So last Thursday was Thanksgiving. As per usual, the America Haters who are supported by China and the Billionaire Boys Club of Davos unfurled their false hate America division narratives in full force ...

Before and after the votes were tallied for the BREXIT a cacophony of voices sounded lamentation after lamentation as to the consequences of staying in or leaving the European Union (EU). I believe that had Britain stayed, we could have counted on more of the same;  A kind of blind leading the blind into the future. ...

On June 25th and 26th, the Pasadena Convention Center played host to the Politicon 2016.  Politicon is regarded as the quintessential non-partisan event of the year.  Being an election year, the organizers upped the ante  with some of the biggest names in politics and the wittiest voices in comedy and entertainment, representing all sides of ...

On a sunny Thursday afternoon presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave a spirited speech to over 9,000 people on the lawn at Ventura College.  Bernie was in great form and railed on many of the themes that rocketed him from dark horse to the probable winner in the general election match up with Donald Trump.  The ...

Both the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are considering measures to “deal with homelessness”.  However, none of these measures take into account any of the STRUCTURAL causes of expensive housing or homelessness, and most of these structural causes are the direct result of GOVERNMENTAL POLICY. If you go down and hand ...

Not all Irish minds turn immediately to thoughts of green beer, celtic music, and limericks as March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day nears.  I have always loved the Roman Catholic prayer known as St. Patrick’s Breastplate.  Although religious scholars cast doubt on the prayer being written by St. Patrick, one could certainly be forgiven for believing,  given ...

I drove by a gasoline station the other day in Pasadena, California, and noticed for the first time in a long time, the price of a gallon of gasoline was under $3.00.  Brent crude is under $50.00.  This brief video portrays why I think this one thing more than anything else will rid us of the ...

On this Labor Day I was trying to put together a blog would encapsulate two things for our readers.  On would be the importance of each person’s labor in America.  And second,  the dire straits many workers find themselves in today.  During my many failed attempts, a scene from Lewis Lapham’s documentary/mocumentary The Ruling Class kept ...

The other week, a sandwich salesman plead guilty to paying under-aged prostitutes for sex.  The internet exploded with memes similar to the cartoon featured to the right, celebrating the sandwich salesman’s probable prison rape.  Liberals, Anti Police violence protestors, progressives and feminists circulated these memes celebrating the prison rape culture right along with conservatives and fundamentalists.   Prison ...

On August 26th some 60 people gathered in front of Congressman Ted Lieu’s office to drop off 2,500 petitions from people in his district and urge him to support the Iran nuclear treaty. In this video you will hear speeches from Ed Asner, Marcy Winograd, Lila Garrett, David Clennon,  Rico Ross, and Joe Cicero. IFSPP was ...

Two weeks ago I discussed in a blog that we here at IFSPP will be focusing a lot of attention on the cyclical nature of the circumstances we find ourselves in as a country.  We can’t peer into the future with a crystal ball.  But, we may find valuable insights by looking into the past. As ...

As we begin to dig into and research the evidence of demographic cycles that impact us in terms of politics, economics and our society at large, we thought it would be fun to use prize contests to better engage our audience.  In our first contest, we have identified a quote from a periodical and want you ...

I spend a lot of my time following economic, political and social topics in both the mainstream press and alternative media.  And for the past three years I have been paying a lot of attention to what I perceive to be the cyclical nature of the situations (economic, political and societal) that we as a ...

I had the pleasure of sitting down earlier this week and speaking with Culver City Council Member, Meghan Shahli-Wells.  As Culver City’s immediate past Mayor, Meghan is entering her fourth year as a member of the City Council in Culver City. She has championed initiatives to improve the lives of children in her community, and ...

On Saturday, May 23, 2015 hundreds of Angelenos gathered to stage a rally and march to protest genetically modified foods (GMOs) and inform the public as to how they can harm their health and wellness.   Steve and Kevin visited the rally in order to listen, learn and share what they saw and heard with you. They ...

  On Saturday, May 9th the Malibu Democratic Club hosted an amazing series of presentations concerning the Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant, the menace it poses to Southern California and the need to bring its generating days to a end and begin its decommissioning. The Center for Populist Urban Politics is grateful it had the opportunity to record ...

Steve and Kevin are at it again bringing their thoughts, opinions and reactions to last week’s international, national, state and local headlines. Acts of corruption, malfeasance, ineptitude, skullduggery and arrogance screamed from the headlines the past week. But hey, it’s all grist for the mill here at the Center for Populist Urban Politics as we churn ...

Michael Shermer of the Skeptic Magazine and Skeptics Society really did the country a service with their latest magazine. Titles such as “A War on Terror Baloney Detection Kit”, “A Skeptics Guide to the War on Terror”, and “Myths of Terrorism” kind of tell you where he and others are coming from. Personally, I never bought ...

Welcome to another edition of the CFPUP’s Weekly News Wrap Up! Once again we’re providing you our take on issues that  impact you on an international, national, state, and local level. It’s been a busy week newswise and we found ourselves culling and conflating a lot of topics so as to keep it interesting. Our perspectives ...

Welcome to another edition of the Center For Progressive Urban Politics Weekly News Wrap Up (WNWU) for the week ending Friday, April 24, 2015.  This weekend we discuss: The Armenian genocide, More misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles Police Department, and what a local city election tells us about the political environment today. Thanks for watching and don’t forget ...