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What Evo Morales Faces
GUESTS: Ronald Bruce St John, analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus, currently working on a history of Bolivian foreign policy, Tom Barry is Policy Director for the International Relations Center and has authored or co-authored numerous books on Mexico, Central America and more

Evo Morales is set to be inaugurated as the first indigenous president of the majority indigenous nation of Bolivia on January 22nd. Morales won the presidential election on December 18th, with a higher than predicted majority of nearly 54 percent of the popular vote. In the mean time, the 46 year old president-elect has set out on a seven nation tour. His first two stops were Cuba and Venezuela – a strong indication of how his presidency will be received by the US. In late December, Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Morales announced a thirty month plan of cooperation between their nations to erase illiteracy in Bolivia. Castro also offered free eye operations to needy Bolivians as well as scholarships for medical studies on his island nation. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said during Morales’ visit, “We are creating the axis of good, the new axis of the new century.”

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Commentary on Bolivia
GUEST: Mumia Abu Jamal, award winning journalist and political prisoner

Mumia Abu Jamal comments on Bolivia and the recent election of Evo Morales. For more information, visit www.prisonradio.org.

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Heart of Whiteness: A Discussion on White Privilege
GUEST: Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism at University of Texas at Austin, author of “The Heart of Whiteness : Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege”

We turn next to Journalism Professor, Robert Jensen who returns to Uprising with his latest book – about racism and white privilege. It’s called “The Heart of Whiteness : Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege.” In it, Jensen offers an honest and rigorous exploration of what he refers to as the “depraved nature of whiteness” in the United States. He refers heavily to his own personal experience and uses data and theory to analyze racism and white privilege. Jensen’s main point is that any system that denies non-whites their full humanity also keeps whites from fully accessing their own. Robert Jensen’s previous book was “Citizens of the Empire : The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity.”

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day:

“The world does not need white people to civilize others. The real white People’s Burden is to civilize ourselves.” – Robert Jensen, from his book, “Heart of Whiteness”