Dec 16 2010
“I am firmly convinced that the passionate will for justice and truth has done more to improve [the human condition] than calculating political shrewdness which in the long run only breeds general mistrust.” — Albert Einstein …
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Dec 15 2010
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Health Insurance insider Wendell Potter about his new book Deadly Spin.
Dec 15 2010
“I was frequently amazed at how little media scrutiny there was of the industry and at how much my colleagues and I could get away with in dealing with reporters. More often than not, they were quite willing to settle for what we fed them, even if it was just pabulum.” — Wendell Potter …
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Dec 15 2010
A US District court judge on Monday ruled that a key provision in the federal health care reform bill passed earlier this year, is unconstitutional. The individual mandate that requires all Americans have some form of private health insurance was struck down by Judge Henry Hudson in a lawsuit in Virginia. The ruling was the first successful legal challenge to President Obama’s landmark healthcare …
Dec 14 2010
The United Nations’ annual climate conference—held this year in Cancun, Mexico—concluded this weekend offering little more than the assurance that negotiations will continue next year in Durban, South Africa. With expectations drastically reduced by the ineffectiveness of last year’s talks, the UN hailed the establishment of a global climate fund as an important first step to providing assistance …
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Dec 14 2010
“History will win. The world will be elevated to a better place. Will we survive? That depends on you.” — Julian Assange …
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Dec 14 2010
WikiLeaks’ Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Julian Assange, was just freed on bail by a British court today. He is expected to appear at another hearing on January 11th and will begin fighting extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted on charges of rape and sexual crimes. An attorney for Julian Assange, speaking to Al Jazeera on Sunday, said a secret …
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Dec 13 2010
The US Senate today will formally take up the legislation to extend the Bush-era tax cuts in a deal between President Obama and the Republican party. Obama has come under fire from his own party over the deal which will extend tax cuts for everyone including the rich and super-rich, and establish an estate tax weaker than under President Bush. While the deal is …
Dec 13 2010
“You have given the wealthiest [portion] of the population a break, and now you are coming before the American people and saying, ‘We don’t have enough money to protect the sick and the old.” — Bernie Sanders …
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Dec 10 2010
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* WikiLeaks Sparks Cyber War, Even As New Revelations Emerge
* Black Agenda Report on the US And North Korea
* FCC Fails to Protect Neutrality
* Last Minute Negotiations in Cancun May Yield Little
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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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