Apr 13 2010
We’ll examine what’s happening in Thailand with dozens of deaths over the weekend escalating anti-government protests. And, with about 60% of LA’s residents being renters, housing advocates are launching a city-wide coalition to work on behalf of the Los Angeles tenants. Plus, the Second Annual Earth Day South LA takes place this weekend. We’ll get a sneak preview of this environmental event. …
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Apr 13 2010
Conservatives focused their sights on the upcoming midterm elections at this weekend’s Southern Republican Leadership Conference. Held in New Orleans, the three day gathering featured many prominent speakers from the ranks of the GOP who rallied against the policies of the Obama Administration while preaching the need for unity. Newt Gingrich appeared at the conference to assail the President …
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Apr 13 2010
In the last few months of the Bush administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development claimed that chronic homelessness plummeted 30% between the years 2005 to 2007. Credit was in part due to Philip Mangano, the executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, or the Homeless Czar, under President Bush. Mangano’s “Housing First” policy put less …
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Apr 13 2010
On Friday, Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the United States Supreme Court. In a letter written just days before his 90th birthday, Stevens addressed President Barack Obama saying, “Having concluded that it would be in the best interests of the Court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of …
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Apr 13 2010
Celebrating The Life Of Howard Zinn (1922-2010) – A Los Angeles Tribute will take place on Sunday, April 18th – 5:00 to 7:30 PM at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 90010.
Hosted by Jim Lafferty & Theresa Bonpane, featuring Blase Bonpane (Keynote), KB Solomon (Music),
Sonali Kolhatkar, Ry Cooder (Music), Hector Aristizabal (Story Telling Ending), and more.
The event includes a screening of an edited version of “Howard Zinn: You Can’t …
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Apr 13 2010
The Amritsar Massacre
Back in the day on April 13th, 1919, troops under the command of British Brigadier General Reginald Dyer opened fire on unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. The bloodshed took place in a city-park known as Jallianwala Bagh. In the days prior to the massacre, Dyer had placed Amritsar under martial law in light of increasing …
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Apr 13 2010
“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as it first resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.” — Plato …
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Apr 12 2010
We’ll examine the Republican’s strategy to take back Congress with a reportback from the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. And, we’ll look at how the battle over Justice Robert Stevens’ soon-to-be vacated seat on the Supreme Court will shape up this summer. Plus, former homelessness Czar Philip Mangano will join us in studio to explain his ideas on ending homelessness. …
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Apr 12 2010
A coalition of Texas-based oil companies have contributed 72% of the nearly million-dollar sum raised to pass a ballot initiative that would shelve California Assembly Bill 32, a landmark greenhouse-gas emissions law. The largest donor is San Antonio-based oil company Valero. Valero has donated more than half the money raised to fund the collection of approximately 434,000 signatures …
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Apr 12 2010
On Tuesday, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a fraud alert related to the passage of the health insurance reform bill. Since President Barack Obama signed off on the bill last month, scam artists have increasingly tried to capitalize on public confusion over the changes in order to sign people up for …
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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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