Oct 25 2007
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The Money We Owe, And The Bill That’s Coming Due
As the mortgage crisis continues, estimates place the dollar amount of reset mortgages loans to be at 300 billion dollars. It is further estimated that a quarter of all sub-prime loans will be defualted on. Some analysts say that the quickest …
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Oct 24 2007
“Over here, it’s a drug trade: we die from drugs/Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs/The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms-es/I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless…/Till I seen a picture of a shorty armless…” — Kanye West
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Oct 24 2007
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From Old School to Hip Hop: Women, Diamonds, Blood, and Hip Hop
As Sierra Leone’s leader, Ernest Koroma – who began serving as president just one month ago begins governing, analysts are keeping an eye on how Koroma will tackle corruption, which is often cited as the reason the country’s massive …
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Oct 23 2007
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” — William Shakespeare
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Oct 23 2007
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Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Fighting Back
In a new DVD, Democracy University captures four moving talks from education activist Jonathan Kozol, historian Randall Robinson, investigative journalist Robert Dryfuss, and author David Barsamian. Barsamian’s recent at UCLA talk focused on his new book, “Targeting Iran”, part of City Light’s Books “Open …
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Oct 22 2007
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L.A. Resistance: From Garment Workers to South Central Farmers
A new documentary follows the political development of three sweatshop workers that labor in LA’s Fashion District. “Made in LA”, directed by filmmaker Alumdena Carracedo and producer Robert Bahar, chronicles the lives of Lupe Hernandez, Maura Colorado, Maria Pineda and other organizers …
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Oct 22 2007
“Action springs not from thought, but from readiness for responsibility.” — Bonhoeffer, Dietrich …
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Oct 19 2007
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Oct 19 2007
“A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
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Oct 19 2007
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Healthcare Horrors to Doctor’s Confessions
The Democratically-controlled Congress failed yesterday to overturn President Bush’s veto of a bill that would expand SCHIP insurance to four million children. Supporters of the health bill fell 13 votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override the president’s veto. The SCHIP bill …
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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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