Oct 22 2008
October 22, 2008
“To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.” — Noam Chomsky
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Archive for October, 2008
Oct 20 2008
Sonali Out Sick
Sonali Kolhatkar is out sick on Monday 10/20 and Tuesday 10/21 and will be back on the air live on Wednesday 10/22. There will be special programming designated in the 8-9 am PST hour by KPFK management in her absence. …
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Oct 17 2008
Weekly Digest – 10/17/08
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This week on Uprising:
* The Final Analysis – Obama and McCain Debate
* Empire Notes on the Absurdity of the McCain-Palin Ad Campaign
* Gustavo Arellano on Orange County: The Most Republican County in America
* Black Agenda Report called The Presidency …
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Oct 17 2008
How Conservatives Use Cultural Wedges to Divide America
The most high-profile ballot measure this November, Proposition 8, looks likely to pass with the latest polls showing a win for the Yes side 47-42%. Prop 8 seeks to amend the California state constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, and was put on the ballot in response to a state Supreme Court decision earlier this year …
Oct 17 2008
Subversive Historian – 10/17/08
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The Massacre of Algerians in Paris by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Forty-seven years ago on this day in people’s history, French police and Special Forces massacred hundreds of demonstrating Algerians in Paris. On October 17th, 1961, approximately thirty-thousand protestors took to the streets to demand an end to an 8:30 p.m. curfew imposed solely on them. Upon the …
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Oct 17 2008
October 17, 2008
“Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it’ll be because of the president. And if we lose, it’ll be because of me.†— Karl Rove …
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Oct 16 2008
The Real McCain / Slacker Uprising
Last night’s final debate between the two major party candidates did not change the poll numbers despite being the most “spirited and combative” (NY Times) of all their encounters. Most viewers concluded that Barack Obama managed to keep his cool in the face of a belligerent John McCain. Early in the debate, McCain introduced a running theme of “Joe the Plumber” and how …
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Oct 16 2008
October 16, 2008
“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.” — Michael Moore …
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Oct 16 2008
Subversive Historian – 10/16/08
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Harper’s Ferry by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and forty-nine years ago on this day in people’s history, militant abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia. On October 16th, 1859, Brown assembled a band of 22 men, including his own two sons, in an attempt to overtake the federal armory and arsenal. The …
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Oct 15 2008
The Most Republican County in the Nation
While the two presidential candidates get ready for their final debate tonight, you may recall their first meeting on a national forum was at Saddleback Church in Orange County. Barack Obama was criticized for accepting the invitation in America’s most Republican county. Today we’ll spend the hour looking at the significance of Orange County and it’s place in the national political …
