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This week on Uprising —

* Dissecting the “Peace Deal” on Darfur: a round-table discussion featuring a member of the Sudanese rebel group, JEM.
* The Forgotten Genocide in Uganda: we’ll speak with the former UN Under Secretary General, …

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“I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.” — Desmond Tutu
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GUEST: Olara A. Otunnu, President of LBL Foundation for Children, former UN Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

Today, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will be sworn in as president for the third term after he scrapped presidential term limits. Museveni secured 59 percent of the vote on February 23. The …

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GUESTS: Muhammad Jaradat, Campaign Unit Coordinator, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Fayyad Spaihat, Divestment Support Committee

The word “Nakba,” symbolizes the “Palestinian Catastrophe,” which marks the founding of the state of Israel and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their land between 1947 and 48. The event is remembered …

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GUEST: Toby Chaudhuri, Communitions Director of Campaign for America’s Future

As the Monday, May 15th deadline for enrollment in the federal Medicare prescription drug plan looms nearer, many are calling for an extension. The Bush administration has rejected calls for extending Monday’s deadline citing that some 86% of seniors have prescription coverage as a result of …

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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 on Damu Smith.

The Black Commentator is online at www.blackcommentator.com.
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“Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.” — Eugene Debs …

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GUEST: Laura Esquivel, author of “Like Water for Chocolate,” and “Malinche.”

Acclaimed author Laura Esquivel returns to the literary world with “Malinche,” her first new novel in five years. Through years of research, Esquivel’s novel reinterprets the historical relationship between Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, and his indigenous mistress and interpreter Malinalli. Long reviled as a traitor …

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GUEST: Howard Zinn, author of “People’s History of the United States.” Latest book is “Just War.”

This Friday at 7:30 pm people’s historian Howard Zinn, will speak at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. He’ll be joined by Dr. Gino Strada, founder of the medical aid organization EMERGENCY. The event, which is sponsored by …

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