Apr 10 2009
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This week on Uprising:
* Pakistani and Afghan Women Face Misogynist Justice
* Empire Notes on American Exceptionalism, Obama-Style
* Obama’s Cuba Policy Preserves Embargo
* Black Agenda Report on the Case of Mumia Abu Jamal
* How Wealthy Americans Made Money on Risky Scams …
Apr 10 2009
We’ll speak with a former Navy Commander about whether Obama will keep his campaign promise to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. And, we’ll hear about an ACLU lawsuit in Mississippi over the police arrest of children on a school bus. Plus, economist Dean Baker warns that Social Security is once more in trouble. …
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Apr 10 2009
The closure of the US prison facility in Guantanamo, Cuba, was an election campaign promise made by both presidential candidates last year. The orange jump-suit-clad detainees at Guantanamo became a stark visual symbol of the most egregious of President Bush’s shame-inducing policies. In a high-profile move, the Obama administration ceremoniously announced the immediate closure of Guantanamo as he took office, …
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Apr 10 2009
Upon returning to the United States from Cuba, Representative Barbara Lee of Oakland will be exploring medical, biotech and student exchanges between the two countries. Earlier this week, Lee headed a delegation of Congressional Black Caucus members to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro. Afterwards, Lee and two other House members visited the private home of Fidel Castro in …
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Apr 10 2009
While President Obama’s scheduled commencement address at Notre Dame continues to draw controversy, award-winning writer and performer Monica Palacios is set to make history at another Catholic University. On Monday, the Los Angeles based creator of several one-woman shows, including “Greetings from a Queer Señorita” will become the first gay performer to take to the stage …
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Apr 10 2009
Bruce Dixon, sitting in for Glen Ford, is the managing editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Apr 10 2009
The Assassination of Emiliano Zapata
Back in the day on April 10th, 1919 Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata was assassinated. The plot to kill the influential leader was hatched by then-President Venustiano Carranza of Mexico who had come to see Zapata as a threat to the consolidation of his rule. Upholding the freedom of the peasantry as …
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Apr 10 2009
“The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.” — Sydney Smith …
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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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