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Feb 09 2007
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This week on Uprising:
* Judge Declares Mistrial in Watada Court Martial
* Empire Notes on Joseph Biden
* Iraq in Fragments – An In-Depth Conversation with the Director
* Mumia Abu Jamal on the Iraq Troop Surge
* Black Agenda Report on Walmart
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Feb 09 2007
GUESTS: Marjorie Cohn, Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Carlos Arredondo, father of Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo who was killed in Najaf on Aug. 25, 2004
This past Wednesday, an Army judge declared a mistrial in the court martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada. As the first military officer to publicly refuse deployment …
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Feb 09 2007
GUEST: James Longley, director of award winning film, “Iraq in Fragments”
James Longley is an award winning film maker who spent two years in Iraq, shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, and whose stunning documentary, “Iraq in Fragments,” has garnered national and international attention. “Iraq in Fragments” was filmed in …
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Feb 09 2007
GUESTS: In-Joo Whang, Ji-Young Yoo, artists
Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the “Forgotten War,†is a traveling multimedia exhibit that presents the legacies of the Korean War and its tragic human cost. Three visual artists, three performance artists, a documentary filmmaker, a psychologist and an historian collaborated to bring to audiences the …
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Feb 09 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about Walmart. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Feb 09 2007
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Feb 08 2007
GUEST: James Longley, director of award winning film, “Iraq in Fragments”
The highly anticipated court-martial of Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada for refusing to deploy to Iraq ended in a mistrial yesterday. Watada is the highest ranking officer to speak out against what he calls an illegal war in Iraq. The mistrial …
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Feb 08 2007
GUEST: May Boeve, organizer with Step It Up 2007
Last week a UN sanctioned panel on Climate Change sent a strong message about the inevitable effects of human activity leading to increased temperatures and an ominous outlook for the planet’s future. The panel’s conclusion confirms a long-held consensus in the scientific …
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Feb 08 2007
GUEST: Julian Davis, Free Josh Wolf Coalition
This past Tuesday, February 6th, independent journalist and freelance videographer Josh Wolf became the longest jailed journalist in U.S. history for protecting his sources. He has now been incarcerated for 171 days. Josh Wolf was served a federal subpoena requiring his testimony as well as …
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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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