Aug 22 2012
Tomorrow we look into allegations that Richard Aoki, a member of the Black Panthers was actually an FBI informant. We will also cover the lawsuit filed against the City of LA’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. And, we bring you news about the upcoming South LA Summer Power Festival! …
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Aug 22 2012
Check out Daddy Mention, a Los Angeles based band. We played their song “Say Goodbye” on today’s show.
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Aug 22 2012
Eighteen years after the end of white minority rule in South Africa, 34 mine workers were shot and killed by police at the Lonmin platinum mine last Thursday. The workers were protesting at the mine in Marikana which is about 60 miles outside Johannesburg. The police, who were armed with semi automatic weapons shot into a crowd of 3,000 protesters …
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Aug 22 2012
A week ahead of the Republican National Convention, the GOP released its draft party platform yesterday. The ordinarily contentious issue of abortion was quickly dispensed with as party representatives accepted the same plank from four years ago, that includes supporting a so-called “fetal personhood” amendment to the US Constitution, and denying abortion in all cases including rape and incest, except …
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Aug 22 2012
Overfishing in the UK has caused a severe shortage of cod and haddock, leading our cross-Atlantic ally to import nearly a third of all fish consumed. A year ago, the country ran out of fish for a month and turned to importing the food from countries like Finland and even China. But the UK is only one of a number …
Aug 21 2012
We’ll take a look at the recent massacre of miners in South Africa and what it means for the country’s political future. Plus, Nancy Cohen, author of Delirium, joins us to discuss the GOP’s sexual politics – we’ll look at the records of Akin, Romney, Ryan, and more. And, a growing program worldwide called Catch Shares, attempts to address overfishing for sustainable economies and environments. …
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Aug 21 2012
Tomorrow we cover the shooting of 34 miners in South Africa, GOP sexual politics and a new program to replenish fish stock in the Pacific. …
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Aug 21 2012
United Nations special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Ben Emmerson, called on the US for transparency on the use of drones as news of intensified bombings surfaced in Pakistan. Thirteen people were killed in several air raids in northern Waziristan over the weekend. Emmerson writes about the lack of bombing footage from the unmanned vehicles, saying “[w]e can’t make a decision …
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Aug 21 2012
The State of Florida reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security this past Friday to use the Systematic Verification for Entitlement Program or SAVE database which tracks immigration status to remove voters that Florida deems ineligible from the voting rolls. Republican lawmakers including Florida Governor Rick Scott, have cited concerns with allowing those who are not citizens to …
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Aug 21 2012
“..We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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