Jun 23 2011
More than 70 per cent of the world’s population is without clean water, and an estimated 25,000 people die each day as a result of bad water management. The Estria foundation is a non profit arts project that brings awareness to environmental issues through art is addressing the water crisis through its inaugural Water Writes series. This series of collaborative …
Jun 22 2011
Anand Gopal joins us to analyze President’s Obama’s plan for the Afghanistan war, and part 1 of an interview with Rana Husseini, Jordanian journalist and author of “Murder in the Name if Honor: The True Story of One Woman’s Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime.” And, organizer’s of the Water Writes Project tell us about their upcoming mural in Palestine. …
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Jun 22 2011
Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us. — Henrik Tikkanen
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Jun 22 2011
The Supreme Court on Monday announced its decision in the historic Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v Dukes case, handing a victory to Wal-Mart. In a 5-to-4 decision the Court’s majority found that 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees cannot unite under a class action suit against the world’s largest employer. The class would have included all current and former female employees …
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Jun 22 2011
Best selling author Walter Mosley has been enthralling readers of mystery fiction for decades now. The 59 year old African American writer from Watts, Southern California, has more than 30 books under his belt. He is perhaps best known for his series of mysteries featuring the black detective and World War II veteran Easy Rawlins. Most recently Walter Mosley’s …
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Jun 22 2011
The Associated Press yesterday reported that leaks of radioactive Tritium have occurred at 75% of all commercial nuclear power sites in the US. The findings are the result of a year-long AP investigation, which also revealed that at 37 of those facilities, the concentration of leaked Tritium exceed allowable limits under federal drinking water standards. The material also made its …
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Jun 21 2011
We’ll talk to Christine Owens of the National Employment Law Project about what Wal-Mart’s Supreme Court Victory means for future discrimination cases. Also, part two of Walter Mosley’s interview on his new book, Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation, and Harvey Wasserman on news that a majority of US nuclear power plants are leaking radioactive Tritium. …
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Jun 21 2011
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
— B. R. Ambedkar
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Jun 21 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s government faces a confidence vote today, and the international finance community is watching. His government is likely to survive, although an overwhelming 80% of Greeks are opposed to his capitulation to foreign financial powers and ongoing austerity measures. The so-called Greek crisis has been sending markets into a tizzy on-and-off for months. In the last …
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Jun 21 2011
Best selling author Walter Mosley has been enthralling readers of mystery fiction for decades now. The 59 year old African American writer from Watts, Southern California, has more than 30 books under his belt. He is perhaps best known for his series of mysteries featuring the black detective and World War II veteran Easy Rawlins. Most recently Walter Mosley’s …
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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