Apr 07 2008
… about Eisenhower’s speech on the “communist threat” in Indonesia
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Apr 07 2008
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” — Frida Kahlo …
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Apr 04 2008
Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
This week on Uprising:
* Zimbabwe: Will Mugabe Step Down After 28 Years?
* Black Agenda Report on the Congo
* Immigration: SAVE Act is “Sensenbrenner-in-Disguise”
* Empire Notes on Basra, Iraq
* Election 2008: Fox News Spreads Its Virus
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Apr 04 2008
GUEST: Briggs Bomba, Program Associate for Public Education and Mobilization at Africa Action
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party held a politburo meeting today to discuss the nation’s elections this past weekend as hundreds of pro-Mugabe war veterans took to the streets of Harare. Last Saturday, Zimbabweans went to the polls casting their votes in …
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Apr 04 2008
GUEST: Van Jones, founder and president Green For All
40 years ago today, the greatest civil rights leader of our time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by a man named James Earl Ray. It was April 4th 1968. Dr. King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel …
Apr 04 2008
GUEST: Joe Stork, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch
A report released earlier this week urged Israel to end discriminatory housing practices against Bedouin people living in villages and townships. Compiled by Human Rights Watch, the 130 page study found that the minority Arab group living in the Southern Negev desert faced systemic …
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Apr 04 2008
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about the Congo. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Apr 04 2008
… about The Historical Significance of the ‘Dixie’ Song
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org. …
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Apr 04 2008
* The Coalition of Immokalee Workers comes to LA – we’ll hear from two members in studio about their latest campaign
* Gregorio Luke will share new insights into the famed Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo
* Students at DQ University, California’s only native American college, are struggling to save their school, at the risk of arrest
* Plus this week’s Empire Notes …
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Apr 04 2008
This Sunday April 6 from 12pm to 6pm, there will be an event, “South Central Farm Tianguis” with special guests from Coalition of Immokalee Workers and others. The event will be moderated by: Margaret Prescod Host/producer “Sojourner Truth” on KPFK. There will be musical performances by: Olmeca, In Lak Ech, Los Poets Del Norte, Danza Azteca, Y más and others. Address: 1702 E. 41st St. LA, Ca, 90058 (corner of Long Beach Av. …
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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