Jan
18
2008
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This week on Uprising:
* Will a Troop Surge Solve Afghanistan’s Problems?
* Empire Notes on Hillary Clinton
* US Economy Needs a Progressive Economic Stimulus
* Black Agenda Report on “The MLK Test”
* Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity
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Jan
18
2008
The Uprising Crew will be off on Monday for MLK day. Instead of Uprising, we’ll hear highlights from the recent Green Party Debate. Uprising will be back live on Tuesday January 22nd. …
Jan
18
2008
GUEST: Elaine Brown, former leader of the Black Panther Party
Last Sunday, candidates seeking the Green Party nomination for President of the United States debated one other before a crowd of hundreds in San Francisco. Former Chair of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown, was not among them. Though Brown declared her candidacy with the party last year, she recently …
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18
2008
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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 called “The MLK Test.” Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
Jan
18
2008
… about The Murder of Mangas Coloradas
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Jan
18
2008
“The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.” – Huey Newton
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Jan
17
2008
A special one-hour in-studio conversation with Elaine Brown, former chair-person of the Black Panther Party! …
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17
2008
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GUEST: Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Chair of the American Studies Department at Macalester College
When the Black Panther Party first emerged in 1966 in Oakland, California, few people, including its founders, imagined the impact the party would have nationally and internationally. Boldly demanding freedom and …
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17
2008
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GUEST: Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
According to the latest figures from the Department of Labor, the U.S. economy is experiencing the highest rates of inflation in seventeen years. Consumers have acutely felt the effects at the gas pump and the check-out line. The costs of energy and food …
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17
2008
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GUEST: Kim Alexander, Founder and President of California Voter Foundation
This February, aside from picking their favorite Presidential nominee, California voters will get to vote on seven state-wide ballot measures. This election’s set of measures is significantly simpler than recent ones, and features propositions on motor vehicle fuel sales and taxes, state funding for school …
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