Apr 11 2011
“All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.” — Mohandas Gandhi …
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Apr 08 2011
“The essential ingredient missing from Obama’s campaign of hope and change was the hard work that would be necessary from all of us to convert the former into the latter; not only on his part, but on ours as well.” — Eric Alterman …
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Apr 07 2011
“I don’t fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice, I fear becoming indifferent to the fate of my people.” -– Malalai Joya …
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Apr 06 2011
“The labor movement was the principle force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and above all new wage levels that meant not mere survival, but a tolerable life. The captains of industry did not lead this transformation; they resisted it until they were overcome.” — MLK talking about the labor …
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Apr 05 2011
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” –- Albert Einstein …
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Apr 04 2011
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Malcolm X …
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Apr 01 2011
“If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.” — Mahatma Gandhi …
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Mar 31 2011
“The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one’s contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.” — Angela Davis …
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Mar 30 2011
“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.”– A. Philip Randolph …
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Mar 29 2011
“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.” — J. B. Priestley …
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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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