Nov 20 2008
Ever since President elect Barack Obama formally met with Senator Hillary Clinton last week, speculation has continued over whether she will be appointed as the US’s next Secretary of State, which is the top diplomatic post in the government. The Guardian Newspaper of London has reported that Obama’s former rival for the Democratic …
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Nov 20 2008
The siege of Gaza in the Palestinian territories continues with Israeli tanks moving into the area and further threatening to break a cease-fire with Hamas earlier this summer. The tanks “leveled lands” in Gaza according to one news report. Further, the Israeli military has announced it will continue to keep Gaza borders closed …
Nov 20 2008
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Zumbi and Palmares by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Three hundred and thirteen years ago on this day in people’s history, the Afro-Brazilian rebel, known as Zumbi, was executed by Portuguese Colonizers. On November 20th, 1695, the leader of a runaway slave community known as Quilombo dos Palmares, was captured in hiding and beheaded. Palmares, as a symbol …
Nov 20 2008
“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?”†— Eve Merriam …
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Nov 19 2008
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Cities across the US like Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; San Bernadino, California, and Baltimore, Maryland, are grappling with the problems of gang violence. The problem is no longer new. But neither are most solutions being proposed by law enforcement to tackle the issue. A stark marker of urban blight and unemployment, gangs are still plaguing the mostly …
Nov 19 2008
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“Wobbly Bard Joe Hill Executed” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Ninety-three years ago on this day in people’s history, the Wobbly Bard Joe Hill was executed in Utah. On November 19th, 1915, Hill, who was best known for his folk songs including, “The Preacher and the Slave,†“Rebel Girl,†and “There’s Power in a Union,†was put before …
Nov 18 2008
We spend the hour with the internationally renowned American linguist, author, political commentator, and philosopher Noam Chomsky, whose decades of analysis and insight are preserved in the Pacifica Archives.
Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known in the academic and scientific community as the father of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, …
Nov 18 2008
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.†— Noam Chomsky
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Nov 17 2008
On Saturday, as global financial markets continue to freefall, President Bush played host to a gathering of the so-called G20 countries in Washington D.C. The summit brought together world leaders from countries that comprise 90 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, who agreed over the weekend to an action plan that we’ll discuss …
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Nov 17 2008
During his recent meeting with Bush, President Elect Barack Obama urged him to pass a bailout package for the failing Detroit-based auto industry. Apparently Bush balked at extending any aid beyond the financial sector. American Car sales across the board have plummeted and the industry led by General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, has requested …
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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