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This week on Uprising

* The Roots of the Greek Revolt
* Empire Notes on “Iraqi Ingratitude”
* Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush; Hailed As Hero
* Black Agenda Report on Somalia
* White Supremacists Infiltrate U.S. Army

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The Roots of the Greek Revolt

The fatal police-shooting of a 15 year old boy in Greece earlier this month has sent shock waves throughout the country with thousands of mostly young people revolting. The protests began in an Athens district called Exarchia — described by one commentator in Spiegel as “a traditional haunt of artists, anarchists and left-wing intellectuals.” The protests then spread to most of the country and continue to this day. Shops have been vandalized, police stations and banks have been fire bombed, officers have been doused with red paint, and unions have initiated mass work stoppages. Police have responded with tear gas and flash grenades against demonstrators. There have been demonstrations in solidarity with the protesters in various European cities including London, Moscow, Paris, and Berlin. While the death of the school boy sparked off the protests, the main underlying issues facing Greeks, particularly youths, include government corruption and the poor state of the economy.

GUEST: Pavlos Stavropoulos, Greek-American activist

Empire Notes on “Iraqi Ingratitude”

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on “Iraqi Ingratitude.”

GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade.

Visit www.empirenotes.org for more information.

Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush; Hailed As Hero

Bush’s farewell visit to Iraq and Afghanistan was marked by an incident that has taken the Arab and Muslim world by storm – the image of an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at Bush. Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a 28 year old who attended the press conference shouted, “this is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq,” as he hurled his shoes towards the President. Bush was quick to dodge, and though he missed his intended target , al-Zaidi’s gesture has resonated with millions of Iraqis who marched to demand his release from prison. The incident has had a wide impact, even inspiring an online game at sockandawe.com where players can throw their virtual shoe at Bush. There are multiple reports confirming that he was beaten while in jail and now faces a 15 year sentence for “committing “aggression against a president.”

GUEST: As’ad Abukhalil, author of several books on the Mideast including “The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power,” Professor in the Department of Politics at California State University, Stanislaus. Abu Khalil’s blog is called the Angry Arab News Service online at angryarab.blogspot.com.

Watch the video of the “shoe throwing incident” here:

Black Agenda Report on Somalia

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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about Somalia.

Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

White Supremacists Infiltrate U.S. Army

As Barack Obama is set to be sworn in as the nation’s first African-American commander in chief, new evidence is suggesting that white supremacists are continuing to fill the ranks of the U.S. army. The ongoing economic recession has been openly cited by the Pentagon as a main reason why re-enlistments and new recruitments are up in 2008. However, in previous years the U.S. military struggled to find recruits and subsequently lowered their standards in an attempt to attract more potential enlistments. A new Intelligence Report filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center argues that white supremacist extremists are continually taking advantage of the situation to gain access to combat and other forms of training. Two years ago, a similar report by the group was followed by congressional demands for action to be taken to ensure extremists weren’t within the ranks of the military. No redress has come from the Defense Department since that time and new reports from the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Division of the Army shows that infiltration is still occurring and indeed may be growing.

GUEST: Mark Potok, editor of “The Intelligence Report”, Southern Poverty Law Center.

Read the report here: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=971.

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day

“Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.” – Orson Welles