Apr 05 2007
April 5, 2007
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home…” –- Eleanor Roosevelt …
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Archive for April, 2007
Apr 04 2007
Supreme Court’s Historic Decision Gives EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
GUEST: Tripp Van Noppen, Vice President of Litigation at Earth Justice
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Clean Air Act gives the federal Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. In a sharply divided vote of 5-4, the high court decided against the EPA’s assertion that it had no mandate to regulate …
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Apr 04 2007
The Prisoner
GUESTS: Michael Tucker, Petra Epperline, co-producers and co-directors of “The Prisoner: Or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
In September 2003, Iraqi photojournalist Yunis Khatayer Abbas, was arrested along with his three brothers, in his home in Baghdad. For the US soldiers who conducted the raid, it was all in a day’s work. For Yunis, it …
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Apr 04 2007
Security Guards March for their Rights
GUESTS: John Wilson, Security Officer, Reverend Lewis Logan, Stand for Security Coalition
Today, on the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, security guards and their supporters will rally in Los Angeles for their labor rights. Last November, a four year campaign by the Sevice Employees International Union, SEIU, and community leaders from …
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Apr 04 2007
Radical Day in History – 04/04/07
… about The Historical Significance of the ‘Dixie’ Song .
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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Apr 04 2007
April 4, 2007
“The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.†— Marya Mannes, More in Anger, 1958 …
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Apr 03 2007
Conversation with a Public School Teacher
GUEST: Leonard Isenberg, public school teacher
Despite already lagging test scores, newly released data showed that LA Unified High School students scored even lower in the past year, dropping 20 points below compared to the previous year. The new LAUSD superintendent David Brewer III said the high-school scores are attributed to a stubborn gap between white and minority students. The data …
Apr 03 2007
Radical Day in History – 04/03/07
… about The First Publication of TV Guide.
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Apr 03 2007
April 3, 2007
“Education: Man’s going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.” — Kenneth G. Johnson …
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Apr 02 2007
Prominent Latino Organizations Silent on Alberto Gonzales
GUEST: Roberto Lovato, a frequent contributor to The Nation, and New York-based writer with New America Media, former president of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has been in the center of a firestorm of controversy for his role in the firing of 8 US prosecutors. Members of …
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