Mar 05 2009
Patricia Isasa is a survivor of torture who has been fighting to bring her torturers to justice for decades. Kidnapped in the months following the 1976 coup in her native Argentina at the age of 16, she was tortured and released two years later. Since then, as she pursues her case through the legal system in Argentina, Patricia …
Mar 05 2009
Amidst fears that Congress, the White House, or the FCC could bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine for broadcast media, the US Senate last week struck a pre-emptive strike to ban the policy. The Fairness Doctrine required by law that public airwaves feature an even balance of political views in programming. When President Ronald Reagan repealed the doctrine more …
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Mar 05 2009
The Tracy Trial
Back in the day on March 5th, 1917 the so-called Tracy Trial stemming from the Everett Massacre commenced. The prosecution in the two-month long court case tried to establish that Industrial Workers of the World member Thomas Tracy was responsible for firing the first shot in a confrontation between the radical unionists and …
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Mar 05 2009
“Freedom of the Press belongs to the man who owns one.” — Anonymous …
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Mar 04 2009
We’ll find out why conservatives and radio shock jocks are fighting the Fairness Doctrine. We’ll examine the details of Obama’s foreclosure prevention plan – is it too little too late?
And, we’ll hear new developments in the case of Argentine torture survivor Patricia Isasa.
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Mar 04 2009
On Monday, President Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius’ experience includes eight years in the Kansas House of Representatives and one year as state insurance commissioner. She awaits confirmation from the Senate but is facing some opposition for her pro-choice views from several Republican senators and anti-abortion organizations. President …
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Mar 04 2009
An FBI agent recently revealed in a court testimony that an informant had been paid to look for evidence of terrorist activity at the Islamic Center of Irvine. Craig Monteilh posed as a man named Frederick Jordan and converted to Islam to gather information on an Afghan-born US citizen named Ahmed Niazi. Niazi is the brother-in-law …
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Mar 04 2009
With the significant rise in global food prices over the past three years, biotechnology industries are promoting genetic engineering in regions like Africa as a means to alleviate chronic hunger and poverty. In states such as Kenya, genetically modified crops have already been introduced with the promise of solving malnutrition problems while preserving the integrity of the environment. …
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Mar 04 2009
Victor Berger: The First Socialist Congressman
Back in the day on March 4th, 1910, Victor Berger became the first socialist ever elected to the House of Representatives. Coming from the socialist stronghold Milwaukee, Wisconsin– must have been the something in the cheese – Berger’s first term in office was characterized most notably by his calls to …
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Mar 04 2009
“The way to fight poverty in Africa is to embrace the proposal of food sovereignty that comes from the movement of peasants, indigenous peoples, migrants, women, and rural communities.” — Diamantino Nhampossa, Executive Coordinator of the National Peasants Union in Mozambique …
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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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