Jun 26 2009
“The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become.” — Anna Garlin Spencer …
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Jun 25 2009
We’ll hear about the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, introduced in Congress, that would for the first time extend protections to Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender people in the workplace. And, we’ll find out what the recent arrest of gang intervention worker Alex Sanchez of Homies Unidos means. Plus, we’ll hear the latest in the case of death-row inmate Troy Davis. …
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Jun 25 2009
The most dramatic scene in the new film The Stoning of Soraya M is disturbingly similar to the searing image of 26 year old Neda Agha Soltani bleeding to death on the streets of Tehran last week. The timing couldn’t have been better for this new film based on a true story as related in the 1995 book by Freidoune …
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Jun 25 2009
A bill expected to come to the floor of the House of Representatives this Friday is already being hotly debated. While the original draft of the bill required a 20% greenhouse gas reduction from 2005 levels by 2020, the current version has been toned down to 17%, still higher than the 15% being sought by President Obama. The 1200 …
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Jun 25 2009
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Back in the day on June 25th, 1876 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led his 7th cavalry troops in an attack on Sioux and Cheyenne natives. Custer’s “Last Stand,” in what is known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, of course, ended in defeat for his troops at the hands of …
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Jun 25 2009
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.” — Cree Indian Proverb …
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Jun 24 2009
Acclaimed Iranian American actress Shoreh Aghdashloo joins us to discuss her new film, the Stoning of Soraya, and women’s rights in Iran. And, we’ll find out why environmental groups are on both sides of a new Climate bill expected to reach the House floor later this week. Plus, a KPFK Local Station Board election primer. …
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Jun 24 2009
In the wake of an admission by Iran’s Guardian council that there were some election irregularities, protests against the election results have continued and evolved. But the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard has warned that it will crack down violently on any future demonstrations. At least 17 people have been killed in what is being dubbed Iran’s Green Revolution – Green …
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Jun 24 2009
Three recent incidents bring to sharp relief what seems to be a growing trend of right-wing reactionary gun violence: the murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas, the shooting at Washington DC’s Holocaust Museum, and the home invasion and murder of a Latino mother and son in Arizona. All three incidents were perpetrated by white, …
Jun 24 2009
President Barack Obama addressed the nation’s health care system and his plans for reform in a news conference yesterday at the White House. With nearly 50 million people in the United States without insurance, the President told reporters “Reform is not a luxury, it is a necessity.” While Obama is not proposing a single-payer system to replace private health …
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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