Jun
13
2008
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This week on Uprising:
* The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington – a one-hour special with author and organizer, David Sirota
* Black Agenda Report on Media Reform
* Empire Notes on Iraqi Sovereignty and …
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Jun
13
2008
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Within days of declaring himself the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, Senator Barack Obama addressed the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), promising the state of Israel 30 billion additional dollars in U.S. aid over the next decade on top of the 140 billion dollars it has received so …
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Jun
13
2008
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu …
Jun
12
2008
Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.orgThis Saturday, June 14th, marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, had he lived. Instead the legendary Argentine-born revolutionary was gunned down in Bolivia more than forty years ago. Che, who was instrumental in the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, was in Bolivia to foment …
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Jun
12
2008
“There are no borders in this fight to the death – we cannot be indifferent to what is happening in any part of the world.” — Che Guevara …
Jun
11
2008
“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and that in some not too distant tomorrow, the radiant stars of love and brotherhood with all their scintillating beauty.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …
Jun
11
2008
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In the last few years many argue that we are witnessing the sunset of racism in America with the rise of people of color into positions of power in government, and the current Senator Obama, an African American man running for president with a major party. Yet, we also have …
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Jun
10
2008
Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.orgA new study by the RAND Corporation has concluded that Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency and some of its paramilitary forces are actively backing the Taliban in Afghanistan. The study, funded by the US Department of Defense points the finger directly at the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate or ISI, an agency with …
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Jun
10
2008
“A great war leaves the country with three armies – an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.” — German Proverb
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Jun
09
2008
“The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” — Omar Bradley …