Jul 28 2011
The California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission will release its final maps tomorrow – it’s the culmination of months of work to redraw state legislative and Congressional districts. They will take public comment until August 15th. With Los Angeles County’s population growing less than the rest of the state, the area is facing a loss of representation. North County Times journalist Dan …
Jul 28 2011
For about three weeks starting on July 1st, a multiracial group of inmates from the Pelican Bay State Prison’s Secure Housing Unit or SHU, began a hunger strike to protest inhumane conditions such as arbitrary solitary confinement and more. Thousands more prisoners from 13 other California prisons joined the hunger strike in solidarity, bringing to light the cruel treatment …
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Jul 28 2011
A spate of state-level legislation attempting to curb the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouses gases swept the nation this year. The seed of inspiration that grew into at least 20 separate anti-EPA bills can be traced back to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. ALEC brings together legislators and corporate leaders who draft …
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Jul 28 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 Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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Jul 28 2011
“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” — George Orwell …
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Jul 27 2011
We’ll cover the fight over redistricting that’s been shaping up, particularly in Los Angeles, where Black representation is being seen as under attack. And, an update on the Pelican Bay Prisoner Hunger Strike. Plus, new analysis of the leaked right wing drafts of dangerous bills from ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, focusing on climate change and the EPA. And the Black Agenda Report. …
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Jul 27 2011
The House Government Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing yesterday, hammering officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) about the growing scandal over operation Fast and Furious. An estimated 1000 firearms were trafficked to Mexican drug cartels under the watch of the ATF, as part of a failed anti-gun tracking program. Firearms trafficked under Fast …
Jul 27 2011
In 1985, celebrated film maker Haskell Wexler released his feature film on the secret U.S. war in Nicaragua called simply Latino. The film’s plot was centered around a character named Eddie Guerrero, played by Robert Beltran, who ends his tour of duty in the Vietnam war, only to find himself in Central America, training U.S.-backed counter-revolutionaries or Contras. The …
Jul 27 2011
A last-minute bid by Borders Group Inc to sell 30 of its bookstores and assets to Books-a-Million, has failed. Borders Books, the nation’s second largest book seller now faces the liquidation of its nearly 400 stores nationwide. Internationally, Borders operates more than 500 stores. The giant retailer announced Title 11 bankruptcy in February of this year. The fall of Borders …
Jul 27 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.
Environmental activists are ramping up their campaigns against the Keystone XL oil pipeline. This project has not received the attention it deserves.
It’s a $13 billion pipeline that would run …
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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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