Oct 28 2008
A federal judge this weekend rejected a lawsuit by a Pennsylvania attorney that Senator Barack Obama is ineligible to run for president because he was either born in Kenya or is a citizen of Indonesia. The US Constitution requires that a person be born in the United States and be a citizen of the …
Oct 28 2008
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The Death of Camilo Cienfuegos by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Forty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos mysteriously died. On October 28th, 1959, Cienfuegos boarded an airplane flying from Camaguey to Havana when it disappeared over the ocean at night. The Cuban government immediately organized a massive search lasting days, but could not …
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Oct 28 2008
“It’s fascinating the degree to which black people in America provide one of the fundamental keys to the future, if the future is going to he about freedom and equality.” — Cornel West …
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Oct 27 2008
With dozens of polls released each week about the chances of the two major party presidential candidates, it’s not easy to disentangle reality from statistics. While most polls agree that Senator Obama is in the lead nationally, an October 22nd Associated Press poll claimed that Obama and McCain were tied at 44 and …
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Oct 27 2008
US stocks fell even more this morning, consistent with a global market sell-off as investors around the nation and world continue to react to a wide-reaching recession. The past two months have been the worst in recent history for the stock market, with the credit market choking off access to much-needed capital. The $700 …
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Oct 27 2008
Earlier this month, members of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange or VAVA, submitted a petition to the US Supreme Court. The Vietnamese plaintiffs are urging the justices to reconsider a Court of Appeals verdict on a lawsuit against Agent Orange manufacturing companies such as Dow Chemical and Monsanto. In the …
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Oct 27 2008
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is called If Women Ran the World.
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Oct 27 2008
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The National Negro Labor Council by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Fifty-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, the National Negro Labor Council was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio. On October 27th, 1951, delegates from across the country approved a program for the newly formed organization that set out to promote civil rights within the labor movement. Labor …
Oct 24 2008
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* Boogieman: The Lee Atwater Story – conversation with Stefan Forbes
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* Conversation with Marian Wright Edelman on Children’s Rights
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Oct 24 2008
Over the course of KPFK’s latest fund drive, Republican presidential candidate John McCain – the self-proclaimed maverick himself – was reportedly sighted on separate occasions to show his love for independent media.
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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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