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This week on Uprising —

• Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson on Bush’s visit to India and the US-India Nuclear Agreement
• A former US Marine calls for action against genocide in Darfur.
• Anti-war Iraq veterans, soldiers families, and activists speak out against war. We’ll hear from Mimi Kennedy, Jackson Browne, Pablo Parades, and Tim Goodrich.
• Plus the Black Commentator and Empire Notes on US Policy in Iraq.

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Gandhi’s Legacy and Bush in India

GUEST: Arun Gandhi, Co-founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Gandhi’s grandson

President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struck a nuclear deal during Bush’s visit to India. The deal could transform relations between the two countries. For the US to acknowledge India’s status as a nuclear military power, is a reversal of three decades of US policy. The nuclear deal has to be ratified by the US Congress. A spokesman for one of the socialist parties in the Indian government said of the agreement: “Today is one of the most shameful days in the history of independent India.” A 2005 poll found that about 54 percent of Indians said they had confidence that Bush would generally do the right things in world affairs, well above the confidence levels in Europe. But tens of thousands are protesting Bush’s visit, as well as his act of placing a wreath at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.

For more information, visit www.GandhiInstitute.org

Darfur: Eyewitness to Genocide

GUEST: Former Marine Captain Brian Steidle, the U.S. representative to the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan

600 Nigerian troops are being airlifted to Darfur, Sudan, to bolster peace keeping operations. The move is part of the growing international pressure to help end the deadly conflicts that has claimed over 300,000 lives in the region. Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, has asked the United States to provide air support for the several thousand African Union peacekeeping troops that are already there. Members of the Bush administration have openly admitted that the civilian killing in Darfur amounts to a genocide. To date, the US has done little in practical terms to stop it. Meanwhile Darfur has all but dropped out of the sights of the news media.

My guest is Brian Steidle, a former Marine captain, who went to Darfur in September 2004 as one of three U.S. military representatives to the African Union’s peacekeeping mission. His role was to report violations of a cease-fire between the Arab militia and African tribes that had been declared in April 2003.

For more information, visit www.savedarfur.org, www.MillionVoicesForDarfur.org.

Empire Notes
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about sectarian violence in Iraq.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.

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Iraq Veterans, Activists, and Others Gather to End War on Iraq

GUESTS: Tim Goodrich, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Pablo Parades, war resistor, Mimi Kennedy, actor, Jackson Browne, musician.

Last Saturday February 25th, hundreds of activists gathered in Southern California to raise awareness of the on-going war in Iraq, and its toll on Iraqis and US Soldiers. Cindy Sheehan with Gold Star Families for Peace was the keynote speaker. Also present was Fernando Suarez del Solar whose son Jesus was the first US Marine to die in Iraq, and actors Martin Sheen and Mimi Kennedy, musician Jackson Browne, and Iraq veterans Tim Goodrich, Pablo Parades, Robert Acosta and others.

During his speech, Tim Goodrich of “Iraq Veterans Against the War” announced his intention to commit civil disobdience. I spoke with Tim after the event.

For more information visit www.ivaw.net.

Actor Mimi Kennedy MCed the event and has been active in the anti-war movement. I asked her what she expected for 2006.

On March 12th, Iraq veteran Pablo Parades and Fernando Suarez of Gold Star Families for Peace will begin a 241 mile march starting in Tijuana, Mexico, going through Camp Pendleton to Cesar Chavez’s burial site in La Paz, and culminating in The Mission district of San Francisco. I spoke with Pablo Parades about the action.

For more information, visit www.guerreroazteca.org.

Musician Jackson Browne was also at the event and sang “Crow on the Cradle” and “Lives in the Balance.” I spoke with him about music, politics, and political music.

For more information, visit www.jacksonbrowne.com.

Black Commentator on US Policy in Iraq

Glen Ford, co-publisher of The Black Commentator

The Black Commentator is an online political magazine bringing you commentary, analysis and investigation from a black perspective. Today’s commentary is about US policy in Iraq.

The Black Commentator is online at www.blackcommentator.com.