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Last Wednesday January 27th, American progressives lost a hero - Howard Zinn, who pioneered a genre of history called People’s History - stories of our nation’s past told from the perspective of ordinary people, poor people, women, people of color, and others. His seminal book A People’s History of the United States, which sold well over a million copies, influenced countless people and spawned hundreds …
“Revolutionary change does not come as one cataclysmic moment (beware of such moments!) but as an endless succession of surprises, moving zigzag toward a more decent society. We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power that can transform the world.” — Howard Zinn, A Power Governments Cannot Supress
We’ll revisit Afghanistan with news of NATO airstrikes killing election campaigners in the leadup to Parliamentary elections. And, a major hunger strike in Chile has gone on for nearly 2 months - we’ll speak with reporter Jorge Garreton live from Chile. Plus, a discussion with James Loewen, author of the best-selling book Lies My Teacher Told Me: He has a new book called the Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader.
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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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