Jun 24 2009
Bernice Gera’s Fight
Back in the day on June 24th, 1972, Bernice Gera became the first woman to umpire a professional baseball game in the United States. Taking the field of a Class A minor league game pitting the Geneva Rangers against the Auburn Phillies, she broke the gender barrier in the profession, but not without a …
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Jun 24 2009
“A corporation is an ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” — Ambrose Bierce …
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Jun 23 2009
We’ll get in-depth into the evolving situation in Iran with a number of guests including Chris Hedges. And we’ll hear from Chip Berlet about the recent rash of right-wing extremist gun murders. Plus, a look at the on-going debate over national health care reform. And this week’s Who Said That Contest. …
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Jun 23 2009
California, the eighth largest economy in the world, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Last week, the credit rating agency, Standard & Poor, warned that the California budget, if not completed on time, will result in the state’s credit rating, already the lowest in the country, taking another plunge downward. This is due to, according to Governor Schwarzenegger, “inaction and …
Jun 23 2009
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that a record one billion people across the world are hungry as the global financial crisis continues to grow. The main reasons for why 1 in six human beings is not able to eat enough include war, drought, political instability, high food prices and poverty. Here in the United States hunger is surprisingly …
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Jun 23 2009
The Los Angeles Film Festival tonight is screening a film that Dole Corporation does not want you to see. The world’s largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables was accused in 2004 of causing sterility among its Nicaraguan banana workers. The lawsuit heard here in Los Angeles, led by LA-area personal injury lawyer Juan Dominguez and his …
Jun 23 2009
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on Iran’s Green Revolution.
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.
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Jun 23 2009
Taft-Hartley Act
Back in the day on June 23rd, 1947, the U.S. Congress overrode the veto of President Harry Truman and passed the notorious Taft-Hartley Act. With the “Class of 1946” Republicans in control of Congress, the anti-labor legislation passed with a significant number of Democratic lawmakers in support of the override. Many of the provisions of …
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Jun 23 2009
“Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They’re destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts.” — Jerry Brown …
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Jun 22 2009
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has announced that he is considering ending patents on medicines and other products in his nation. He claimed, “[a] song is intellectual property, but an invention or a scientific discovery should be knowledge for the world, especially medicine.” Chavez has embraced a form of socialism and dismantled many aspects …
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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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