Jul 07 2011
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” — George Orwell …
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Jul 07 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike
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Jul 06 2011
We’ll cover the latest in the federal budget battle over the deficit with journalist Robert Kuttner. And, a look at Georgia’ new harsh anti-immigrant law and the challenges to it. Plus, how the FBI is using the federal government’s deportation program as a way to gather massive amounts of personal biometric data. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Jul 06 2011
Just over a year after the most devastating oil spill in U.S. history hit the Gulf Coast, a new, albeit smaller scale spill has hit the Yellowstone River in Montana. Over the holiday weekend, an oil pipeline owned and operated by Exxon Mobil that runs under the river, ruptured, spilling tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the …
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Jul 06 2011
Prisoners of the Secure Housing Unit – called SHUs at California’s Pelican Bay Supermax Prison are on a hunger strike to protest their living conditions. Over a dozen prisoners are participating in the action, planned since April when a group of inmates in isolation issued a set of changes they wanted implemented. The 5 demands include an end to …
Jul 06 2011
Long time Chicano rights and antiwar activist, Carlos Montes, was rudely awakened on the morning of May 17th in his Alhambra home by members of the FBI and the LA Sheriff’s Department. The officers had a search warrant justifying their raid, which turned up a firearm and was used to charge Montes with six felonies. They confiscated computers, cell …
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Jul 06 2011
“When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.” — Abbie Hoffman …
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Jul 05 2011
We’ll cover the Exxon Mobil oil spill in the Yellowstone River as the world’s largest corporation promises to clean up 42,000 gallons of spilled crude. And, a report from a Downtown L.A. Speakout in support of hunger striking prisoners at Pelican Bay. Plus, Felicia Montes joins us live from outside the L.A. courtroom where her father Carlos, long-time local activist, is appearing after being the target of an FBI raid. …
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Jul 05 2011
Dozens of boats from various countries attempted to leave a Greek port this weekend to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza by sea. However, they were stopped by the Greek government, whose diplomatic ties to Israel have strengthened since last year’s attack on a Turkish boat. Nine Turks on board an aid ship were killed by Israeli …
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Jul 05 2011
In June this year, experts from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the first Mobile Health Summit. Misha Kay, the manager of the WHO’s Global Observatory for eHealth said “Millions of people in Africa still do not have access to any healthcare. With mobile technology they can at least have some.” The struggle for basic …
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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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