Oct 02 2007
October 2nd, 2007
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Archive for October, 2007
Oct 02 2007
Correa Claims Victory in Assembly Elections
GUEST: Mateo Martinez, Political Advisor for the Ecuadoran Government
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa celebrated the overwhelming majority gained by his ruling coalition in Sunday’s constituent assembly elections. As unofficial results continue to come in, President Correa predicted that his ruling Alianza Pais party would take 80 of the 130 available seats. The constituent assembly will convene on …
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Oct 02 2007
Projections for the Supreme Court’s New Term
GUEST: Majorie Cohn, Professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, author of Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law
The Supreme Court began its new term yesterday amid high profile cases surrounding the death penalty and Guantanamo. The high court has already rejected some 2,000 appeals, including one by Guantanamo prisoner Salim …
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Oct 02 2007
Save Little Tokyo
GUESTS: Thomas Yee, with J-Town Voice, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, who Works with the Tuesday night Project, and is a member of the Little Tokyo Rec Center Board
With only three Japantowns left in California, local residents of Downtown L.A.’s Little Tokyo face the threat of gentrification. American Commercial Equities bought Japanese Village Plaza in July, and 3D Investments …
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Oct 02 2007
Updates on Recent Uprising Stories
In an update to a story we’ve been following for close to two years: the case against Coyotl Tezcatlipoca was dismissed yesterday by the presiding judge. Coyotl was silenced by the local mayor, arrested and beaten by cops after respectfully speaking out a Costa Mesa City Council meeting in January of 2006. After the ACLU filed a lawsuit on his behalf, the Costa Mesa City “Prosecutor” charged Coyotl. Coyotl’s case was dismissed because it turns …
Oct 02 2007
Radical Day in History – 10/02/07
… about Ward Churchill.
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Oct 01 2007
October 1st, 2007
“The first resistance to social change is to say it’s not necessary.” — Gloria Steinem
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Oct 01 2007
Recouping Dignity: Argentina’s Worker-Owned Enterprises
GUEST: Marie Trigona, member of Grupo Alavio, a Direct Action and Video Collective – and a correspondent for Free Speech Radio news, based in Buenos Aires
Workers throughout Argentina are organizing in support of a national expropriation law – even as some of the country’s best-known worker-run enterprises face legal limbo and eviction. The high rise BAUEN …
Oct 01 2007
Deadliest Attack on AU Peacekeepers in Darfur
GUEST: Elizabeth Ross, Africa Program Director at Relief International
African Union teams continue to search today for the more than twenty peacekeeping troops missing following an attack on their camp in Darfur. Hundreds of armed men in 30 vehicles assaulted, looted and destroyed the Haskanita base in Sudan last Saturday night. Twelve African Union peacekeeping troops are …
Oct 01 2007
Challenge to Flawed “No Match” Rule
GUEST: Marielena Hincapie, with the National Immigration Law Center
A U.S. District Court will hold a hearing today on the future of U.S. citizens and other permitted workers who may stand to lose their jobs as a result of the Social Security Administration’s so-called “no match” letters. Earlier this year, the Administration sent letters to employers whose …
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