Dec 14 2011
Durban Climate Conference Ends In More Inaction
On Monday just a day after climate change talks in Durban, South Africa ended with a whimper, Canada surprised the international community by pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty. Canada’s action drew criticism from home and abroad. The Canadian government cited the expense of offsetting a leap in carbon emissions by purchasing carbon emission permits as one reason to pull-out. …
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The start of the New Year in California may not be something to celebrate if $1 billion dollars in budget cuts go into effect on January 1st as planned. Governor Jerry Brown announced yesterday the cuts will come from state college budgets, services for the disabled and elderly, free school bus programs and public libraries. When library budgets are slashed …
Ziggy Marley, son of the world’s most famous reggae star, Bob Marley, has been nominated for a Grammy award for his new album, Wild and Free. If he wins, it will be Marley’s third Grammy. Wild and Free features 12 new tracks, and has been described as his most personal and political album to date. The title track, Wild and …
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. 
Protests targeting West Coast ports on Monday stopped work shifts and shipments for hours with major disruptions at the ports of Long Beach and Oakland. Hundreds of people gathered at ports in the early morning hours from San Diego all the way up to Vancouver, Canada. Protesters targeted in particular, terminals owned by a company named SSA Marine because it …
On Sunday’s CBS news show “60 minutes” Steve Kroft asked President Obama if he was disappointed that not a single Wall Street executive has been prosecuted for crimes in connection with the 2008 economic crash. The President sidestepped the question saying, “Some of the most damaging behavior on Wall Street — in some cases some of the least ethical …
In November 2011, best selling author and acclaimed physician Gabor Mate spoke in Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, making the links between economic and societal stresses and human health. Dr. Gabor Mate is the best-selling author of 4 books, including In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction, and When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection. …
