Sep 13 2011
President Obama on Monday challenged Congress to pass his American Jobs Act, a $447 billion dollar stimulus package designed to put Americans back to work at a time when the official unemployment rate teeters at 9% and stagnant job growth is rekindling fears of a recession. Obama first announced details of his plan in a strongly worded address …
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Sep 13 2011
At a time when the U.S. is experiencing the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, and the country is mired in close to 15 trillion dollars worth of debt, U.S. military spending continues to consume the federal budget. The nation’s military budget is more than that of China, Russia, India and the rest of NATO countries combined. …
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Sep 13 2011
When California Governor Jerry Brown needed to drum up last-minute support among Republican state Senators for his California First Jobs Plan, he didn’t call a meeting with the reticent elected officials. Instead, Governor Brown had a sit-down talk with the President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, named after the man who authored proposition 13. Writing for the LA Times …
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Sep 13 2011
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Sep 13 2011
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
Even though most of us aren’t elected officials, we, as a citizenry have the ability to pass laws through ballot measures, propositions, initiatives, and referenda. In the end, it is the same at all levels of government: If you can get enough …
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Sep 13 2011
WASHINGTON — Even though the Great Recession technically ended in 2009, incomes fell, poverty rose and the number of Americans without health insurance jumped again in 2010, the federal government announced Tuesday.
The nation’s poverty rate increased to 15.1 percent in 2010, up from 14.3 percent in 2009 and the highest level since 1993, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage report for 2010. An additional 2.6 million people landed …
Sep 13 2011
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan— Insurgents staged a brazen attack Tuesday in the heart of the Afghan capital, firing rockets apparently aimed at the U.S. Embassy or the nearby headquarters of the NATO force.
Heavy explosions echoed near a central square, as terrified Afghans fled the sound of fighting. “Again, again!” said an elderly shopkeeper as he hastily rolled down the metal shutter protecting his carpet store and prepared to flee.
Insurgents appeared to have seized a tall …
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Sep 13 2011
LONDON — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has said two American hikers jailed for espionage in his country last month will be freed within “two days,” NBC reported on Tuesday, citing an exclusive interview with the Iranian leader.
The development was confirmed by the semi-official Fars state news agency, which quoted a lawyer for the two men as saying they would be freed on bail of $500,000 each and allowed to leave Iran.
The two, Shane M. …
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Sep 12 2011
We’ll focus on budgetary priorities starting with an analysis of President Obama’s jobs bill that he presented to Congress this week. And, the War Resisters League releases a new Popular Education Curriculum, Budgets and Bombs, on educating youth about the US defense budget. Finally, California Governor Jerry Brown attempts once more to pass his tax law only to be thwarted by the Howard Jarvis Tax Payers Association. Plus Civic Circus by Ankur Patel. …
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Sep 12 2011
The Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt was attacked on Friday by hundreds of Egyptians who tore down the building and its flag. The incident has peaked tensions between Egypt’s transitional military government and Israel after the killing of three Egyptian soldiers on the border by Israel, for which Israel has not apologized. Israel is also facing serious tensions with its …
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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