Jan 31 2008
We’ll examine the controversy surrounding Bridgestone corporation, the half-time show sponsor of this year’s Superbowl; And, as Costa Rica’s Congress delays a vote on CAFTA, we’ll be joined in studio by a visiting activist from the Central American nation. Plus, a debate on Proposition 93, on term limits for California legislators. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Jan 31 2008
GUEST: Carl Freedlander, Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, Eric Heins, 4th grade teacher at Pittsburgh United School District in Contra Costa County, Board member of the California Teachers Association
Proposition 92 on Tuesday’s ballot could affect two and a half million students on over a 100 community college campuses statewide. If passed, the measure would mean …
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Jan 31 2008
GUESTS: Quanah Brightman, Vice President of United Native Americans Inc, John Gomez Snr, Vice Chairman of the American Indian Rights and Resources Organization
When Californians head to the polls this Tuesday for the state’s primary elections, they will also decide on four American Indian gaming propositions on the state ballot. Originally compacts signed by Governor …
Jan 31 2008
GUEST: V J Foster, Associate Artistic Director at The Actors Gang, plays the character of Reverend Cotton Slocum
Twenty years ago, a play called Carnage, a Comedy, poked fun at the religious right, back when it was barely entering the American consciousness as a formidable political movement. The play was written by Adam Simon, and …
Jan 31 2008
… about the Mae West play, The Drag
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Jan 31 2008
“Education [is] a debt due from present to future generations.” — George Peabody …
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Jan 30 2008
We’ll take a look at 5 of the 7 propositions on this year’s state ballot: Propositions 94-97 on the Indian gaming compacts, and a debate on Proposition 92, the Community College funding initiative. Plus, Carnage, a Comedy, by the Actors Gang, takes a playfully scathing look at the religious right. …
Jan 30 2008
GUEST: John Miller, National coordinator for the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network
Indonesia’s long time former dictator, Mohamed Suharto, is dead at the age of 86. He was given a state funeral with full military honors. Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for 32 years before being overthrown in an uprising sparked by …
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Jan 30 2008
GUEST: Alex Gibney, director of Taxi to the Darkside and ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Soon after the American defeat of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a young Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, was arrested by pro-US Afghan militias and imprisoned at Bagram airbase. In the 5 days before he died he …
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Jan 30 2008
GUESTS: Lara Morrison, KPFK volunteer and LA Eco-Village resident; Michelle Wong, Board member of the Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust, and member of the LA Eco-Village
Due to declining enrollment, the Los Angeles Unified School District has largely scaled back on expansion plans for new school sites. Despite this, residents and owners of properties …
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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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