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This week on Uprising:

* FCC Supresses its own Report
* Mining and Human Rights in Mongolia
* Oaxaca Communities Rise Up
* Empire Notes on “War on Terror” – Part 3

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FCC Supresses its own Report

GUEST: Adam Candeub, Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, Jeff Perlstein and Sydney Levy of Media Alliance, Jeff Perlstein Executive Director of Media Alliance

Last week, California Senator Barbara Boxer released a draft of a study by the Federal Communications Commission, showing that media consolidation leads to less local TV news coverage. Adam Candeub, a former lawyer with the FCC said FCC managers ordered the destruction of that report. Boxer’s office released a second study on Monday September 18th, on the radio industry which was also apparently shelved. Former FCC Chairman, Republican Michael Powell, under whom the studies were conducted, says he knew nothing about them. Boxer has asked the current FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, to conduct a formal investigation.

Read the full FCC Report here.

Adam Candeub recommends listeners thanks Barbara Boxer for making the documents public:
Senator Barbara Boxer’s Los Angeles Office can be reached at:

312 N. Spring St. Suite 1748
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 894-5000
(213) 894-5042 fax

Mumia Abu Jamal on Iran

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

Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is on why there is no Iran war on the horizon.

Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org.

Mining and Human Rights in Mongolia

GUEST: Aisha Bain, Mongolia Program Associate at Global Rights

Over the past year, the government of Mongolia has passed laws increasing taxes and state ownership in the country’s mining industry. Most recently, a law passed on August 27th, allows the Mongolian government to acquire up to thirty four percent of private mining projects. The international financial community, which is eagerly awaiting official translation of the law, views the legislation with much trepidation. The mining industry, according to the International Labor Organization, accounts for 60 percent of Mongolia’s export revenue and roughly 17 percent of its gross domestic product. However, Mongolia’s minerals haven’t just been a source of revenue. According to a new article in Global Rights Magazine, the mining industry is related to many human rights abuses. Herders, who comprise a third of the nation’s populations, have been forced to move from their villages due to environmental degradation wrought by mining projects. Mongolian citizens and miners are also suffering from various health problems as a result of increased pollution. Independent miners not legally recognized by the government are exposed to unsafe working conditions and violence from mining security forces and local police.

For more information, visit www.globalrights.org.

Empire Notes on “War on Terror” – Part 3

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 part 3 on the “War on Terror.”

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.

Oaxaca Communities Rise Up

GUEST: Telesforo San Diago, grade school teacher in Oaxaca, Angela Thielan, interpreter

The siege in the small city of Oaxaca, 210 miles southeast of Mexico City, began in May 2006 as a simple teachers strike but snowballed after its governor, Ulíses Ruíz Ortíz used tear gas and riot police against the demonstrators. There has been a rebellion raging since then. Oaxaca has a little over a quarter of a million people, the majority of whom are indigenous. In the most recent wave of violence at least two people were murdered and many more injured and imprisoned. Information obtained by Amnesty International strongly suggests that militias are working in conjunction with state security forces. For months, protestors have been calling on Ulises Ruiz to step down as Governor of Oaxaca. Demonstrators have set up roadblocks, taken over radio and television stations and have begun encampments outside all major state government buildings. Members of the newly formed, People’s Assembly of Oaxaca have declared a willingness to negotiate with Mexican federal officials but will not budge on Ruiz’s resignation.

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day

“We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths.” — Ricardo Flores Magon