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December 7, 2009
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 2:29 pm.
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Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute will discuss the EPI’s 5 Point plan to stem the jobs crisis. And South Asian Network Executive Director Hamid Khan will report back from his recent trip to Pakistan and how ordinary Pakistanis are responding to increased militarization. Plus, Randy Olsen, author of “Don’t be such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style” will join us in studio.
Weekly Digest - 12/04/09
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 1:21 pm.
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Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
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This week on Uprising:
* Obama Embraces War Presidency
* Empire Notes on Obama’s Afghanistan Speech
* Hopes Dim Over Copenhagen and Climate Bill
* Black Agenda Report on Haiti and Honduras
* Rev Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping
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Rare Interview with Burma Activist
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 11:05 am.
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President Barack Obama met recently with the Prime Minister of Myanmar or Burma, a country ruled for 2 decades by a military dictatorship. Burma’s elected leader Aung San Su Kyi remains under house arrest after a controversial trial earlier this year for allegedly breaking the terms of her imprisonment. The meeting between Obama and Prime Minister Thein Sein took place at …
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI & the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther 40 Years Ago
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 11:02 am.
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the murders of Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton Jr. and Mark Clark in Chicago. After their deaths, with increasing evidence that the police in collusion with the FBI knowingly carried out a raid that ended in murder, a lengthy legal battle ensued. At the heart of that battle was attorney Jeffrey Haas, who …
Hopes Dim Over Copenhagen and US Climate Bill
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 11:00 am.
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As droves of activists head to Copenhagen, Denmark, to pressure international leaders to take drastic measures on global warming, here in the US, nine Senate Democrats have decided what they would like President Obama to agree to. The Senators include Arlen Specter and other centrist Democrats who wrote a letter to the president suggesting that “all major economies should adopt …
Black Agenda Report about Haiti and Honduras
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 10:56 am.
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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about Haiti and Honduras.
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Subversive Historian - 12/04/09
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 10:56 am.
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The Murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
Back in the day on December 4th, 1969, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by the Chicago Police Department. Exactly forty years ago the two members of the Black Panther Party were shot to death during an early morning raid on their apartment. Despite the police having been cleared of any …
December 4, 2009
Published 4 Dec 2009 at 10:10 am.
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“We’re in a giant car heading toward a brick wall and everyone’s arguing over where they’re going to sit.” — David Suzuki
On July 27, 2010 Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan about the latest film he has produced, Peepli Live, about …
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