Apr 25 2008
GUESTS: Joshua Bush, Interim Director of South Central Youth Empowered Thru Action (part of the Community Coalition, Diana Escobar and Joseph Walker from Manual Arts High School
Yesterday, students from the group, “South Central Youth Empowered Thru Action” presented to the head of LA’s School board the results of a peer based survey of …
Apr 25 2008
GUEST: Thea Lee, Policy Director at AFL-CIO
In an unprecedented move, six Guatemalan labor unions alongside the AFL-CIO filed a complaint this week citing violations of workers’ rights under the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The Guatemalan government is being accused of failing to uphold agreed-upon labor provisions. Since the …
Apr 25 2008
GUEST: Bruce Dixon is a writer and radio commentator and the Managing Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about gun control and the second amendment. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Apr 25 2008
… about Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea
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Apr 25 2008
“My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: “We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.” — Mother Jones …
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Apr 24 2008
* We’ll examine the recent Maoist victory in Nepal that has left everyone, including the Maoists, stunned.
* And, we’ll hear from south Los Angeles high school students about what they consider to be their top concerns.
* Plus, Guatemalan labor unions join the AFL-CIO in filing the first labor complaint involving CAFTA, the Central America Free Trade Agreement. …
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Apr 24 2008
GUEST: Manuel Pérez Rocha is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he leads an initiative on the Security and Prosperity Partnership
This week political and business leaders from the three North American countries have gathered in New Orleans for a meeting called the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) to discuss ways …
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Apr 24 2008
GUESTS: Doug Dutton, owner of Dutton’s Books in Brentwood, Rueben Martinez, Literacy Advocate, owner of Libreria Martinez,
As the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is set to take place this weekend, two Southern California independent bookstores face closure. Dutton’s Books in Brentwood is set to close its doors on April 30th after …
Apr 24 2008
GUESTS: Arthur Zitrin, Emeritus professor of psychiatry at the NY University School of Medicine, Celeste Fitzgerald, program director of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Last week, the US Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to death by lethal injection in the state of Kentucky. The Baze vs. Rees decision will end the death penalty …
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Apr 24 2008
… about Mumia Abu Jamal
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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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