Dec 02 2008
The Monroe Doctrine by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly One-Hundred and seventy-five years ago on this day in people’s history, the Monroe Doctrine was declared by the United States. On December 2nd, 1823, President James Monroe addressed Congress and articulated a new foreign policy vision that would come to dominate administrations in …
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Dec 02 2008
“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.” — Jesse Jackson …
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Dec 01 2008
Isabel Garcia, co-Chair of the Arizona based Coalicion de Derechos Humanos will comment on Obama’s appointment of Janet Napolitano as head of Homeland Security. And, we’ll examine the state of two major Senate races still hanging in the balance, in Minnesota and Georgia. Plus, American Indians on what an Obama presidency means to them. …
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Dec 01 2008
A series of coordinated attacks on tourist spots in South Mumbai over the Thanksgiving weekend, left 174 people dead. Starting at the busy train station of Shivaji Chatrapati Terminus, and moving on to the upscale hotels, Taj Palace and Oberoi, as well as a popular cafe frequented by foreign tourists, the attacks were carried …
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Dec 01 2008
While Barack Obama’s election slogan, Yes We Can, was borrowed directly from the United Farm Workers’ rallying cry, there remains little real appreciation in mainstream America for the work of famed labor leader Cesar Chavez. Efforts by the Cesar Chavez Task Force last month to have Industrial Boulevard in downtown Dallas renamed after …
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Dec 01 2008
As Black Friday last week launched the official start of the holiday shopping season, many Americans are unaware that toxic toys still line the shelves of most stores. A controversy earlier in the year of Chinese-made toys tainted with chemicals led to the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act in August. …
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Dec 01 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 Mumbai attacks.
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Dec 01 2008
Who Killed Sergei Kirov? by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Seventy-four years ago on this day in people’s history, Leningrad Communist Party Chief Sergei Kirov was shot to death. On December 1st, 1934 the Bolshevik leader was gunned down by an expelled Communist party member Leonid Nikolaev. Kirov was popular member of the …
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Dec 01 2008
“Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.†-– Cesar Chavez …
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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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