Aug 26 2008
– Santa Barbara’s Supervisors vote in favor of off-shore drilling
– New book: “Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters.”
– Russia recognizes two breakaway Georgian provinces – a new Cold War?
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Aug 26 2008
As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches at the end of this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out large scale raids just yesterday along the Gulf Coast Region of Mississippi. Conducted less than a week after the agency ended its ‘self-deportation’ pilot program, a spokeswoman from ICE said that 350 employees from …
Aug 26 2008
Two boats carrying international activists from Cyprus to Gaza landed at their destination on Monday, effectively breaking the year-long Israeli blockade. The Free Gaza movement which organized the effort, hopes to draw enough international attention to the plight of Gazans by their action. Israel initially suggested that it may block the passage of the …
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Aug 26 2008
Even though Barack Obama has dramatically lost his lead to rival John McCain in the polls, his party is pre-occupied with appeasing the Clintons at the convention this week in Denver. Hillary Clinton’s name is listed in the roll-call for delegates to cast their votes for the nomination. She is to address the DNC …
Aug 26 2008
Listen to today’s Subversive Historian
The 19th Amendment by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Eighty-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution was finally passed giving women the right to vote. On August 26th, 1920, the thirty-nine words of the amendment that enfranchised women across the nation had its thirty-six state ratification certified. In the end, …
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Aug 26 2008
“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.” –- Eugene Debs …
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Aug 25 2008
We’ll hear from a member of the Free Gaza movement after breaking the Israeli blockade – what it means and what’s next. And, we’ll get a live report from Denver by KPFK reporter Aura Bogado about how the activities are unfolding at the DNC, inside, and outside the convention halls. Plus, pro-immigrants fears about an impending ICE raid in Mississippi have been realized – we’ll speak with a representative of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance. …
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Aug 25 2008
Barack Obama announced this weekend that Joe Biden was his choice of running mate. Some media are claiming that Obama’s choice of the 66 year-old means that “McCain has successfully turned [the presidential race] into an age-matters contest.” As the the Democratic National Convention opens today in Denver, Colorado, thousands of delegates, activists, press, and others …
Aug 25 2008
In Orange County this past weekend, former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney continued her Green Party presidential campaign. With Hip Hop activist and independent journalist Rosa Clemente as her running mate, McKinney is currently polling at around 1% of the total vote. For her campaign, victory will be defined by obtaining 5% of the national …
Aug 25 2008
On Friday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ended its self-deportation pilot program. Not surprisingly, the results of the three-week trial period were evaluated and deemed a failure. Of the 457,000 people eligible, a grand total of eight people volunteered to participate in ICE’s “Scheduled Departure” program. Over the past three weeks, the policy was …
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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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