Feb 07 2008
GUEST: Mimi Kennedy, National Chair and Board member of Progressive Democrats of America, actress and activist
A little reported story around Super Tuesday’s elections was the set of voting irregularities reported all across California, but particularly in Los Angeles. Most notably, voting machines failed to be delivered to polling sites across LA County until a …
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Feb 07 2008
GUEST: Margo Tamez, Co-founder of the Lipan Apache Women’s Community Defense, and Dr. Eloisa Tamez’s daughter
As part of the fallout from the Department of Homeland Security’s border wall with Mexico, communities are losing land that has belonged to them for generations. In fact, one woman, Dr. Eloisa Tamez, is suing Homeland Security. Dr. …
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Feb 07 2008
GUEST: Molly Gill, Director of Commutation Project of Families Against Mandatory Minimums
As President Bush approaches the end of his 8 year long tenure, thousands of prisoners who have petitioned for a presidential pardon are awaiting his decisions. Bush has distinguished himself by denying more pardon and clemency petitions than any post-World War II president. …
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Feb 07 2008
… about the expulsion of Chinese Americans from Seattle
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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Feb 07 2008
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” — Abraham Lincoln …
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Feb 06 2008
We’ll examine Super Tuesday’s voter irregularities in Los Angeles and why some groups are threatening to sue; and Mark Weisbrot joins us in studio to dissect Bush’s budget for next year. Plus, as the President heads near the end of his term and considers who to pardon, we’ll find out why thousands of deserving prisoners are waiting to be granted clemency. …
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Feb 06 2008
GUESTS: Norman Solomon, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, author of several books including “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death,” and his latest, “Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State;” Nancy Snow, Senior research fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, adjunct professor at the USC Annenberg …
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Feb 06 2008
… about the Seattle General Strike of 1919
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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Feb 06 2008
“An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod.” — Franklin Delanore Roosevelt …
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Feb 05 2008
GUESTS: Norman Solomon, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, author of several books including “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death,” and his latest, “Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State;” Teresa Montano, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies, Board Member of California Faculty Association, Gabriel Gutierrez, Chair …
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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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