Nov 09 2011
Voters across the nation took to the polls yesterday. In Ohio, more than 60% of voters repealed a GOP backed bill that restricted collective bargaining rights of union workers. Republican governor John Kasich started his term this January by pushing a bill that hampered the ability of hundreds of thousands of public workers including firefighters and police officers, to negotiate …
Nov 09 2011
“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower …
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Nov 09 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.
It wasn’t difficult to find lifelong Republican Karen Ford at Occupy Monterey’s rally on Saturday. I simply told the crowd that I was interested in interviewing people who’ve never been …
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Nov 08 2011
Mississippi is voting on a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it the first US state to define a fertilized human egg as a person.
The measure would confer rights on an embryo from the moment of conception, effectively outlawing abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.
A survey found that that 45% of voters in Mississippi backed the measure, 44% were against, and 11% undecided.
But even if it does pass, it is likely to be …
Nov 08 2011
We’ll hear a special report from Occupy LA on food – how activist campers are feeding one another at the tent city that has sprung up. And, we’ll examine new developments in the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project slated to transport tarsands from Canada across the US. And, a look at election results from Arizona to Mississippi to Ohio and what they mean for the 2012 elections. Plus this week’s Activist Beat. …
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Nov 08 2011
The US Census Bureau yesterday announced a change in the way it defines poverty, updating the criteria used since 1963. The new definition classifies 49 million American as living in poverty, which translates into 3 million more poor Americans than previously measured. A Census Bureau report on the change says this new way of measuring disposable income was born of …
Nov 08 2011
The Congressional Supercommittee charged with outlining spending cuts as per a recently passed debt-ceiling bill has until November 23rd to finish its work. The group of 6 Democrats and 6 Republicans have been grappling with how to cut more than a trillion dollars in annual federal spending. Senator Charles Schumer, who is not part of the group, in an interview …
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Nov 08 2011
Most Americans have only heard of the island of Fiji through a label on their water bottle, or as a tourist destination for honeymooners. Little is known about the military junta ruling the country and their brutal repression of the Fijian people. Following the recent arrests of Fijian trade union representatives Felix Anthony and Daniel Urai by the Fijian …
Nov 08 2011
“It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.” — H. L. Mencken
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Nov 08 2011
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
You may have heard about the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission, the 14 member citizen body that drew the lines for the State Senate, State Assembly, Board of Equalization, andCalifornia’s House of Representatives. They had dozens of public meetings across the state, took input …
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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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