Jan 17 2008
… about the purchase of the Virgin Islands
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Jan 17 2008
“Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.” — Eldridge Cleaver …
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Jan 16 2008
GUEST: Mariam Rawi, member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a luxury hotel in Kabul earlier this week, killing at least 2 people and wounding several others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and warned of more attacks targeting foreigners. Last week US Defense …
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Jan 16 2008
GUEST: Lori Lipman Brown, Director of the Secular Coalition for America
Congress could consider a bill to institute American Religious History Week as early as next week. House resolution 888 was introduced by Representative J. Randy Forbes, the founder of the Congressional Prayer Caucus. According to Forbes, the annual week would be an important counter …
Jan 16 2008
GUESTS: Charles Burnett and Judith Scott, Directors, Joanne Morris, Writer and producer, Haaz Sleiman, actor
As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday next Monday, a new stage project will commemorate the legacy of the legendary civil right leader. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett “Courage: The Content of Their Character,” is a multimedia trilogy …
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Jan 16 2008
… about the first coffee shop opening up in Mexico
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Jan 16 2008
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …
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Jan 15 2008
We are proud to announce a new feature on Uprising called “Who Said That?” – a weekly contest in collaboration with the Pacifica Radio Archives. Each Wednesday we’ll play you a short soundbyte from the Archives’ vault and ask you to tell us who said that. All you have to do is call in and identify the voice. And we’ll send you the CD from the Pacifica Radio Archives that featured the clip you just …
Jan 15 2008
GUEST: Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, author of several books including “Citizens of the Empire,” “The Heart of Whiteness,” and his latest, “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity”
The 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo just wrapped up after three days in Las Vegas. The event is the largest of …
Jan 15 2008
GUEST: Ralph Nader, Green Presidential Candidate in 2000
While most of the corporate media focuses on the two major political parties and their primaries, we turn today to the Green Party’s election recent election event. The Green Party held its presidential debate last Sunday in San Francisco. They called it the “Presidential Debate that …
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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