Jan 27 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Black Leaders And War.
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Jan 27 2011
“In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.” — Alexis de Toqueville …
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Jan 26 2011
We’ll go live to Egypt and to Lebanon to understand whether the Tunisia effect is indeed spilling over into the larger Arab world. My guests Alex Ortiz and Jackson Allers will give us an on-the-ground report, as well as analysis that American media miss. Plus, the Billionaire funders of the Tea Party are secretly gathering in Palm Springs this weekend to discuss their agenda – we’ll speak with Robert Reich. And this week’s Black Agenda …
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Jan 26 2011
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Jan 26 2011
President Obama addressed Congress and the nation yesterday in his State of the Union Address. Speaking for about an hour, he referred to this being “our generation’s Sputnik moment,” announcing a relatively bold goal of adopting clean energy so that “[b]y 2035, 80 percent of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.” This went hand-in-hand with his call for …
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Jan 26 2011
California’s Citizen’s Redistricting Committee will soon begin the complex task of redrawing boundaries for the State Board of Equalization, State Legislative and Congressional districts. Redistricting follows any Census year, when population shifts are recorded and voting areas are redrawn to reflect changes. Traditionally redistricting is done by elected officials, who are notorious for gerrymandering, the practice of intentionally creating districts …
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Jan 26 2011
According to a 2010 report by the Pew Center on the states, California has the second highest prison population in the nation after Texas. The golden state dropped to number two after leading the nation in inmate population in prior years. However prison overcrowding remains a serious and largely unmitigated issue. California’s correctional facilities are built to house 80,000 inmates. …
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Jan 26 2011
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
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
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Jan 26 2011
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.” — Angela Davis …
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Jan 25 2011
“Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset …
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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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