Jul 06 2007
… about King Kalakaua and the Bayonet Constitution .
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Jul 06 2007
“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.” — John Berger …
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Jul 05 2007
GUEST: Elias Bermudez, CEO and Founder of Inmigrantes Sin Fronteras and radio show host of “”La voz del Emigrante”
Arizona’s governor, Janet Napolitano signed a bill earlier this week prohibiting companies from hiring undocumented workers and requiring them to verify their workers’ employment eligibility. Napolitano, a Democrat, signed the bill after a three year …
Jul 05 2007
GUEST: Ricardo Icaza, President of UFCW Local 770
About 65,000 Grocery workers in Southern California recently voted to authorize a strike in the event that contract negotiations between their union and three major supermarket chains break down. Representatives from Albertsons, Ralphs, and Vons have been meeting with leaders of the United Food and Commercial …
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Jul 05 2007
GUEST: Paul Maloney, Editor of Radio and Internet Newsletter
On Tuesday June 26th, over 14,000 internet radio webcasters participated in a National Day of Silence to draw attention to pending royalty rate hikes. Webstreams were silenced throughout the day including major webcasters such as Yahoo, Pandora, and Rhapsody. The action was intended to …
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Jul 05 2007
… about the Bloody Thursday Riots .
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Jul 05 2007
“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.” — Allen Ginsberg …
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Jul 04 2007
GUEST: Byron De Lear, former Congressional Candidate with the Green Party
Antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan’s hiatus from the peace movement has been quite brief. In an article on Commondreams.org yesterday she announced her intention to begin a walk from Atlanta, Georgia on July 13th ending up in Washington DC on July 23rd to …
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Jul 04 2007
GUEST: Howard Zinn, author of many books including “A People’s History of the United States”
When Howard Zinn first published, “A People’s History of the United States,” twenty-five years ago, it was groundbreaking in serving as an antidote to traditional American history narratives. Teachers and parents who have sought to bring Zinn’s social perspectives to …
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Jul 04 2007
GUEST: Quetzal Flores
For the past decade local Los Angeles political music bands have played every 4th of July at an event called The Farce of July. This year, The Farce of July celebrates its tenth anniversary at Self Help Graphics, 3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles from 12 noon through 10 pm. …
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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