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GUEST: Leonard Isenberg, public school teacher

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Despite already lagging test scores, this year, data showed that LA Unified High School students scored even lower in the past year, dropping 20 points below compared to the previous year. The new LAUSD superintendent David Brewer III said that high-school scores are attributed to a stubborn gap between white and minority …

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This week on Uprising:

* Understanding the Standoff at the Red Mosque in Islamabad
* Empire Notes on the Pakistan Standoff
* Filipinos Brace Themselves for the Human Security Act of 2007
* Black Agenda Report on Cheney and Impeachment
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(Originally Published on LatinoLA.com on July, 12th, 2007)

Since 1967, the accomplished Chilean band, Inti Illimani, has created a historic musical legacy by fusing traditional Andean music with Latin America’s best known musical forms. As principal musicians in a cultural phenomenon known as Nueva Cancion, Inti Illimani has written and performed some of the world’s best known protest songs. Unlike many other musical dissenters, Inti Illimani experienced the opportunity of singing songs of …

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GUESTS: Julie Ann Fishel, Western Shoshone Defense Project, Steve Lopez, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe

Corbin Harney, an anti-nuclear weapons activist and spiritual leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, died earlier this week at the age of 87. Harney was a well known spokesperson who traveled the globe educating people about the dangers of …

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GUESTS: Crispin Beltran, Filipino Congressperson and labor leader; Kuusela Hilo, a member of Anakbayan – Los Angeles, and Deputy Secretary General of Bayan – USA; Pia Rivera, member of Anakbayan Seattle and Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue

This weekend, the Government of the Philippines will enact the so-called “Human Security Act of 2007.” The legislation, which …

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GUEST: John Taylor, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition

A new report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition has found that racial discrimination persists in the mortgage loan industry. Upon examining major metropolitan areas in the nation, the NCRC concluded that black and Latino minorities were disproportionately more likely to receive high-cost …

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

This week’s commentary is on Cheney’s Impeachment. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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