Dec 25 2008
Who Speaks for Islam? (originally aired April 29 ’08)
Nearly 7 years after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, and the subsequent US war in Afghanistan, and more than 5 years after the Iraq war, Western perceptions of Muslims and Islam is more distorted than ever. Radio shock jocks routinely spout anti-Muslim hate speech, newspaper Op-eds …
Dec 25 2008
President Andrew Johnson’s X-mas Gift by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly one-hundred and forty years ago on this day in people’s history, President Andrew Johnson gave a Christmas gift to supporters of the Confederacy. On December 25th, 1868, with the powers of his office, President Johnson granted unconditional amnesty to soldiers who fought for the Confederate south during the …
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Dec 25 2008
“Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS.†–- Mahatma Gandhi …
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Dec 24 2008
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This week on Uprising
* No End in Sight for Gaza Siege
* Empire Notes on Muntadhar Al-Zaidi
* Dick Cheney Remains Unrepentant
* Black Agenda Report on Cheney’s Crimes and Obama
* International Energy Agency Sets Date for Peak Oil: 2020
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Dec 24 2008
A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
GUEST: Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton”
We spend the hour today speaking with Sarah Sentilles, who wrote down her memoirs of two years in Compton, Southern California. She was teaching elementary school there. After graduating from Yale University, Sarah joined a program called Teach for America and was …
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Dec 24 2008
GUEST: Dortell Williams, inmate at Lancaster State Prison
Dortell Williams, an inmate at Lancaster State Prison, filed this commentary called “A Post-Racial America?” …
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Dec 24 2008
The 1913 Italian Hall Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly ninety-five years ago on this day in people’s history the Italian Hall Massacre occurred. On December 24th, 1913, seventy-three people were killed including sixty-two children at a Christmas party held by the Western Federation of Miners. Struggling for union recognition in …
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Dec 24 2008
Tune into Uprising for special holiday programming on December 25th and 26th for a compilation of some of our best interviews of 2008 including Michael Eric Dyson, Gan Golan, Antonio Skarmeta, and others. …
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Dec 24 2008
“Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.” — Dorothy Thompson …
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Dec 23 2008
We’ll bring back a popular interview with Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton†as part of our special holiday programming. AND, a brand new commentary by Lancaster inmate Dortell Williams, critiquing the notion of a post-racial society. …
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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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