Dec 11 2008
Water rights activists are calling for Article 31 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to state that “Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual …
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Dec 11 2008
The fourth annual Boyle Heights Latina Film Extravaganza will take place this weekend from December 12th through the 14th. Once again the film festival will serve as a platform bringing together Latinas from various communities throughout the United States. A wide array of films will be screened during the three-day weekend event including …
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Dec 11 2008
The Massacre of El Mozote by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Twenty-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, the Massacre at El Mozote tragically occurred. On December 11th, 1981, U.S. trained members of the Salvadoran army slaughtered more than a thousand civilians. The massacre proved to be the bloodiest of the …
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Dec 11 2008
“To create one’s own world, in any of the arts, takes courage.” –- Georgia O’ Keefe …
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Dec 10 2008
“States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.” – Noam Chomsky …
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Dec 10 2008
The U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been one of the most controversial symbols of the Bush Administration’s so-called War on Terror. Victims of the 9/11 terror attacks were flown in on Monday to personally witness the first day of a pre-trial military hearing for five alleged suspects in the act. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed …
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Dec 10 2008
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency – or ICE – began a massive transfer yesterday of immigrant detainees from the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island. The transfers came rather unexpectedly and are following investigations into the case of a Chinese immigrant who died this past August while being held. The ACLU affiliate of …
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Dec 10 2008
The First Edition of “La Fronde†by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and one years ago on this day in people’s history, the first edition of the feminist daily newspaper “La Fronde†or the Sling was published. On December 10th, 1897, French actress and journalist Marguerite Durand founded the innovative publication in …
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Dec 09 2008
Dec 09 2008
Remember Jay Garner? The retired US Lieutenant General in Iraq is hardly in the news these days, despite the particulars of his new job. One of several former U.S. officials and lobbyists, Garner is now aiding Canadian corporations to secure oil agreements with the Kurdistan Regional Government or KRG in Iraq. Garner was the Bush Administration’s …
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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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