May 10 2007
GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, Chair of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, Mimi Kennedy, actor and activist, advisory board chair of Progressive Democrats of America
As Americans will be buying Mother’s Day gifts and taking their mothers out to restaurants this weekend, the anti-war origins of Mothers Day will remain unbeknownst to many. …
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May 10 2007
… about the Golden Spike and the Transcontinental Rail .
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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May 10 2007
“Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”
— Julia Ward Howe, excerpt from 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation …
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May 09 2007
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar and her co-author James Ingalls will be discussing their book, Bleeding Afghanistan, and the latest situation in Afghanistan in the Southern California area this May:
EAGLE ROCK
WHAT: Revolutionary Mic Nite: RAWA/AWM Benefit Event
WHEN: 7-11 pm, Friday May 18, 2007
WHERE: IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041
FOR MORE INFO, visit www.imixbooks.com
SANTA ANA, ORANGE COUNTY
WHAT: Bleeding Afghanistan book Discussion and Slide Show
WHEN: 6 pm, Saturday May 19, 2007
WHERE: El Centro …
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May 09 2007
GUEST: Paul Waldman, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, author of “Being Right is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservatives’ Success”
Earlier this week, Media Matters for America released a report that found cable news networks to be severely lacking in racial and gender diversity. The report, “Locked Out: The Lack …
May 09 2007
GUEST: Vladmir Flores, FSRN Correspondent, works with Mal de Ojo TV, an independent media collective
A little over a year after the brutal police attack on the Mexican town of San Salvador Atenco, three activist leaders have been sentenced to 67 years in prison. The three men Ignacio Del Valle, Felipe Alvarez, and Hector …
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May 09 2007
GUEST: Morgan Spurlock, independent documentary film maker, best known for his documentary Super Size Me, Mike Akel, Director, Co-Writer and Producer of Chalk
In 2004, independent documentary film maker Morgan Spurlock released a ground breaking film about the fast food industry and obesity in America. Super Size Me was the result of Spurlock’s interviews …
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May 09 2007
… about the Crime of Sodomy in London .
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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May 09 2007
“Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone’s knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.” — John Dewey …
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May 08 2007
GUEST: Elaine Bernard, Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard University
Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy defeated his socialist rival Segolene Royal in last Sunday’s presidential election runoff in France. The turnout marked the third consecutive presidential election defeat for the French left with Sarkozy winning 53 percent of the vote to …
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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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