Aug 07 2006
“The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.” — Jonathan Kozol …
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Aug 04 2006
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This week on Uprising —
* A sixteen year old Lebanese American escapes the Israeli assault
* Will Somalia go the way of Afghanistan?
* The late Murray Bookchin – his philosophy and legacy
* Radio BC’s Glen Ford on Cuba
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Aug 04 2006
GUEST: Juliana Darwiche, 16 year old Lebanese American escapes Israeli Assault
Yesterday a barrage of missile attacks by Hezbollah on northern Israel killed eight people. Hours later, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah offered a cessation of hostilities if Israel stopped airstrikes against Lebanon. Nasrallah has threatened to launch rockets into Tel Aviv if the Lebanese …
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Aug 04 2006
GUEST: Saul Landau, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, film maker and frequent writer on Cuba. His most recent piece about Fidel Castro is titled “History Absolved Him. Now What?”
This past Monday, after undergoing intestinal surgery, Cuban President Fidel Castro temporarily handed power over to his brother, Raul Castro. This is …
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Aug 04 2006
GUEST: TJ Parcell, President of Stop Prisoner Rape, Cynthia Chandler, Co-Director of Justice Now
Earlier this week, a study released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that sexual assaults in prison are underreported. The bureau looked at more than 1,800 correctional facilities holding some 1.7 million inmates – which is 78 percent of the adult prison population. The most …
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Aug 04 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford, Radio BC
Today’s commentary by Radio BC’s Glen Ford is about Cuba.
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Aug 04 2006
Chino Hardin, a New York-based organizer with the Prison Moratorium Project, said: “You treat people like animals, you lock them in cages. At some point, the only thing they have control over is their body.†…
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Aug 03 2006
GUEST: Juliana Darwiche, 16 year old Lebanese American escapes Israeli Assault
Israeli forces have invaded deeper into Lebanon, with a late night air strike and commando raid on a hospital in the town of Baalbek. The assault involved a five hour firefight, much of which was door-to-door, floor-to-floor, inside the hospital. Israel said it captured five Hezbollah fighters and …
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Aug 03 2006
GUEST: Bill Paparian, Criminal Defense Lawyer, representing Lilliana Lopez and Jose Villa
Lilliana Lopez, a KPFK news reporter and Jose Villa, a 21 year old college student, are scheduled to appear in court today on charges stemming from an anti-minuteman counter-demonstration. On July 8th, members of anti-immigrant groups including the Minuteman Project gathered …
Aug 03 2006
GUEST: Brian Tokar, Faculty member at the Institute for Social Ecology
On Sunday July 30th, renowned radical social ecologist Murray Bookchin died of heart failure at the age of 85 at his home in Burlington, Vermont. Born in New York City in 1921 to Russian immigrants, Bookchin became active in leftist politics early on …
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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