Jun
25
2007
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Religion, Politics and the End of the World – with Chris Hedges, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens
The United States is one of the most religious countries on the planet with 91 percent of American adults saying they believe in God, and 82% of Americans identifying as Christian. …
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Jun
25
2007
“Men never do evil completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” — Blaise Pascal …
Jun
22
2007
Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
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This week on Uprising:
* Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire with John Pilger
* Empire Notes on “A Unique Opportunity”
* A Young People’s History of the United States with Howard Zinn
* Black Agenda Report on Impeachment
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Jun
22
2007
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The Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
In September 2003, Iraqi photojournalist Yunis Khatayer Abbas, was arrested along with his three brothers, in his home in Baghdad. For the US soldiers who conducted the raid, it was all in a day’s work. For Yunis, it …
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Jun
22
2007
“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt …
Jun
21
2007
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Maxed Out
Most Americans have gone into debt or are in debt one point or another in their lives. Most of us have run up credit card or other forms of debt and been daunted by the prospect of paying it off. Most of us have one …
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Jun
21
2007
“You can choose not to go to McDonald’s, you can choose not to eat badly and a lot of people do, but it’s impossible not to use credit in this country. Even if you’re the Unabomber and you’re completely off the grid, you’re still on the hook for the national debt, and your state debt, and your city debt. So debt affects everything in this culture.” — James Scurlock, director of “Maxed Out” …
Jun
20
2007
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The Ballad of Pete Seeger
We begin today’s very special Uprising revolutionary music program with legendary folk hero and music legend, Pete Seeger through a very special two part tribute produced by the Pacifica Radio Archives. The Ballad of Pete Seeger features historic live performances, actuality and …
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Jun
20
2007
“Songs won’t save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders.” — Pete Seeger …
Jun
19
2007
We recently had a major problem with our audio archives server and lost all of Uprising’s audio files. We are working feverishly to restore our backups but this may take a few days. Please bear with us while we do everything we can to fix this problem. Thanks! — the Uprising Team. …