Apr 24 2009
“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves, such as the birds, animals, fish, and trees.” — Qwatsinas …
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Apr 23 2009
We’ll speak with Dahr Jamail about an uptick in violence in Iraq. And, we’ll look at how Indigenous People are affected by Climate Change. Plus, a conversation with writer Douglas Haddow, about his new article for Adbusters Magazine, Pornocalypse Now. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Apr 23 2009
The teenager captured last week in a showdown off the Somali coast has arrived in the US for trial. He will be the first person to be charged with piracy in the US in over a century – if convicted he will face a mandatory life sentence. The 5 ft 2 in Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is …
Apr 23 2009
Acclaimed up-and-coming playwright Octavio Solis, has made waves with his lyrical play about family and identity named simply “Lydia.” After two successful runs at the Denver Theater Center and the Yale Repertory Theatre, Lydia now arrives at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Set in the 1970s in El Paso, Texas, near the border with …
Apr 23 2009
Almost two decades ago Congress ordered the EPA to curb toxic mercury pollution from more than 150 cement kilns in 38 states. The EPA, ignoring The Clean Air Act, along with several subsequent Federal Court Orders, has been dragging its feet and since 1990, corporations have been reaping billions in profits with no legal obligation to …
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Apr 23 2009
AIDS Virus Discovered
Back in the day on April 23rd, 1984, scientists in the United States announced the discovery of a virus called HTLV-3 that caused the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – or AIDS. The news that came exactly twenty-five years ago was hailed as a “monumental breakthrough,” by U.S. Health Secretary Margaret Heckler. With this …
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Apr 23 2009
“If ever we had proof that our nation’s pollution laws aren’t working, it’s reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.” — Louise Grillmair …
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Apr 22 2009
As New York readies to try a teenaged Somali on charges of piracy, we’ll speak with John Feffer about the dangerous rhetoric equating piracy with terrorism. And, we’ll hear from up-and-coming playwright Octavio Solis about his acclaimed play Lydia showing at the Mark Taper Forum. Plus, the EPA presents ground-breaking regulations on mercury emissions from cement kilns – we’ll hear how this could affect California. …
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Apr 22 2009
More than 30,000 Sri Lankan civilians have fled the northern part of their South Asian island nation in recent days. The Tamil rebel group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE, controls the region, a final sanctuary of the country that they have been cornered into. It is estimated than 100,000 civilians are still trapped …
Apr 22 2009
This Friday April 24th is the day of commemoration for the Armenian Genocide and this year much attention will fall on President Barack Obama. The United States has continually failed to officially recognize the atrocities committed by the Ottoman Turkish government from 1915 – 1923 as ‘genocide.’ But Obama during his presidential campaign was unequivocal stating, …
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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