Mar 12 2010
“If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi …
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Mar 11 2010
We’ll examine Vice President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Israel and the US-Israel relationship. Plus, several American cities sue chemical giant Syngenta for the presence of a toxic pesticide, Atrazine in their water supplies. And, the media watchdog group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, calls out the New York Times on errors in it’s coverage of the ACORN scandal. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Mar 11 2010
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” — Maya Angelou …
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Mar 11 2010
Sebastián Piñera, President elect of Chile, and the richest person in his country will take office tomorrow after his inauguration today. The change in Presidential administration takes place less than two weeks after a devastating earthquake on February 27th. Of Chile’s 17 million residents, two million are now homeless. In 2005, Chile ranked 12th in a World Bank list …
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Mar 11 2010
This past weekend marked the 16th Anniversary of California’s Three Strikes Law, a draconian measure that sentences repeat felons for twenty five years to life. According to one mother of a prisoner serving time for a third strike, hundreds of inmates in Soledad prison held a three-day hunger strike in protest this week, consuming only water and juice …
Mar 11 2010
Los Angeles is home to a majority Latino population, many of whom came as immigrants. The second largest Latino immigrant group in the city are Central Americans, and a new book titled simply, Central Americans in Los Angeles, distills the history of this diverse community in Southern California. The earliest migrants from countries like El Salvador, arrived in the …
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Mar 11 2010
A Raisin in the Sun
Back in the day on March 11th, 1959, “A Raisin in the Sun” became the first play written by an African-American woman and directed by an African-American man to stage on Broadway. The storyline centered on the decision of a black family to move from the south side of Chicago to an all-white …
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Mar 10 2010
We’ll analyze the Chilean government’s response to the recent earthquake in context of the shifting political landscape. And Rosamaria Segura joins us in studio to discuss her new book, Central Americans in Los Angeles. Plus, on the 16th anniversary of the California Three Strikes law, inmates at Soledad prison allegedly go on hunger strike in protest. …
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Mar 10 2010
An estimated 500 people were massacred in Nigeria over the weekend in what is being seen as a retaliatory attack. The attacks were aimed at a mostly Christian community in a number of villages south of the town of Jos. Survivors interviewed by Human Rights Watch spoke of the perpetrators being masked men speaking the languages of Hausa and …
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Mar 10 2010
The Green Party of California held a meeting this weekend in San Jose to address various issues ahead of elections scheduled later this year. Delegates gathered as candidates hoped to capitalize on widespread voter disaffection to grow the party’s ranks. A Field Poll released in late January showed just sixteen percent of Californians approve of the job that the …
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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