Apr 18 2006
This was posted on a new media blog that I am a part of. It’s by a group called Women in Media and News. The blog is WIMN’s Voices.
Recently there was a lot of hue and cry about Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man who had converted to Christianity and was facing the death penalty for the crime of apostasy. The US media seemed to suddenly discover that Afghanistan’s new government was …
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Jan 16 2006
Today is Clarence Ray Allen‘s 76th birthday. The Choctaw Indian is the oldest man on death row. He is wheelchair bound, nearly blind and is in need of open-heart surgery. While KPFK joined many other news outlets in focusing on the Samuel Alito hearing all last week, the news of Allen’s impending execution on Tuesday January 17th has gotten little coverage on our airwaves or others’.
As was …
Jan 10 2006
The Vermont Guardian newspaper reported that their former editor is now the Executive Director of Pacifica Foundation.
Guma goes to Pacifica radio
Vermont Guardian staff
BURLINGTON — Vermont Guardian co-founder Greg Guma has been selected as the new executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, a listener-supported national radio network with five owned stations and more than 80 affiliate stations across the United States that air its programs.
Guma …
Dec 15 2005
I was at the supermarket yesterday, and as is the nauseating custom at this time of the year, there was Christmas music playing over the loud speakers. While I was able to tune out “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” I soon found myself nearly retching when Band Aid’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” began playing.
I remember Bob Geldof’s paternalistic fervor 21 years ago, joined by the likes of George Michael, Boy George, Simon …
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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