Sep 12 2008
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Community Organizing.
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Sep 12 2008
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The Executions of San Patricios by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and sixty one years ago on this day in people’s history, thirty members of the San Patricio Battalion were executed by the U.S. Army. On September 12th, 1847 the Irish men who defected from the U.S. Army to join the ranks of the Mexican army during the …
Sep 11 2008
We’ll find out how the Bush administration is getting ready to gut the endangered species act, as one of the last moves of its tenure. And, we’ll find out what’s happening at the Values Voters summit this weekend with author Sarah Posner who plans to attend. Plus, a new play about women soldiers serving in Iraq called W.A.C. Iraq: A Work in Progress. …
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Sep 11 2008
Thirty five years ago today Chile’s democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown. On September 11th, 1973 General Augusto Pinochet headed a violent US-backed military coup that was followed by the detention, torture, exile and disappearance of thousands of government supporters. Three years before the coup, Allende had became the first freely elected Marxist …
Sep 11 2008
When the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were hit on September 11th 2001, the fabric of American society changed forever. The consequences of President Bush’s actions both at home and abroad have eerie parallels with the actions of another infamous historical leader. Several years ago, when this program was called The Morning Show, our then …
Sep 11 2008
The streets of St. Paul last week showcased an era of repression whose starting point can be identified as September 11th 2001. Hundreds of protesters, bystanders, and journalists outside the Republican National Convention were hauled away to jails under the pretext of “domestic terrorism” and many of them now face felony charges. When the twin …
Sep 11 2008
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Hudson’s Arrival to Manhattan by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Four-hundred and ninety-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, English explorer Henry Hudson came ashore on Manhattan Island. Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company in order to find an alternative sea passage to Asia, Hudson happened upon the New York Harbor instead. He also happened upon …
Sep 11 2008
“It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.” — Dorothy Thompson …
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Sep 10 2008
In countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of South Asia, most of what we hear is the news of war, authoritarian regimes, gender discrimination, and religious fundamentalism. But struggling to be heard are the voices of a young generation of people singing, playing, and listening to hard rock, heavy metal, and hip hop, infused with musical …
Sep 10 2008
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The Lattimer Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and eleven years ago on this day in people’s history, nineteen immigrant miners were massacred in Lattimer, Pennsylvania. On September 5th 1897, a county sheriff’s deputized posse opened fire on hundreds of mostly Slavic, Polish and Lithuanian anthracite miners. The peaceful demonstrators joined ten-thousand others in a strike that …
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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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