Jun 24 2010
“This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life.” — John Perkins …
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Jun 23 2010
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Plunder: The Crime Of Our Time
Last week Senate Republicans killed a version of the jobs bill that had been significantly trimmed by Democrats in an effort to win bi-partisan support. The legislative package would have extended tax breaks for individuals and businesses, and allocated 24 billion dollars in aid to states struggling to close budget gaps. On Friday the …
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Jun 22 2010
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The company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig which exploded in April triggering the worst environmental disaster in US history, is criticizing the Obama Administration’s 6 month moratorium on offshore oil drilling in deep waters. Transocean owned the rig which was operated by the UK-based oil giant BP. Its attorneys complained that the moratorium was unprecedented and could be “economically …
Jun 22 2010
KPFK is in desperate need of funds! After 14 days of fund raising we are not even at the half-way mark to our $900,000 goal. Please do not wait any longer – make a pledge at 818-985-5735 or at www.kpfk.org! …
Jun 22 2010
“If each person were to sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean.” — Polish Proverb …
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Jun 21 2010
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In a new push by anti-immigrant advocates in Arizona, Senator Russell Pearce has proposed denying citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented parents. Despite the fact that citizenship is a constitutional birthright protected by the fourteenth amendment, Pearce and his supporters argue that its time to amend the constitution to change that. Meanwhile a 19 year old undocumented …
Jun 21 2010
“Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below.” — Roger Nash Baldwin …
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Jun 18 2010
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* The Real Story Behind the News of Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth
* A Critique of Media Coverage of the Federal Deficit
* Black Agenda Report about Obama’s Assault on Union Teachers
* Who Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social Movements in …
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Jun 18 2010
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Fresh! The Movie
A recent investigation by the US Center for Disease Control across 14 states has found salmonella contamination in Marie Callender’s brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals, manufactured by the giant agribusiness, ConAgra. The frozen meals are being recalled from all over the country. Stories such as this do not seem to garner much attention these days, as we seem …
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Jun 18 2010
“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” — Michael Pollan …
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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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