Mar 02 2011
Over 1000 Kaiser Permanente nurses began a 24-hour strike this morning at 6am, the first by any Kaiser workers in over 13 years. Union contract negotiations between the health care behemoth and the National Union of Health care Workers at LA’s Sunset Boulevard hospital are at an impasse. The union is bargaining for a comprehensive contract but the NUHW says …
Mar 02 2011
Students at Cal State Northridge are holding a demonstration today to call attention to budget cuts and fee hikes. A 15% increase in tuition was passed by the Cal State University board last year to make up for budget shortfalls. There are no guarantees that this year won’t be a repeat of the last. The Activist Student Coalition organized …
Mar 02 2011
Paypal has just resumed its services to the Bradley Manning Defense Fund after initially disabling the account. The online financial transactions company claimed the service disruption had nothing to do with politics. But Courage to Resist, which runs the Bradley Manning Defense Fund, accused Paypal of being “morally bankrupt” and warned other non-profits with Paypal accounts. Army Private Bradley Manning …
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Mar 02 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 Southern Poverty Law Center has updated two of its annual reports on radical right wing movements. The first report, The Year in Hate and Extremism 2010, finds …
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Mar 02 2011
When it comes to the Wisconsin union fights, right-wing pundits Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have a couple of things in common. For starters, have all voiced their opposition to the plight of public employee unions in the state.
On Feb. 18, Limbaugh said on his radio program, “We are either on the side of the Wisconsin protesters or we are on the side of our country.” Hannity has featured several guests critical of …
Mar 02 2011
Justin Marks is a Senior at CSUN majoring in English and Pan African Studies. He was also one of students arrested in last year’s CSUN demonstrations, Brian DeGuzman is also a Senior at CSUN majoring in Asian American Studies. Both Justin and Brian are key organizers of of the Rally on March 2nd 2011 at CSUN against budget cuts and tuition hikes.
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Mar 02 2011
Irma Duffelmeier is a Registered Nurse and 24 year veteran at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center. She participated in the 3-month strike in 1990 and shares her thoughts on the 24-hour nurses’ strike on March 2nd 2011 organized by the National Union of Healthcare Workers.
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Mar 02 2011
“We in journalism must recognize that WikiLeaks is an element of a new ecosystem of news. It is a new form of the press. So we must defend its rights as media. If we do not, we could find our own rights curtailed.” — Jeff Jarviz of the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism …
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Mar 01 2011
WASHINGTON — Corporations do not have right to “personal privacy,” the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, at least when it comes to the Freedom of Information Act and the release of documents held by the government.
In an unanimous decision, the justices rejected a claim brought by AT&T, which was trying to prevent the release of information compiled during an investigation of its billing practices by the Federal Communications Commission. The law says most such information is …
Mar 01 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Residents of the rebel-held city closest to Libya’s capital passed out sweets and cold drinks to fighters Tuesday and celebrated with a victory march after they managed to repel an overnight attack by forces loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Pro-Gadhafi forces also were repelled as they tried to retake two other opposition-held cities: Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Tripoli, and Zintan, 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of …
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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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