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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 memoir, Road from …

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“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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This week on Uprising:

* Chavez Proposes Constitutional Change in Venezuela
* Black Agenda Report about John Conyers
* Nahr el Bared Relief Campaign
* Empire Notes on Iran
* Mining Disasters: Utah and China

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“Until many white and well-off folk feel the full force of black pain, and open their eyes to see racial and class suffering, that divide will only wide. And the black poor will continue to be left behind long after Katrina recovery efforts are over.” — Michael Eric Dyson …

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GUEST:Andrew Mcguire, Health care for All California

In response to a new field poll, Arnold Schwarzenegger came out against a state government-run health care system. In the poll, 69 percent of California voters questioned say they are dissatisfied with how the health care system is working and just 28 percent are satisfied with it. Schwarzenegger, who …

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GUEST: Tom Honore, member of the Steering Committee for ICUJP, Maricela Guzman, Iraq Veterans Against the War and SWAN (Service Women Action Network)

According to a new report on gulf renewal in the wake of the Katrina disaster, federal relief funds are falling short of what’s needed to rebuild. In fact, nearly two years …

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GUEST: Tram Nguyen, Executive Editor of Color Lines Magazine and author of “We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities After 9/11”

Earlier this week in Kansas City, Missouri, Bush accepted the Vietnam war comparisons to Iraq. In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the president compared the war in Iraq to …

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GUEST: Bruce Dixon is a writer and radio commentator and the Managing Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is about John Conyers. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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