Jan 08 2010

Inside Obama’s Brain – Part 2

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obamaPresident Obama started 2010 with only a 50% job approval rating, down 18% from a year ago when he took office. More than three quarters of the non-white population still has a high opinion of him, compared to only 41% of whites. Similarly younger women are more likely to like what the president is doing at 58% compared to …

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Jan 08 2010

White Supremacist CSULB Professor is Director of New Political Party

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MacDonaldKevin MacDonald, a noted white supremacist and psychology professor at Cal State Long Beach, recently became the director of the newly formed American Third Position Party. As a revealing three-part series by KPFK programmer Gustavo Arellano in the OC Weekly has illustrated, the tenured academic regularly espouses anti-Semitic, anti-gay and anti-immigrant rhetoric in his work and public appearances. MacDonald …

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Jan 08 2010

Black Agenda Report on Wells Fargo and the Black Community

Glen FordGlen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Wells Fargo and the Black Community.

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Jan 08 2010

Subversive Historian – 01/08/10

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Eric Drooker Louisiana Slave Uprising

Back in the day on January 8th, 1811, the largest slave revolt in U.S. history occurred in Louisiana as Charles Deslondes led an insurgent band of hundreds towards the city of New Orleans. Starting in Saint Charles and Saint James Parish in Louisiana, the rebelling slaves marched from plantation to plantation along the eastern bank …

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Jan 07 2010

Schwarzenegger’s Final State of State Address Fails to Deliver

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schwarzeneggerCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his final State of the State address yesterday before lawmakers in Sacramento. In setting an agenda for his last year in office, the Governor outlined job creation as his number one priority. In a state where unemployment continues to hover above twelve percent, Schwarzenegger outlined a five hundred million dollar plan including funding job …

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Jan 07 2010

Federal Healthcare Efforts Fail to Produce Real Reform, While California Med Students Rally for Single Payer

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healthcareIf you thought the major battle over healthcare was finished at the end of 2009, think again. In many ways, the real battle has just begun, with the House and the Senate both passing versions of the bill that have some significant differences. While the House bill includes a version of a publicly funded health insurance option, the Senate …

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Jan 07 2010

Inside Obama’s Brain – Part 1

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sasha abramskyAs progressives survey President Obama’s first year in office with mounting dismay, Sasha Abramsky’s new book, Inside Obama’s Brain, attempts to understand the man behind the hype, through a careful analysis of publicly available documents and interviews with family and friends. Abramsky has written many books including “American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Ageof Mass Imprisonment,” …

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Jan 07 2010

Subversive Historian – 01/07/10

Eric Drooker Argentina’s Tragic Week

Back in the day on January 7th, 1919, four workers were killed in Buenos Aires, Argentina starting ‘la semana tragica’ or the tragic week. Military officers used deadly force against striking workers echoing the worldwide demand for an eight hour day and improved wages in the Vesena Iron Workers plant in the capital city. The unleashing …

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Jan 06 2010

Bloody Year Beginning Dooms Obama’s Afghanistan Policy

afghanistanWith the new year barely begun, violence in Afghanistan has exploded. Just this morning a blast in Nangahar province killed four Afghan children and 3 US soldiers, and wounded dozens. Yesterday the US and NATO were accused by the Afghan government of killing 7 civilians including 3 children in an air strike in Helmand province. The accusation comes on the …

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Jan 06 2010

Group Calls on Congress to Reinstate the Estate Tax

estate taxFor nearly a hundred years, people who inherited a lot of money from their super-wealthy relatives, had to pay hefty taxes on their inheritance. The “Estate Tax,” or as Republicans like to call it the “Death Tax,” was supposed to have been extended into 2010 by Congress but as of now, until Congress reconvenes its session and takes up …

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