May 06 2010
After making national headlines for one repressive new law on undocumented immigrants, the Arizona Legislature sent Governor Jan Brewer another bill that passed last Thursday banning ethnic studies programs in public schools in the state. As of this morning Brewer has given no indication if she will sign or veto the bill and has until May 11th to …
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May 06 2010
The number of cities, social and civil rights groups, unions, and professional organizations that have joined the boycott of Arizona has grown steadily since the passing of SB1070. In just under two weeks, cities from Oakland, California, to St. Paul Minnesota, to Boston, Massachusetts have resolved to pull investments, and halt official travel to the state. The governments of Mexico …
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May 06 2010
On Tuesday in Arizona, the City Councils of Tuscon and Flagstaff voted to file suit against the statewide anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, set to take effect this July. The actions follow a statement by Phil Gordon, the mayor of Phoenix who publicly opposes the law. Nationwide momentum is building up against the law, even as new polls suggest that a …
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May 06 2010
U.S. Congress Passes Chinese Exclusion Act
Back in the day on May 6th, 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The first immigration legislation to explicitly ban immigration on the basis of race and nationality was signed into law two days later by President Chester A. Arthur. Chinese immigrants came to the states after the gold …
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May 06 2010
“The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.” — Maridel del Sueur …
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May 05 2010
A one-hour special on immigration, from the latest attacks on Arizona’s ethnic studies and teachers with accents, to a growing boycott movement that involves sports teams and companies head-quartered in Arizona. And, we’ll look beyond Arizona to other states who are eying copycat legislation, plus what’s being discussed at the federal level in terms of comprehensive immigration reform. …
May 05 2010
Representatives from 189 countries are meeting in New York right now for a month-long conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. On Monday the Obama Administration revealed the size of the American nuclear arsenal – a state secret since the time of the Manhattan project during World War II. We now know that the US has 5,113 …
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May 05 2010
Ahead of an expected vote, Federal Reserve officials are lobbying lawmakers against an amendment proposed by Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders calling for an audit of the central bank. The Huffington Post news website recently obtained the documents that were distributed to Senators from an anonymous source within the Fed. The disclosure reveals a central bank strategy of …
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May 05 2010
The British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now flowing at five times the previous estimate with a rate of at least 25,000 barrels per day. The environmental catastrophe is currently on pace to eclipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in just a few weeks. Residents of Gulf coastal communities are already …
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May 05 2010
The Death of Bobby Sands
Back in the day on May 5th, 1981, Provisional Irish Republican Army militant Bobby Sands died in prison. Serving time for being arrested on a gun possession charge, the hunger striker had refused food for sixty-six days in protest of British authorities before dying. Sands, in solidarity with other prisoners, was opposed to …
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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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