Sep 26 2008
“Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.”
— Khalil Gibran …
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Sep 25 2008
We’ll dissect the massive bailout of Wall Street – why did it crash, will the bailout work, and why isn’t anyone talking about re-regulation? And, a new report, Moving Target: A Decade of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. Plus, how the Israeli occupation impact the health of Palestinian children. And this week’s Black Agenda Report on polls revealing American racism. …
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Sep 25 2008
Eight years ago, delegates and heads of state from 189 nations around the world gathered at the United Nations for the so-called Millennium Summit which resulted in the “United Nations Millennium Declaration.†That declaration included a list of eight development goals for poor nations, including a pledge to halve the world’s poverty rate, to be met …
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Sep 25 2008
The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday announced that North Korea intended to restart its production of nuclear weapons grade materials. In June, North Korea publicly blew up one of its cooling towers at the Yongbyon Nuclear complex as an act of good faith after reaching an agreement last year within the framework of the …
Sep 25 2008
As this year’s election draws closer, and the two major party candidates shape up for their first debate tomorrow, certain demographics are coming under scrutiny, especially in so-called swing states. In battle-ground states like Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Mexico, Latinos in particular appear to be the swing vote. Their voting patterns are shifting …
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Sep 25 2008
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about the current economic crisis.
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Sep 25 2008
Listen to today’s Subversive Historian
The Little Rock Nine by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Fifty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, members of the 101st US-Airborne Division were called in to escort black students into Little Rock Central High School. On September 24th, 1957, the “Little Rock Nine†went to class on the intervention of President Eisenhower. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus …
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Sep 25 2008
“Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.” — Wendell Phillips …
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Sep 24 2008
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday praised the recent efforts of the Pakistani Army in bolstering a US military offensive into the semi-autonomous North West Frontier Province. The US wants to target militants who attack its occupation forces in neighboring Afghanistan and then flee into Pakistan to regroup and organize. Pakistan has a new …
Sep 24 2008
In November California voters will be asked to consider twelve statewide propositions. Initiatives on the ballot range from amendments to the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage to increasing penalties and spending for prison and policing. You may recall our examination of Proposition 6 or the Runner initiative, and last Friday, a …
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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