Mar 06 2007
Speech by Ghanian President Kwame Nkrumah to the United Nations in 1960. Courtesy of the Pacifica Radio Archives.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the independence of the West African state of Ghana. Ghana was the first black African country to obtain independence from colonial rule on March 6th, 1957. It’s first Prime Minister …
Mar 06 2007
GUEST: Patricia Isasa, torture survivor from Argentina
We return now to the story of Patricia Isasa, Argentine torture survivor whom we have featured on Uprising before. Patricia is the lead witness in a trial which will begin this year, to bring 9 human rights violators in Argentine to justice for torture, complicity, or even …
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Mar 06 2007
GUEST: David Lynn, independent journalist, just returned from Chad
Last week the International Criminal Court made its first move on Darfur, Sudan, in response to the on-going genocide. The Court accused a Sudanese minister and a militia commander of war crimes. As expected, the Sudanese government refused to co-operate. Meanwhile the African Union’s …
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Mar 06 2007
… on the 1857 Supreme Court Decision on Dred Scott vs. Sanford.
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Mar 06 2007
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.†– Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi …
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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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