Oct 11 2006
The Bolivarian revolution will not be televised but you can catch it on KPFK Pacifica Radio. On today’s program: Hugo Chavez, the coup, the referendum, and the UN speech.
Venezuela could bill private oil companies more than $300 million for taxes that went unpaid last year, a tax official revealed yesterday. Under President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan tax agency …
Oct 11 2006
“No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.†– Hugo Chavez …
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Oct 10 2006
GUESTS: Arundhati Roy, award winning writer and political commentator from India, Eduardo Galeano, award winning writer and political commentator from Uruguay
We spend the morning with two phenomenal writers and political commentators from entirely different parts of the world, who have taught us here in the US, what it means to use words not only as a form of expression but …
Oct 10 2006
“The battle…has to begin here. In America. The only institution more powerful than the U.S. government is American civil society. The rest of us are subjects of slave nations. We are by no means powerless, but you have the power of proximity. You have access to the Imperial Palace and the Emperor’s chambers. Empire’s conquests are being carried out in your name.” — Arundhati Roy …
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Oct 06 2006
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This week on Uprising:
* Does the Mark Foley Scandal Spell Doom for Republicans?
* Eve Ensler on her first non-fiction book, “Insecure at Last”
* US Interference in Nicaragua Elections* Empire Notes on American torture and impunity
* Black Agenda Report …
Oct 06 2006
GUEST: Eve Ensler, award winning playwright of the Vagina Monologues, founder of V-Day, and author of “Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World”
At a time when the words “Orange Alert” have entered our daily lexicon, and the Bush administration’s “war on terror” has turned into a “war of terror,” acclaimed playwright …
Oct 06 2006
GUESTS: Jorge Coulon and Daniel Cantillana, both musicians with Inti Illimani, Freya Rojo, Programmer with KPFK Shows Nuestra Voz and Enfoque Latino
Acclaimed Chilean folkloric group, Inti Illimani, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a brand new album and an intercontinental tour that brings them to Pasadena this Saturday. Formed in 1967 by …
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Oct 06 2006
GUEST: Tom Loudon, co-Director of the Quixote Center live from Managua, Jennifer Atlee, also with the Quixote Center, live from Washington DC
During a recent three day visit to Central America, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refused to field questions about Nicaragua’s elections and in particular, the Nicaraguan presidential candidate and former president …
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Oct 06 2006
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator, formerly with the Black Commentator. He is now affiliated with ‘The Black Agenda Report.’
This week’s commentary is called:
Study Shows Uneven Faith-Based Initiative Penetration of Black Churches
There’s a mixture of good news, bad news, ironic news and just plain curious news, in the recent findings of the Joint …
Oct 06 2006
“To change an oppressive social system, the only need is the existence of a man with a minimum of dignity.†– Augusto Cesar Sandino …
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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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