Sep 27 2007
… about The First Santa Clause School.
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Sep 26 2007
“The rich gamble everything for their own defense/ And confuse democracy with insolence” — Victor Jara …
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Sep 26 2007
GUEST:Edith Mirante, Director of Project MAJE, and author of “Down the Rathole”
The Burmese ruling military junta cracked down violently on anti-government protests today as deaths, injuries and hundreds of arrests have been reported. Troops fired shots in the air, clubbed protesters, and made arrests to disperse crowds gathering in the former capital city of Rangoon. …
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Sep 26 2007
GUEST:Moctesuma Esparza, Filmmaker
Award-winning filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza fulfilled a dream this year with the opening of The Los Angeles Academy of Arts & Enterprise, a new charter school in downtown LA, near Lafayette Park. The school provides a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that emphasizes arts and business. In addition to the core subjects, all students …
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Sep 26 2007
GUEST:Pilar Diaz, Lead Singer of Los Abandoned
Following the September 11th military coup in Chile thirty-four years ago, thousands of political leftists were detained, tortured and disappeared. Among the many who suffered such a fate was acclaimed singer-poet Victor Jara. By dedicating his songs to the campaigns of the disposed socialist president, Salvador Allende, Jara became …
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Sep 26 2007
… about The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
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Sep 25 2007
“As long as you continue to have countries dangling a cigarette from their mouth, you cannot tell everybody not to smoke with a high degree of credibility.” — Mohamed ElBaradei, General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Sep 25 2007
GUEST: Stephen Zunes, Middle East Editor for Foreign Policy in Focus
Amid protests yesterday afternoon, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the campus of Colombia University. Being introduced by university president Lee Bollinger as a leader who has behaved liked a “petty and cruel dictator,” Ahmadinejad spoke to various issues. In his address he defended his nation’s …
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Sep 25 2007
GUEST: Silvia Bardon, President of the California Federation of Interpreters, which is affiliated with the Communication Workers of America.
Southern California court interpreters have been on strike for more than two weeks. Ninety-four percent of the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Superior Court interpreters chose to strike – withholding their labor in what …
Sep 25 2007
GUEST:Dele Aileman, a representative from the Journey for Justice, the coalition planning the trip to Jena, Louisiana
Thousands of protesters gathered in Jena, Louisiana last week demanding justice for the “Jena Six.” The tiny town has become a symbol for the racism that is inherent in the criminal justice system. In the latest turn of events …
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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