[LAAMN] KPFK Presents a Screening of Jean-Philippe Tremblay's: "SHADOWS OF LIBERTY" ~ Saturday, September 28th, 4:30 PM ~ At The Downtown Independent Theater ~ Hosted by Brad Friedman ~ Q&A with Jean-

2013-09-26 Thread Frank Dorrel
KPFK Presents a Documentary Film Screening of Jean-Philippe Tremblay's: "SHADOWS OF LIBERTY" Featuring Amy Goodman, Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Assange, Danny Glover, Chris Hedges, Norman Solomon, Dan Rather, Jeff Cohen, James Bamford, Sibel Edmonds, Pratap Chatterjee, Brad Friedman, Dick Gregory, Pe

[LAAMN] FARC Leader “Timochenko” Expresses Frustration with Santos’s Negotiating Strategy

2013-09-26 Thread Cort Greene
https://nacla.org/blog/2013/9/26/farc-leader-%E2%80%9Ctimochenko%E2%80%9D-expresses-frustration-santos%E2%80%99s-negotiating-strategy FARC Leader “Timochenko” Expresses Frustration with Santos’s Negotiating Strategy Nazih Richani Cuadernos Colombianos

[LAAMN] TPP Would Censor Internet, But We Can Stop It

2013-09-26 Thread scotpeden
Reason #87 to stop the TPP: It would censor the internet. For the first time, actual presidents and prime ministers of 12 powerful countries are meeting behind closed doors to seal an extreme internet censorship plan called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We know from leaked drafts that the

[LAAMN] Top 45 Lies in Obama’s Speech at UN

2013-09-26 Thread scotpeden
Top 45 Lies in Obama’s Speech at UN By David Swanson Global Research, September 25, 2013 War Is A Crime Region: USA Theme: United Nations  4343  220  7    4733 1. President Obama’s opening lines at the U.N. on Tuesday looked down on people who would think to settle disputes with war. Ob

[LAAMN] Defeating Monsanto

2013-09-26 Thread scotpeden
The Biotechs already have voluntary labeling, that's why they pour millions into NOT labeling GMO products, it would be bad for business if we knew and stopped purchasing from them- Scott "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) have signaled support for FDA guidance on volun

[LAAMN] The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America

2013-09-26 Thread Cort Greene
This report does not include the recent loans negotiated by Venezuelan government these past few weeks ( their loans to China stood at $38.5 Billion DOLLARS through 2011) and from the scant reports of the recent ones, they seem to be even more stringent in the terms than before. What I found more

[LAAMN] Gov. Brown Signs Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour By 2016

2013-09-26 Thread bigraccoon
Gov. Brown Signs Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour By 2016 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-minimum-wage-20130926,0,1855643.story?track=rss