Jul 04 2007
… about Jack Johnson v. James Jeffries .
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Jul 04 2007
“Everyone can make a difference and it does not have to do with real arms, but in all of your strengths. If you are a writer, write! An organizer, organize! An artist, express! These can all be weapons of change.” — excerpt of a 1996 statement by the EZLN at an Encuentro in Chiapas. …
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Jul 03 2007
GUESTS: Antonia Rivera with the OC Dream Team, Debbie, Orange County based activist, Guillermo Suarez, activist lawyer with Frente Contra las Redades
Two weeks ago, a hundred and seventy-five immigrants in thirteen Orange County cities were arrested during a five day sweep conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement …
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Jul 03 2007
GUESTS: Anurima Bhargava, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Jody Leung, a student at James Logan High School and a winner of an national essay contest, called “Does Diversity Matter” by National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
In the final week of its 2007 term, the Supreme …
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Jul 03 2007
GUEST: Jerry Flanagan, Health Care Policy Director at the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
SiCKO, Michael Moore’s documentary about the state of health care in the US opened last weekend to full houses across the country. It was the second biggest grossing debut for a documentary in US film history, after Moore’s own Fahrenheit …
Jul 03 2007
… about Iran Air Flight 655 .
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Jul 03 2007
“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.” – Swiss writer, Henri Frederic Amiel …
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Jul 02 2007
Guests: Tammy Bang Luu, organizer with the Labor Community Planner Center which sits on the National Planning Committee for the US Social Forum, Alice Lovelace, well-known Atlanta based poet and National Lead Organizer of the USSF
As the US Social Forum wrapped up yesterday, the 10,000 or so activists gathered at the …
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Jul 02 2007
Guest: Dr. Mona El Farra, a physician who works and lives in Gaza, and writes for the blog, From Gaza with Love.
Last week the Israeli Army entered the Gaza strip and killed 13 Palestinians, including a 12 year old boy. It was the bloodiest fighting that Gaza has seen since …
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Jul 02 2007
GUEST: Ray McGovern, retired CIA officer, who served under seven US Presidents over 27 years and presented the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many years.
The CIA recently gave up its stranglehold over secret documents it called “The Family Jewels.” Hundreds of pages of documents were declassified revealing long-secret records that detail …
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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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