Jul 14 2011
A mound of hats have been tossed into the GOP ring for the 2012 Presidential primary and favorites are beginning to emerge. A Quinnipac poll of registered voters released yesterday asked participants who would have their vote if elections were held today. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came in first among his rivals with 25% support. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann jumped-up …
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Jul 14 2011
Radioactive material has been found contaminating various sectors of Japanese infrastructure in the wake of the March 11th nuclear disaster in Fukushima. The impact is being felt all over Japan. The Japanese government has confirmed that contaminated beef was found on the domestic market and that some of it was already consumed. The beef was shipped to 11 prefectures all …
Jul 14 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Israel and Palestine.
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Jul 14 2011
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.” — Oscar Wilde …
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Jul 13 2011
We’ll cover the multiple attacks in Mumbai and what they mean for India-Pakistan relations. And, we’ll survey the field of Republican Presidential candidates. Plus, why media coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has all but disappeared. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Jul 13 2011
Five French troops were killed in an Eastern Province of Afghanistan early this morning. A suicide bomb attack was found to be responsible. The attack comes on the same day as a funeral for Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half brother Ahmed Wali Karzai, who was assassinated early this week, setting of speculation about motives and the power vacuum …
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Jul 13 2011
Wisconsin voters went to the polls yesterday in 6 districts to elect Democrats against recalled Republican state senators in Democratic primaries. The recall effort is aimed at taking power away from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Senate Republicans who rammed through an anti-union bill in the state after weeks of protest and a political stand-off earlier this year. In a …
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Jul 13 2011
One of Arizona’s most powerful state senators has been recalled. Russell Pearce was the chief architect of the highly controversial immigration bill SB1070 which passed in 2010 and was signed into law, sparking protests and calls for boycott nationwide. Although a court injunction stripped the bill of some of its most contested provisions, opponents remain outraged. Pearce has been unseated …
Jul 12 2011
We’ll look at the reality of the Afghanistan war as US generals claim progress even as President Karzai’s brother is assassinated. And, we’ll cover the recall of State Senators in Wisconsin where Republicans plan to run candidates in Democratic primaries. Plus, in Arizona, we’ll cover another recall election: this time of the Republican author of SB 1070. …
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Jul 12 2011
Just days after being confirmed as the nation’s newest Secretary of Defense, former CIA head Leon Panetta toured Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Iraq in particular, has publicly been a source of concern for the Obama administration – in June alone, more than 15 U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq – the greatest number in the past two years. U.S. troops …
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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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