May 13 2008
* A Cal State Fullerton Professor is fired over refusing to sign a state mandated “loyalty oath” – we’ll speak with her about why this McCarthy era law is still on the books and still violating people’s rights.
* For the first time the UN passes a convention on the rights of persons with Disabilities.
* The US Supreme Court allows South Africa’s victims of apartheid to sue US corporations for billions of dollars in …
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May 13 2008
GUEST: Charles Upphaus, Senior Foreign Assistance Policy Analyst with the Bread for the World Institute
As the world food crisis continues with food inflation reaching record highs and food riots in countries around the world, the US Congress is set to pass a five year farm bill. In this climate agribusiness is faring quite …
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May 13 2008
GUEST: Walter Williams, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for American Politics Public Policy, Professor Emeritus at the Daniel J Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, co-author of “The Politics of Bad Ideas”
Republican Senator and presumptive Presidential candidate, John McCain has centered his platform for the US economy …
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May 13 2008
The US Army recently made a final decision to station its 2/25th Stryker Brigade on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu permanently, saying that it’s for the sake of maximizing national security. …
May 13 2008
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May 13 2008
“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people” –- Woodrow Wilson …
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May 12 2008
* We’ll discuss the Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America, with co-author Walter Williams.
* Bread for the World Institute critiques the 2008 Farm Bill set to pass by Congress and vetoed by Bush.
* Members of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement say “Hawaii Needs You.” …
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May 12 2008
GUEST: James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change
Following last Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, the Obama campaign for the presidency gained superdelegate votes and an influential union endorsement. All but eviscerating Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead, Obama inched within three votes, according to the Superdelegate Transparency Project, of tying Mrs. Clinton’s once significant lead, …
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May 12 2008
GUEST: Carmen Balber, Consumer Advocate with Consumer Watchdog
In 1988 California voters passed a proposition to regulate the auto insurance industry to keep premiums reasonable and fair. The group Consumer Watchdog, formerly known as the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer rights, estimates that Proposition 103, which is enforced by the state’s Department of Insurance, …
May 12 2008
GUEST: Amanda Martinez, Pete Micek, New American Media
Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents caused panic in the communities of Oakland and Berkeley last week by stationing vans near various schools while conducting raids. As ICE conducted surveillance in multiple East Bay School Districts, parents and family members alerted their children in school about the …
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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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