Oct 12 2007
October 12th, 2007
“The workers continue being the poor in-laws of democracy.” — Marcelino Camacho …
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Archive for October, 2007
Oct 11 2007
October 11th, 2007
“The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity than a friend is a creditor.” — Author Unknown …
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Oct 11 2007
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 3
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Living Beyond Our Means While Trying to Wage a Living
The Public Interest Research Groups, along with the American Council on Education, says that colleges and universities often ignore harassing and sometimes deceiving credit card marketing on campus. The consumer group adds that schools sometimes provide financial institutions students personal …
Oct 10 2007
October, 10th, 2007
“In war, truth is the first causality.” — Aeschylus …
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Oct 10 2007
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 2
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The Truth Behind the War
Separate bomb attacks in Iraq claimed the lives of at least 58 people, and left 89 wounded yesterday. Officials say one set of twin suicide bombings in Baiji targeted local police chiefs and public employees. Two women were killed yesterday in a separate incident in …
Oct 09 2007
October 9th, 2007
“We lost – we couldn’t make the revolution…. But we had, we have and we will have reason to attempt it… And we’ll gain young people that will know that not everything can be bought, nor sold – and will want to change the world.” — Envar El Kadri
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Oct 09 2007
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 1
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Che: Rise and Fall
Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the execution of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Argentine-born revolutionary was leading a guerrilla campaign in Bolivia forty years ago as part of his tri-continental strategy against the forces of imperialism. His career as a revolutionary came …
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Oct 08 2007
October 8th, 2007
“We either teach our children it’s okay to write and talk about the things they think to be the truth or else we teach them that it’s more acceptable to silence their beliefs, or even not to have beliefs but to settle for officials truths that someone else has carefully prepared for them.” — Jonathan Kozol in “Letters to a Young Teacher”
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Oct 08 2007
Behind the Raids: A State in Crisis
GUEST: Roberto Lovato, Writer with New American Media, The Nation, and the former head of CARECEN in Los Angeles.
The Senate approved an additional $3-billion for so-called border security last week, most of which will be used to build some 700 miles of fencing in an attempt to keep migrants from crossing. Lawmakers voted …
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Oct 08 2007
From Safer Cities to Safer People: Gentrification and Skid Row
GUESTS: Becky Dennison and Pete White, Co-Directors of the LA Community Action Network
Downtown LA’s Skid Row, some 50 blocks that have been a center for kitchens, shelters and other services has seen some massive demographics changes in the past year. Skid Row and its residents had been largely ignored for decades until developers saw a market …
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