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This week on Uprising:

* Empire Notes on the 4th Anniversary of the Iraq War – Pt 2
* Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson
* Black Agenda Report on White Preference for Black Immigrants

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Empire Notes on the 4th Anniversary of the Iraq War – Part 2

GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Good morning and welcome to Uprising. We begin this morning’s show with our regular commentary, Empire Notes, filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on the 4th Anniversary of Iraq War – Part 2.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.

Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson

GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Debating Race”

According to Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, “Michael Eric Dyson is the most courageous and visionary public intellectual on the scene today. He exemplifies a profound commitment to social justice and a genuine love of black people, especially poor black people. In short, he is a rare kind of genius with organic links to our beloved street brothers and sisters!”

Michael Eric Dyson is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written over ten books including Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur; Why I Love Black Women; I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr; Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X; Is Bill Cosby Right?, and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.

Michael Eric Dyson has never shied away from controversy and has taken on the likes of Ward Connerly and Ann Coulter. His latest book is called Debating Race – a collection of many of Dyson’s most memorable encounters and most poignant arguments on the topic of race. Michael Eric Dyson joins us in studio today.

Michael Eric Dyson’s website is www.michaelericdyson.com.

Black Agenda Report on White Preference for Black Immigrants

GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is about “White Preference for Black Immigrants.”

Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day

“Action wedded to analysis becomes redemptive movement.” — Michael Eric Dyson from “Debating Race”