Aug 17 2007
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This week on Uprising:
* Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be Put on US Terrorist List
* Empire Notes on Impeachment – Part 2
* Mattel Recalls Millions of Chinese-made Toys
* Black Agenda Report about Karl Rove
* A Deeper Look at the …
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Aug 17 2007
GUEST: David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio, heard on KPFK on Fridays at 3 pm, his latest book is Targeting Iran with Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian, Nahid Mozaffari
Earlier this week, a Bush administration official said the U.S. planned to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group. The Revolutionary Guard is estimated at between …
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Aug 17 2007
GUESTS: Hector Villagra, Staff Attorney ACLU So. Cal, Pedro Rios, Director of American Friends’ Service Committee San Diego
Yesterday a national meeting organized by a food workers’ union harshly condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s workplace raids. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, alongside other organizations and community leaders, called for congressional hearings to investigate the …
Aug 17 2007
GUESTS: Dr. Kimberly Salter, Organizational Psychologist and Parade Chair, Redwood Mary, Executive Director, Circle the Earth-Grassroots Women Taking Action for Sustainable Development
In honor of the women’s suffrage movement, a commemorative parade will take place in the state capitol later this month. Inspired by the 1913 suffrage parade on the nation’s capitol, statewide organizers will be gathering …
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Aug 17 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about Karl Rove. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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Aug 17 2007
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Aug 17 2007
“The early North American Indian made a great mistake by not having an immigration bureau” –- Anonymous. …
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Aug 16 2007
Uprising host and producer, Sonali Kolhatkar will be on extended maternity leave from August 20th – November 26th 2007. Sitting in for her will be guest host Aura Bogado. Special thanks to Thenmozhi Soundararajan for all her hard work and dedication. Uprising programming will continue uninterrupted under the supervision of producer Gabriel San Roman. …
Aug 16 2007
GUESTS: Mark Schapiro, Editorial Director at the Center for Investigative Reporting, author of Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power, Jessica Frohman, Co-Chair of the National Toxins Committee at Sierra Club
The largest toy company in the United States, Mattel Inc, has recalled millions of Chinese-made …
Aug 16 2007
GUEST: Scott Amey, General Consul for the Project on Government Oversight
After a watchdog group recently launched its Federal Contractor Misconduct Database, response has varied from positive to the critical. The improved and more user-friendly database created by the Project on Government Oversight names contractors, the amount of federal money they have received, the …
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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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