement of regulations and laws. It is racial disccrimination in the deliberate targeting of communities of color for toxic waste disposal and the siting of polluting industries. It is racial discrimination in the official sanctioning of the life-threatening presence of poisons and pollutants in communities of color. And, it is racial discrimination in the history of excluding people of color from …
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Dec 14 2006
… on the Bombing of Vietnam
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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Dec 14 2006
With the ex-dictator of Chile, Augusto Pinochet, dying at the age of 91 on Sunday without ever spending a single day in jail for his crimes, the task of judgement falls upon history. In the wake of Pinochet’s death, how he will be evaluated by history remains to be seen. With the exception of fanatical admirers, few will defend the ex-dictator’s repressive measures that included concentration camps, torture and disappearances. However, …
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Dec 14 2006
GUESTS: Jasmine Ortiz, Parking Lot Attendant at the Hilton LAX, Vivian Rothstein, Deputy Director of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
On Tuesday this week workers from LAX hotels ended their week-long hunger strike in support of a living wage. Sixteen hotel workers in all participated in the water-only 7 day …
Dec 14 2006
GUEST: Phyllis Bennis, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, the author of numerous books on the Middle East and US foreign policy including “Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power”
UN General Secretary, Kofi Annan, delivered his farewell address as Secretary General of the United Nations earlier this week. …
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Dec 14 2006
GUEST: Tom Barry, policy director of the International Relations Center, and a contributor to Right Web
Former President George H. W. Bush recently said that China is playing a constructive role in the world, and that the United States and China should join hands to form a sound global community. He was addressing …
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Dec 14 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 Echo Park
5pm to 7pm
On the corner of Echo Park and Sunset Boulevard.
the information line is
(213) 250-5500 during the day
(323) 660-4799 during …
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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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