Feb 10 2011
An hour-long special on the unfolding situation in Egypt. We’ll speak with Lisa Hajjar and Rahul Mahajan, as well as get live updates from Tahrir Square, as well as Laila El Haddad will address the impact of Egypt on Palestinians. …
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Feb 10 2011
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” — Albert Einstein …
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Feb 09 2011
Despite the damp autumn weather, at 2:25 pm on October 25 some 50,000 Icelandic women and their supporters—nearly one-sixth of Iceland’s population—left their jobs or homes and marched down the main street in Reykjavik. The walkout, called Women Strike Back, was a call for “women’s freedom from male violence and the closing of the gender pay gap.” Official statistics show that Icelandic women earn 65.65 percent of men’s average wages. And, as one right-wing city councilwoman …
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Feb 09 2011
We’ll find out why George W. Bush canceled his trip to Switzerland this week, how the TSA’s new plan for airport security veers frighteningly close to racial profiling, and a new play about the war in Afghanistan called Shadow Anthropology. Plus this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Feb 09 2011
The uprising in Egypt continues for the 16th consecutive day since the nation wide “day of revolution” was declared on January 25th. It seems momentum is only building. Protests have spread to include labor strikes, walk-outs, and demonstrations. It is being reported that in Suez 2,000 textile workers held a demonstration and an estimated 6,000 fire service workers staged a …
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Feb 09 2011
Is there anything more American than one media giant acquiring another media giant on Super Bowl Sunday? In true prime time fashion, America Online (AOL) closed a deal in which the Internet service and media company paid a reported $315-million for the Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the progressive news website, was named president and editor-in-chief of AOL’s “The …
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Feb 09 2011
President Barack Obama is hosting Republican leaders for lunch at the White House today in an attempt to reach out to the party that has created the worst atmosphere of political hostility in recent memory. It’s part of the President’s plan to reach out to the GOP after it gave Democrats a thrashing in the last election. But, according …
Feb 09 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
Last Sunday was the 100th birthday of Ronald Wilson Reagan. Lifeguard, Hollywood actor, California governor, president, and now full-blown conservative icon. Though Reagan is now lionized by conservatives …
Feb 09 2011
“The essential ingredient missing from Obama’s campaign of hope and change was the hard work that would be necessary from all of us to convert the former into the latter; not only on his part, but on ours as well.” — Eric Alterman …
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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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