Mar 20 2009
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Back in the day on March 20th, 1857, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published. Stowe, a white woman, became motivated to write her most recognized work after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The novel, which was to become second only to sales of the Bible in …
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Mar 20 2009
“There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions – realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.” — Geoffrey Fisher …
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Mar 19 2009
We’ll take a look at hunger in the US and Los Angeles with author Joel Berg, as he offers solutions to the Obama administration. And, Los Angeles marches for water, this Sunday, World Water Day. Plus, Google’s new advertising policy has privacy advocates up in arms – An Adbusters editor will explain why and offer ways to protect oneself from Google’s data collection. Plus this week’s Black Agenda Report on the AIG executive bonuses. …
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Mar 19 2009
On a flight to Cameroon this week, Pope Benedict gave an interview where he linked condom use to HIV/AIDS, sparking international outrage. Not surprisingly, Pope Benedict reiterated the Vatican’s anti birth-control beliefs. But what is surprising, is that he went even further in his comments saying that the distribution of condoms “can even increase the problem”. …
Mar 19 2009
This week marks the 6th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Over the past six years, as a result of the US war, hundreds of thousands, and by some estimates, a million Iraqis, have died. Additionally, over four thousand US troops have also died. Those that survive number almost two million. Their struggle when …
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Mar 19 2009
In the early morning hours of October 28th 2008, a 20 year old named Julian Alexander was fatally shot by an Anaheim police officer. Alexander’s crime: he was standing in his own front yard, attempting to protect himself and his pregnant wife with a stick in hand. Oh, and he happened to be black. The white …
Mar 19 2009
The Harlem Uprising of 1935
Back in the day on March 19th, 1935 Lino Rivera, a Puerto Rican youth in Harlem, was accused by white store owners of stealing a penknife. Taking place during the Great Depression where people of color suffered greatly, the Harlem Uprising that ensued from this seemingly small altercation began after rumors …
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Mar 19 2009
“Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn …
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Mar 18 2009
We’ll speak with the head of Catholics for Choice about the Pope’s recent comments linking condom use with an increase in the HIV/AIDS problem. And, we’ll examine why Orange County’s DA has refused to file charges against the police officer who shot and killed an innocent Anaheim man in his front yard. Plus, part two of our interview with Aaron Glantz on his new book, The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans. …
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Mar 18 2009
“The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.” — Marian Wright Edelman …
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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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