Nov 10 2009
“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?” — Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985 …
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Nov 09 2009
Join Norman Solomon, Dahr Jamail, Dr. Nadir Atash, and Jodie Evans for a Report Back From Afghanistan
Monday, November 9th 2009 7 PM
Santa Monica Unitarian Church
1260 18th Street, Santa Monica 90404
Free parking at 1311 16th Street parking structure:
Tell the attendant you are going to the Church.
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Nov 09 2009
Late Thursday night, an accord aimed at resolving the four-month long political impasse in Honduras failed. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya declared the deal effectively dead after disagreements surfaced on the formation of a new “unity” government. Just ten minutes before the end of the Thursday deadline, de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti announced that no Zelaya ministers were named …
Nov 09 2009
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a healthcare reform bill late last Saturday that had the support of 1 Republican and the opposition of 39 Democrats. Passing with only a 5-vote margin, the bill mandates all Americans have some form of health insurance and that large companies would be forced to offer it to their employees. Those not …
Nov 09 2009
The Abduction of Calvin Fairbank
Back in the day on November 9th, 1852, Reverend Calvin Fairbank was kidnapped from Indiana and taken to Kentucky. The abolitionist minister was promptly incarcerated in Louisville for assisting the escape of a so-called fugitive slave and her assistant. Fairbank had already been imprisoned previously for similar supposed “crimes,” serving five years of …
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Nov 09 2009
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” — Frederick Douglass …
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Nov 06 2009
We’ll examine the dialogue between President Obama and American Indian leaders and whether it will herald real change. And, we’ll find out why the recent post-coup negotiations in Honduras have failed. Plus, independent reporter and author Dahr Jamail will join us to discuss the state of our armed forces: their mental and physical health, and the abuses they are facing. …
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Nov 06 2009
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* Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Pursuit of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
* Empire Notes on Clinton and Pakistan
* Why Conservatives Love Ayn Rand
* Black Agenda Report about the Democratic Party
* International Movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions …
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Nov 06 2009
Tragedy struck the nation’s largest military base yesterday in Fort Hood, Texas when an Army Psychiatrist shot 43 people, killing 12 and wounding the rest. He was about to be deployed to Iraq. Already the resulting media blitz is focusing on the greater need for mental health counseling for the extremely high rates of depression, suicide, and violent outbursts …
Nov 06 2009
California’s water use always makes for interesting conundrums. Starting on November 9th, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will decide whether or not to publicly subsidize plans for a private desalination plant in the city of Carlsbad. The Poseidon Resources firm which is building the plant, has made a request for up to $350 million dollars over the next …
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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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