Aug 12 2010
In the on-going controversy over what has been dubbed the “Ground-Zero Mosque,” New York Governor David Paterson has offered state-owned property far away from where the Twin Towers once stood to the Muslim group in question. The original plan to build a Islamic Cultural Center two blocks from ground zero turned into a firestorm generated by the right wing, …
Aug 12 2010
Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of United Farm Workers, and its current Secretary Treasurer, turned 80 this year. Working closely with the legendary Cesar Chavez to organize farmworkers in the 1960s, she helped win better working conditions, launched the grape boycott, lobbied against toxic pesticides and their effects on farmers, negotiated contracts, and much more. Dolores Huerta has spent nearly …
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Aug 12 2010
L.A. is famous for its tangle of freeways. Despite the miles and miles of concrete tracks that criss-cross Southern California, traffic congestion is a persistent problem. In northern L.A. county multiple proposals to expand the reach of the 710 freeway have been killed by resistance from residents who would be affected by the construction. Currently, the 710 freeway begins …
Aug 12 2010
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.” — H Jackson Brown …
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Aug 12 2010
While pundits and economists worry about Wall Street’s well-being, Americans worry about losing 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 you don’t have to abandon your values to save a buck. Welcome to the People’s Marketplace.
By Martina Steiner.
Are you …
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Aug 11 2010
Journalist Stephan Salisbury joins us to explain why he thinks Americans are terrified of Muslims and their places of worship. And, we’ll speak with Dolores Huerta as she celebrates her 80th birthday. We’ll look at her organizing work over the decades, and her legacy as well as an exciting concert in her honor. Plus, communities in East LA organize against the expansion of the 710 freeway. And this week’s People’s Marketplace. …
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Aug 11 2010
Technology giants, Google and Verizon earlier this week announced a joint plan to promote what’s called “net neutrality” – the principle that ensures internet service providers cannot discriminate between different kinds of online content and applications. But the “policy framework” that the two companies have publicly offered creates a distinction between wireless and wired networks, in effect exempting …
Aug 11 2010
California’s Attorney Aeneral has ordered officials from the city of Bell to turn over financial records, including personal records relating to pay and pension benefits. The extremely high salaries of Bell City officials were made public by an LA Times investigation based on requests filed under the California Public Records Act. Among the highest earners was Chief Administrative Officer …
Aug 11 2010
A study published in the medical journal Pediatrics on Monday found that 7-year-old girls are showing signs of breast development in higher numbers than in previous years. In 1997 a nation-wide study of 3 to 12 year-old’s found that it was surprisingly common for girls as young as 7 and 8 to have begun developing breasts or growing pubic …
Aug 11 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
A year after the Tea Party was born, November’s election campaigns are at full boil. How is the Tea Party faring in it’s first electoral mid-term debut? In …
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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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