Jan 19 2007
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This week on Uprising —
* US Strikes on Somalia – a Model for “Anti-Terror” Missions?
* Empire Notes on “Iraqi Ingratitude”
* The Meaning of Chavez’s “21st Century Socialism”
* Black Agenda Report on Lies in the American Political Discourse
* 2007: A …
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Jan 19 2007
GUEST: Gregory Wilpert, editor at VenezuelaAnalysis.com, and author of the forthcoming book, “Venezuela and the Quest for 21st Century Socialism”
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez recently attended a two-day summit of Mercosur leaders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He claimed he had come to “decontaminate†the South American geopolitical trade project of its “Neo-Liberalism.†Chavez’s visit …
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Jan 19 2007
GUEST: Dr. Waltraud “Trudi” Q. Morales, Professor of Political science at the University of Central Florida. She is the author of “Bolivia: Land of Struggle” and more recently “A Brief History of Bolivia”
Demonstrations in Cochabamba, Bolivia over the past several weeks have led to two deaths and many injuries. The demonstrators, mainly …
Jan 19 2007
GUESTS: John Montana, plays the lead role of Michael, and Mac Brandt, plays the role of Sean, who saves Michael’s daughter
British playwright Chris Thorpe has written a new play called “Safety” about the increasing desensitization to the horrors of war. The central character in the play, Michael, is an internationally-renowned war photographer …
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Jan 19 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is called “Lies in the American Political Discourse.” Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Jan 19 2007
“What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine. They are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and low, or dysentery, chronic and acute, cold and heat and famine. They are intoxication, drunken brutality, demoralisation and disorder on the part of the inferior … jealousies, meanness, indifference, selfish brutality on the part of the superior.” — Florence Nightingale …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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