Oct 17 2006
October 17, 2006
“War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” — General Smedley Butler
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Archive for October, 2006
Oct 17 2006
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 8
Comedy and Tragedy in the Bush White House
Destined for Destiny: The Unauthorized Biography of George W. Bush Click here for a moving video of Bush’s “Life in Pictures as featured in the book, Destined for Destiny.
Scott Dikkers, the editor-in-chief of The Onion, and Peter Hilleren, a seasoned writer and producer of public radio and television have co-authored …
Oct 16 2006
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 7 – Hour 2
Pacifica Authors Roundtable featuring Amy Goodman, Eric Mann, and Sonali Kolhatkar
Interview with Amy Goodman:
We begin with “Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back,†– the newest book by Amy Goodman, written with her brother David Goodman. The Goodman’s newest book follows on the heels of their previous New York Times Bestseller, “The Exception to the Rulers.†In “Static,†Amy and David tackle …
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Oct 16 2006
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 7 – Hour 1
Deconstructing Empire
Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of people in a bus station this morning in Iraq, killing four and wounding three others in the town of Khalis north of Baghdad. In a separate attack two hours earlier two people, including an Iraqi police officer were killed. The violence in Iraq continues to claims lives, and as reported in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, more than …
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Oct 16 2006
October 16, 2006
“Hundreds of thousands of you have survived the relentless propaganda you have been subjected to, and are actively fighting your own government. In the ultra-patriotic climate that prevails in the United States, that’s as brave as any Iraqi or Afghan or Palestinian fighting for his or her homeland. If you join the battle, not in your hundreds of thousands, but in your millions, you will be greeted joyously by the rest of the world. And …
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Oct 13 2006
Weekly Digest – 10/13/06
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This week on Uprising:
* On the 40th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party, we’ll spend the hour with former Panther, Flores Forbes on his new book: “Will You Die With Me? My Life and the Black Panther Party”
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Oct 13 2006
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 4
Uprising’s Friday Morning Fund Drive Music Special featuring Michael Franti, Quetzal, Green Day, Hermanazos, and a documentary about Cuban Hip Hop
Cuban Hip Hop: Desde El Principio is new documentary by two local sisters – Vanessa and Larisa Diaz, whom we featured on Uprising. Hip Hop has rapidly become one of the preferred forms of expression and …
Oct 13 2006
October 13, 2006
The artist, Magdalena Abakanowicz once said, “Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.†…
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Oct 12 2006
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 3
This summer Israel launched another war on Lebanon, all the while continuing its brutal occupation of Palestine. While the Israelis have yet to completely pull out of …
Oct 12 2006
October 13, 2006
“A great war leaves the country with three armies – an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.” — German Proverb …
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