Mar 30 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 Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan is in the midst of a partial meltdown. Traces of radioactivity have even reached as far as the Northeastern U.S. American …
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Mar 30 2011
“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.”– A. Philip Randolph …
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Mar 30 2011
By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from London— With the U.S. handing off responsibility for military action in Libya, scores of diplomats and international officials gathered in London to start plotting the country’s future and declared their resolve to maintain pressure on Moammar Kadafi until he stops attacking his own people.
But there were no Libyans included in the blue-ribbon guest list Tuesday. Nor was there a consensus among NATO countries taking command of the military …
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Mar 29 2011
We’ll get an update on European politics with author Steven Hill, just days after Londoners organized an historic march against budget cuts, Germany’s Green Party made big gains due to strong anti-nuclear sentiment, and France’s right wing party surged in popularity. And, locally, the Bus Riders Union will dissect MTA’s cuts in services. Plus, Walmart could be faced with the largest class-action lawsuit in U.S. history on sex discrimination against women employees. And this week’s …
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Mar 29 2011
The path to the June 7th special election in California proposed by Governor Jerry Brown has become less clear following a list of 53 Republican policy demands delivered to the Democratic controlled State Legislature. Included in the Republican demands were limiting teacher tenure and reconfiguring the current public employee pension system in order to place more of the financial …
Mar 29 2011
A bill introduced into the Ohio legislature earlier this month by Republican Representative Bob Mecklenborg would be the most extreme voter ID law in the country. Mecklenborg introduced the “Ohio Fair and Secure Elections Act” saying it was meant to “secure the integrity of the electoral process.” As the bill is currently written, on election day, Ohio voters will be …
Mar 29 2011
The Arab world has been under a spotlight. Popular uprisings have swept the region and captivated international attention since early February. In the U.S. earlier this month Congressman Peter King held controversial congressional hearings to investigate the “radicalization” of American Muslims. Today Illinois Senator Dick Durbin will counter with a congressional hearing on Anti-Muslim bigotry. In the …
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Mar 29 2011
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents.
Citizens across the country are taking to the streets to speak out against massive budget cuts affecting everything from health care centers for seniors to education.
On Saturday, an estimated 20,000 …
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Mar 29 2011
In the midst of this historic period in the Arab world marked by bloody struggle, hard-won victories abroad, and raucous, sometimes violent debate in the U.S. about a people and a religion, three Arabs are issuing a call – for laughter. Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, and Aron Kader are currently on a national tour with their comedy show, Arabs Gone Wild. In each city the trio is joined by …
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Mar 29 2011
“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.” — J. B. Priestley …
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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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