Jan 15 2010
The Death of Leonel Rugama
Back in the day on January 15th, 1970, Nicaraguan guerrilla poet Leonel Rugama was killed in battle. Born of a father who worked as a carpenter and a mother who was a teacher, the young Central American wordsmith enrolled in the National Seminary in Managua where he struck a friendship with famed poet …
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Jan 15 2010
“The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.” — Franklin Delanore Roosevelt …
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Jan 14 2010
We’ll take another look at the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti and how people are responding to the tragedy. And we’ll find out why tens of thousands of immigrants rights advocates are traveling to Phoenix, Arizona this weekend. Plus, what position organized labor is taking on the on-going healthcare debate. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Jan 14 2010
The poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti, has suffered its most devastating earthquake in over 200 years. An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the impoverished island late Tuesday afternoon. It was followed by about thirty aftershocks. Still too early to determine exactly how many people have died, it is estimated that about 3 million people …
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Jan 14 2010
As musicians and music lovers are gathering for the 2010 NAMM Show this week, they may have to face a contingent of Korean guitar workers who have arrived to highlight unfair labor practices. The guitar company Cort has factories in Korea that suffer from high occupational injury rates, verbal and sexual harassment from managers, no ventilation or …
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Jan 14 2010
With the cruelty and dishonesty that marked the 8 years of George W Bush’s Presidency, many American and international artists had rich material to work from. Art work depicting Bush and members of his cabinet flourished and were relished by many of us as expressions of dissent during a time of war and deception. While war has continued …
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Jan 14 2010
The Human Be-In
Back in the day on January 14th, 1967, “A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In” took place in Northern California. The counter-culture gathering first announced on the cover of the San Francisco Oracle attracted tens of thousands to the city’s Golden Gate Park. The event had evolved from an earlier gathering called the …
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Jan 14 2010
“The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.” — Henry Miller …
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Jan 12 2010
Jan 12 2010
Republicans are calling for the resignation of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, over remarks he reportedly made during the 2008 Presidential campaign. In a new book due out this week called Game Change by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, statements made by Reid and other elected officials reflect a view of politicians at odds with their public image. …
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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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