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This week on Uprising:

* Protests Rock Bolivia Over New Constitution
* Empire Notes on Declining Violence in Iraq
* Oxfam Warns of Worsening Climate Change
* Black Agenda Report on Somalia
* Journalists Decry Racism in Media Coverage of Mumia

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Protests Rock Bolivia Over New Constitution

GUEST: Ben Dangl, author of “The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia” published this year by AK Press, live from Cochabamba

At least four people have died in violent confrontations in Sucre, Bolivia, where the framework for …

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GUEST: David Waskow, Policy lead on Oxfam America’s Climate Change campaign

Earlier this month Bangladesh was struck by the worst cyclone since 1991. Cyclone Sidr hit the impoverished South Asian country on November 15 with winds of 155 mph and a 5-foot tidal surge, killing around 3,500 people, leaving thousands missing or injured, and displacing 2 million. Meanwhile Oxfam International warns that natural disasters like Cyclone Sidr have quadrupled over the last two decades, from an average of 120 a year in the early 1980s to as many as 500 a year today. In a new report entitled, “Climate Alarm: Disasters increase as climate change bites,” Oxfam warned this week that the at the same time as climate hazards are growing in number, more people are …

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GUEST: Jason Ope?a Disterhoft, Domestic Human Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International USA

An officer outside a police department in Ohio used a stun gun yesterday to subdue a pregnant woman after forcing her to the ground. Authorities claim that the woman’s pregnant condition was not made known to the officer until after she was taken to jail and transferred to a hospital. The entire incident was caught on surveillance tape as the FBI and the police department are conducting a probe to determine whether excessive force was used. The videotaped tasing of the pregnant woman is just the latest high profile instance of the use of stun guns by police officers. The practice is coming under heavier scrutiny as a United Nations Committee declared last week that the …

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GUEST: Lysa Flores, musician, activist, actress

Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Lysa Flores has for years melded her evocative lyrics with folk-rock melodies in pioneering the Chicana alternative scene. The multi-talented singer, musician, activist and actress has toured with many well known musicians such as Los Lobos, and has appeared in films such as the acclaimed “Star Maps.” Today she runs her own independent label, “Bring Your Love Records.” Flores has released two solo bilingual albums “Tree of Hope,” and “The Making of a Trophy Grrrl.” The latter musically expressed the coming of age of a Latina in the cosmetically obsessed metropolis of Los Angeles. Now Lysa Flores is hard at work on her next album, “Immigrant Daughter,” which will feature collaborations with musicians …

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GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is on Somalia. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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There will be a Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar this Saturday December 1st from 11 am to 3 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in the Geneva Room, 3300 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. Over a dozen vendors will offer fair trade coffee and tea, hand made crafts by Afghan women, jewelry and art by local artists. Vendors include Afghan Women’s Mission, Ten Thousand Villages, Garment Worker Center, Pacifica Radio Archives, Global Voices for Justice, and others. There will be live performances and refreshments. Entrance is free. For more information, visit www.afghanwomensmission.org.

“Does feminist mean a large unpleasant person who’ll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it’s the latter, so I sign up.” — Margaret Atwood

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GUESTS: Arlene Inouye, Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools, Pat Elder, Peace Action Montgomery

Anti-recruitment activists are hailing the recent announcement by the Los Angeles Unified School District of a new policy to better protect students’ personal information from the military. The policy is the result of discussions with teachers and the ACLU. It was approved late last month and just recently made available to district employees. Under the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind Act, public schools are required to make available students’ names and addresses to military recruiters upon request.

For more information, visit www.militaryfreeschools.org, and www.nnomy.org.

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GUEST: Michael Kearns, activist, artist

About 2.5 million people have been newly infected with the HIV virus this year. It is now estimated that more than 33 million people globally live with HIV. An overwhelming ninety-five percent of all HIV/AIDS cases occur in the developing world. The theme of this year’s International World AIDS Day on Saturday December 1st, is “leadership” and calls upon various sectors of society, not just governments, to address the AIDS challenge. Locally, as part of World AIDS Day, actor and activist Michael Kearns will be premiering a one time performance reading of “Going In: Once Upon a Time in South Africa.” Kearns’ newest work is a spoken memoir reflecting on the month he spent with his daughter working in an orphanage …