Jul 12 2007
“I say without any pride that I did my job as a soldier. I commanded an infantry squad in combat and we never failed to accomplish our mission. But those who called me a coward, without knowing it, are also right. I was a coward not for leaving the war, but for having been a part of it in the first place. Refusing and resisting this war was my moral duty, a moral duty that …
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Jul 12 2007
GUEST: Camilo Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramadi
In 2004 Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia was court-martialed by the US military for desertion. A veteran of the US war on Iraq, Mejia had spent 8 years in the military and eventually filed for conscientious objector status, becoming the first publicly known US soldier to do so. Now, his first book and …
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Jul 12 2007
… about The Newark Race Riots .
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Jul 11 2007
On Sonali’s last day before taking maternity leave, we’ll cover the US’s move to put Iran on a terrorist watch list, find out about a women’s equality day parade in Sacramento, and the story of a US citizen who was accidentally caught in an immigration dragnet. Plus the Black Agenda Report …
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Jul 10 2007
GUEST: Jacob Mundy, Coauthor, with Stephen Zunes, of “Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution,” member of Western Sahara Resource Watch, and former Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco
After seven years of refusing to meet face to face, Moroccan officials and members of the Western Sahara rebel movement, Polisario Front, met with UN officials last …
Jul 10 2007
GUEST: Jorge Coulon, founder of Inti Illimani
Since 1967, the accomplished Chilean band, Inti Illimani, has created a historic musical legacy by creatively 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 …
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Jul 10 2007
GUEST: Thenmozhi Soundararajan, on the National Organizing Committee of the USSF 2007, Executive Director of Third World Majority, occasional guest host of Uprising
A little over a week ago the first ever US Social Forum wrapped up in Atlanta, Georgia. On Uprising we spoke with two main organizers of the forum, whose mood …
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Jul 10 2007
… about Martin Luther King and the Chicago Freedom Movement .
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Jul 10 2007
“The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.” – Audre Lorde …
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Jul 09 2007
GUESTS: Zia Mian, with the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Professor of Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad
At least 21 people have been killed since last Tuesday in violence between Pakistani government forces and religious leaders and …
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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