Jul 22 2010
A week from today Arizona police will have the legal authority to stop people they suspect of being undocumented and demand their papers. A number of civil rights groups including the ACLU are presenting arguments in court this morning to try to block the implementation of SB 1070, the law giving police that authority. In the wake of …
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Jul 22 2010
While pundits and economists worry about Wall Street’s well-being, American’s worry about keeping their jobs, paying their bills, and the health of the planet. The capitalist marketplace promotes the exploitation of people and natural resources as cheap fixes. But we don’t have to abandon our values to save a buck. Welcome to the People’s Marketplace.
By Martina Steiner
Does the Summer …
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Jul 22 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 Karamchand Gandhi …
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Jul 21 2010
We’ll examine the Afghanistan war in the context of the US-UK so-called special relationship. And, reproductive justice activists organize against the so-called Freedom Rides for the Unborn organized by the extreme right. Plus, an update on the on-going movement to move the All-Star game out of Arizona over that state’s anti-immigrant laws. And this week’s edition of The People’s Marketplace. …
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Jul 21 2010
It has been just over three months since the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers after it exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, beginning the worst oil spill in US history. It now appears as though the well has been temporarily capped, with a relief funnel expected to reach the gushing well this weekend and a possible …
Jul 21 2010
A Los Angeles judge this week threw out a jury decision to award $2.3 million in the case of Tellez Vs Dole Corporation. The case was brought by Los Angeles-based personal injury lawyer Juan Dominguez and his partner Duane Millera on behalf of a group of banana workers in Nicaragua who claimed they had suffered serious health effects including sterility …
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Jul 21 2010
Plans to build a Mosque and Muslim community center in Temecula Valley, California, are being opposed by a growing number of the city’s 105,000 residents. Temecula’s Muslim community has been using a plain, industrial building as its Mosque and community center since 2000. But their plans to build a larger, permanent structure have drawn concern and opposition from local church …
Jul 21 2010
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
British Petroleum capped its gushing riser on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, and not a moment too soon. The U.S. Interior Department is now issuing shallow-water …
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Jul 21 2010
“Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.” — Rabindranath Tagore …
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Jul 20 2010
On the three month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, we’ll look at how cleanup efforts in the Gulf Coast are progressing, particularly of the endangered bird species. And, an LA judge throws out a jury settlement in favor of Nicaraguan Banana workers. We’ll find out how widespread Dole corporation’s influence is. And, right wing residents in Temecula Valley are organizing against plans for a new mosque – we’ll examine the racist hysteria. Plus this …
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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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