Nov 01 2010
Absent from all the din over tomorrow’s elections are the voices of what are called third party candidates – those who run for office outside of the two-major party system. The most nationally notable third party candidates in recent history have been Ross Perot of the Reform Party, and Ralph Nader of the Green Party. With growing voter disgust …
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Nov 01 2010
A Field poll released yesterday found that 48% of California’s likely voters oppose Proposition 23, the measure calling for suspending the popular AB 32 state law curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Prop 23, whose campaign is being heavily bankrolled by two Texas based companies, Tesoro and Valero, and the billionaire Koch brothers, has only 33% support. Prop 23 also has the …
Nov 01 2010
In the 1988 presidential race, Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis was irreparably harmed by one very effective attack ad. It was racially charged, filmed in black-and-white, and showed male prisoners walking in and out of prison through a revolving door. Michael Dukakis, then Governor of Massachusetts, was a supporter of the state’s prison furlough program. A year before …
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Nov 01 2010
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” — Winston Churchill …
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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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