Jul 19 2011
House Republicans have planned a vote today on a bill to increase the debt ceiling by the necessary $2.4 trillion, on the condition that it include a constitutional amendment requiring future budgets be balanced. The vote is being held in defiance of President Obama’s pledge to veto it, and will most likely not even make it through the Senate. …
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Jul 19 2011
“[W]e can…take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.” — David Korten …
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Jul 18 2011
We’ll get an update from the Free Gaza movement, as the Dignite-Al Karamah, the only ship from the Freedom Flotilla to escape Israeli clutches, makes its way to Gaza. And, Jamie Court joins us to discuss the passing over of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even as the alternate pick, Robert Codray faces GOP opposition. Plus, David Korten, on a vision for a new economy. …
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Jul 18 2011
A CBS news poll conducted over the weekend found that Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the way Congress is handling debt ceiling negotiations. Republicans earned a 71% disapproval rating, and Democrats fared only slightly better, with 58% of respondents laying blame on that party. Opinion on the President was nearly split, with 43% approving of his role in the talks, and …
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Jul 18 2011
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) published an expose of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) this week. ALEC is an organization that brings together corporations and conservative state lawmakers with the stated purpose “to conduct a policy making program.” In order to move their national agenda forward, ALEC pushes legislation state by state. Wisconsin Governor Scott …
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Jul 18 2011
Fifty years ago later this year, the legendary jazz musician Horace Tapscott formed the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra – a Los Angeles based group of local musicians that defined the concept of a community band. The Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra, or P.A.P.A., featured live jazz performances and was the heart of the African American arts movement in LA. Horace Tapscott was only in his twenties when he started P.A.P.A., choosing community work as his reward over an international career path. Tapscott led the Arkestra through the 1990s. Although he died in 1999, his legacy lives on. Celebrating with the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra on their 50th anniversary is Build an Ark, an L.A. based music ensemble formed by Carlos Niño in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, as American fighter jets were dropping bombs on Afghanistan. Build an Ark features musicians like Dwight Trible, who is also the vocal director for the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. Together, the two community-based musical institutions will be performing on July 23, at 8 pm, as part of the Grand Performances series in downtown Los Angeles. KPFK is a media sponsor of the event.
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Jul 18 2011
Fifty years ago later this year, the legendary jazz musician Horace Tapscott formed the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra – a Los Angeles based group of local musicians that defined the concept of a community band. The Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra, or P.A.P.A., featured live jazz performances and was the heart of the African American arts movement in LA. Horace Tapscott …
Jul 18 2011
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about the California Prisoner Hunger Strike.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org.
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Jul 18 2011
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.” — Victor Hugo …
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Jul 15 2011
We’ll look at the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC – a corporate funded institution found to be developing the various right wing pieces of legislation eroding workers rights and social services all over the country. And, an update on the debt ceiling debate and how Obama’s willingness to compromise Social Security and Medicare shouldn’t come as a surprise. Plus, the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra Joins Build an Ark to celebrate community jazz and music …
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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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