Jun 07 2011
Annette Danzier, a resident of Salinas, California, made news in May when she pulled her son out of the local elementary school due to concerns over the use of pesticides in nearby strawberry fields. Danzier joined hundreds of thousands of others in sending a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to block the use of methyl iodide, citing concerns …
Jun 07 2011
A study published in April by Columbia University in the journal Pediatrics found that more than 20 percent of LGBTQ youth are likely to have attempted suicide in the past year. But the grim statistics were offset by the additional finding that youth living in “supportive” communities are less likely to attempt suicide. The Youth and Gender Media Project explores …
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Jun 07 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.
When Dominique Strauss-Kahn walked into a New York City courtroom yesterday to deliver a ‘not guilty’ plea, over 200 female hotel workers greeted him by booing and screaming, “Shame on …
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Jun 07 2011
“He is most powerful who has power over himself.” — Seneca …
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Jun 06 2011
As Yemen’s President leaves his nation, and Syrian protesters continue to face repression and killings, we’ll take the pulse of the on-going Arab rebellions. Plus, California farmer Jim Cochran joins us to share how he manages to grow organic strawberries, employ union farm workers, and stay in business as a small farmer. Plus, a look at the Youth and Gender Media Project with film maker Jonathan Skurnik. And this week’s Activist Beat with Rose …
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Jun 06 2011
”Unless both oil and those who crave it can be tamed, hell will surely once again come not only to the Gulf but also to the many others where oil lies just beneath the earth’s surface” So writes Antonia Juhasz in the introduction to her new book, Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill. Juhasz spent …
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Jun 06 2011
On Thursday, June 2nd, Elmer ‘Geronimo’ Pratt died at the age of 63 in a village in Tanzania. In 1970 Pratt was arrested and later convicted of murdering a Los Angeles woman. Pratt and his many supporters maintained he was innocent and the victim of FBI efforts to undermine the Black Panthers. At the time Pratt, a war veteran …
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Jun 06 2011
“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed [and] if we are not willing [to change], we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.” — Jacques Cousteau …
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Jun 03 2011
We’ll spend the hour with journalist, award-winning author and oil industry watch dog, Antonia Juhasz about her new book Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill. Juhasz will share the results of her in-depth investigation about the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. …
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Jun 03 2011
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* In the Wake of Severe Tornadoes, How Can Communities Adapt to a Warmer Planet?
* Brazil and Chile Dam Projects Generate Widespread Protests
* Banks, GOP, Continue to Oppose Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
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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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