Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #347: "Reverend Billy in Ithaca" Reverend Billy and the talented choir of the First Amendment Church preach and sing about stores, sweatshops, the Bill of Rights, and even BGH. Take a break from both shopping and seriousness. Tuesday, April 22 7:00-7:30 pm on Channel 13 Wednesday, April 23 1:00-1:30 pm on Channel 13 Thursday, April...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #346: "Stuffed and Starved" Petra Hepburn talks with our longtime Ithaca Shark friend Raj Patel about his new book, Stuffed and Starved . Many people are going hungry, while many others are obese, often in the same country. Food prices are going through the roof, while farmers can't make a living. In the globalized world it's all...
Right Voices (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Now that’s rich! Here is a link to all things Ed, I’ll give you my 2 favorites: Asner is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and has raised money on that organization’s behalf. Says Asner: “Socialist means a thing that will curb the excesses of capitalism: the increasing wealth of the rich and decreasing [...]
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #345: "Afro-Colombians and the US" Marino Cordoba told us earlier how paramilitaries destroyed his village. Now he goes into detail about the business interests behind such massacres and the role of US aid. Tuesday, April 8 7:00-7:30 pm on Channel 13 Wednesday, April 9 1:00-1:30 pm on Channel 13 Thursday, April 10 11:00-11:30 pm...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #344: "Fast for Hotel Workers" The Religious Task Force for a Living Wage is holding a 40-hour fast, focusing on hotel workers. We hear about wages and working conditions from hotel workers Neisha Butler, Joan Keyser, Michelle Lopez and Mary Loehr. We also hear from Kate Bronfenbrenner about how unions can make things better. Tuesday,...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #343: "Puppet Pageant for Peace" Local puppetistas on the Commons present a pageant "All People Are Created Equal" about war and its devastation, about why we need to impeach the president, and about hope for a sustainable future. Tuesday, March 25 7:00-7:30 pm on Channel 13 Wednesday, March 26 1:00-1:30 pm on Channel 13 Thursday,...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #342: "Middle Eastern Politics: A Palestinian Perspective Pt. II" Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador to the US talked about and took questions on recent Palestinian/Israel relations and the role of the US in helping to make peace. Part 2 includes part of his talk and questions from the community. Tuesday, March 18 7:00-7:30 pm on...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #341: "Middle Eastern Politics: A Palestinian Perspective Pt. I" Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador to the US talked about and took questions on recent Palestinian/Israel relations and the role of the US in helping to make peace. Part 1 is most of his talk. Part 2, to air next week, includes the rest of his talk and questions from...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #340: "Afro-Colombians under Attack" Marino Cordoba tells his story. Afro-Colombians have land that companies and developers want. Paramilitary forces, aided by a US-financed military, have massacred villages and forced the remaining population to flee. Tuesday, March 4 7:00-7:30 pm on Channel 13 Wednesday, March 5 1:00-1:30 pm on...
Ithaca Action Network (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #339: "A Doctor Looks at Healthcare" Dr. Bill Klepack, a local family physician, talks with Rebecca Elgie of the Tompkins County Healthcare Task Force about problems with the current US approach to healthcare. A single payer systemm of government-run insurance coupled with private provision of services would be better. Tuesday, February...
New Zeal (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Obama-file 15 here Barack Obama did not rise to prominence from nowhere. He was groomed for the national stage by a coalition of Chicago socialists. This alliance , comprising the Communist Party USA, their Marxist comrades from Democratic Socialists of America and the far left of the Democratic Party has been influential in Chicago since the early 1980s. The coalition...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
... media to do." By the same token, he quickly added, Senator Barack Obama's involvement with a socialist group in Chicago, which has backed his political career, should also be investigated by the media. Kincaid has published several articles on the AIM website, about Obama's ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, his mentoring by a known member of the Communist...
newsalert (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
... and actor/activist Susan Sarandon. Comrade Ehrenreich and Comrade Piven are top leaders of The Democratic Socialists of America .It appears Ehrenreich and Piven know what Obama means by "change".
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
... This advice included not to "start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that shit." This Frank guy in the Black Power dashiki is Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Communist Party USA, which received subsidies from the Soviet Union to advance its goal of destroying America from within. Davis wasn't Obama's last contact with the radical...
New Zeal (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Obama-file 14 here Barack Obama is a creation of the Chicago far left. He is the product of a radical alliance that elected Chicgo's Marxist mayor, Harold Washington in 1983 and Illinois' socialist Senator Carol Moseley Braun in 1992. That coalition still exists and has backed Obama since his first Illinois State Senate race in 1996. Though nominally a Democrat he has long been supported by...
