May
03
2007
… about The U.S. Invasion of Nicaragua (Again!) .
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May
03
2007
“Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life’s become extinct, the climate’s ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.” — Anton Chekhov …
May
02
2007
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GUESTS: Geri Silva, Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes, Rose Braz, Campaign Director of Critical Resistance
Last Thursday, California lawmakers approved a 7.4 billion dollar prison reform bill. In the Senate, the bill passed by a 27-10 vote while the Assembly nearly passed it unanimously by a vote of 70-1. Despite the fact that …
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May
02
2007
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Yesterday’s spirited May Day marches around the US in support of immigrants rights brought out hundreds of thousands of people in various cities. Here in Southern California, about 30,000 people showed up in Downtown LA during the day, while in MacArthur Park, about 15,000 showed up. The march in Santa Ana drew several …
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May
02
2007
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GUEST: Dan Beeton, International Communications Coordinator with Center for Economic and Policy Research
President Hugo Chavez recently announced his intention to withdraw Venezuela from both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Hugo Chavez has continually blamed the two financial institutions and their austerity policies for perpetuating poverty in Latin America. The move …
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May
02
2007
… about The Congo Free State .
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May
02
2007
“The prison industrial complex is a self perpetuating industry based on the subjugation of an increasing segment of our communities by racial and economic scapegoating.” — Kobutsu Malone …
May
01
2007
GUESTS: Gloria Saucedo with Hermandad Mexicana, Roosevelt high school students Nelson Hernandez and Vicki Gonzalez, Mexican human rights activist Marta Sanchez, Mexican Congressman with the PDR, Jose Jacques Y Medina, State Senator Gil Cedillo, and undocumented college student Armando Ceja
On May 1st 2007 Uprising broadcast live from the May Day march in Downtown LA from 2-3 pm. Between …
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May
01
2007
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GUEST: Gerald Lenoir, Coordinator of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration
This past weekend, a 14-member delegation of African Americans toured various border towns around Tucson, Arizona to investigate human rights abuses on both sides of the border. The delegation was sponsored by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), an organization founded to …
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May
01
2007
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GUEST: Pratap Chatterjee, Managing Editor of Corp Watch and author of Iraq Inc (Seven Stories, 2004)
Kurdish lawmakers in the Iraqi parliament have announced that they will oppose an Iraqi oil law to regulate the nation’s key industry. However, the Kurdish bloc is not large enough to stop parliamentary approval on its own. …
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