Dec 13 2007
GUEST: Robert Long, former senior warden at All Saints Parish, Pasadena
On Monday, All Saints Church in Pasadena confirmed that an investigation of the parish by the Internal Revenue Service had indeed been closed. More than two years ago, the IRS informed All Saints, one of the most politically progressive churches in Southern California, that …
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Dec 13 2007
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Dec 13 2007
“Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Dec 12 2007
GUEST: Bruce St John, author, independent scholar, and Peru Specialist
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday in the first conviction in a series of trials. He was found guilty of an abuse of authority when he ordered an illegal search of an apartment rented by the wife of …
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Dec 12 2007
GUEST: Mike Russo, Consumer Advocate with CALPIRG
Earlier this year for most Americans, buying inexpensive toys for their children was an easy endeavor. Now, as the holiday season is in full swing, consumers trying to avoid Chinese-made toys associated with poisonous lead paint, they’re finding it’s not so easy. Eighty percent of toys sold …
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Dec 12 2007
GUEST: Michael Steinberg, Radiation Oncologist at Daniel Freeman Hospital
After the high-profile closure of King-Harbor Hospital (formerly known as King-Drew) yet another hospital in South Los Angeles is being shut down. This time it’s Daniel Freeman hospital, part of the Centinela Freeman Health System. Freeman, which would be the third hospital to close in …
Dec 12 2007
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today commentary is on Venezuela’s Economy.
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
Dec 12 2007
“If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.” — William Greider …
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Dec 11 2007
GUEST: Bruce Dixon, Managing Editor of the Black Agenda Report
Ahead of the primary elections, Senator Barack Obama and international television celebrity Oprah Winfrey toured three key states this past weekend. The two spoke before crowds of tens of thousands of Obama supporters in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. In an unprecedented political …
Dec 11 2007
GUEST: Annie Smith, Executive Director of Families United for Prison Reform
California voters could face two ballot prison reform measures next Fall. The Sentencing and Parole Reform initiative includes provisions that would repeal the “Three Strikes” law. And the Prisoner Rights initiative would, among other things, amend California’s penal code to expand prisoners’ …
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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