Jul 02 2008
GUEST: Pervez Hoodbhoy, peace activist, Professor of Physics at Qaid-e-Azam University
The war in Afghanistan has intensified, becoming a more dangerous place for troops to serve than even Iraq. More US and NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan than Iraq in the second month in a row – a clear indication that the Taliban and …
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Jul 02 2008
GUEST: Dean Preston, Executive Director of Tenants Together, Larry Gross, Executive Director of the Coalition for Economic Survival
Last month, voters in California soundly rejected Proposition 98 which would have eroded tenant rights under the guise of eminent domain. The proposed amendment that would have, among other things, phased out rent control only garnered 39% …
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Jul 02 2008
GUEST: Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch
Jobs in the bottled water industry are few, low-paying, and dangerous. This, according to an analysis of the industry released last week by the consumer advocacy group Food &Water Watch. According to the report, titled, “Unbottled Truth About Bottled Water Jobs,” in 2006, a …
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Jul 02 2008
… about Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Jul 02 2008
“Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it.” -– Mikhail Gorbachev, President of …
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Jul 01 2008
We’ll examine the bottled water industry, taking a look at the poor quality of jobs, and the impact on communities and the environment. Plus, the US war in Afghanistan turns even more deadly than Iraq, and, a look at the revival of the tenants rights movement in California in the wake of Propositions 98 and 99. …
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Jul 01 2008
GUEST: John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies
US food aid arrived in North Korea earlier this week in a move that signaled an about-turn in relations between the two countries. Just days earlier, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program – …
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Jul 01 2008
GUEST: Bill Babbitt, Board of Directors of Murder Victim Families for Human Rights, John Holdridge, Director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project
The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice released a report on the state’s capital punishment system yesterday calling it “dysfunctional.” The comprehensive 116 page analysis called for reforms aimed at …
Jul 01 2008
GUEST: Tezozomoc, spokesperson for the South Central Farmers
Two years ago immigrant farmers were forced to give up an oasis of community farming in Los Angeles. The large open space at 41st and Alameda had remained empty for years when low-income families from South and Central America turned it into a agricultural experiment that sustainability …
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Jul 01 2008
… about the formation of the Department of Justice
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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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