Jan 12 2009
January 12, 2009
“Justice denied anywhere diminished justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …
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Archive for January, 2009
Jan 09 2009
January 12, 2009
We’ll examine Bush’s parting gifts to America’s immigrant communities in new last-minute regulations. And, we’ll go to the Bay Area to find out about the fatal police shooting of 22 year old Oscar Grant and how the community is responding. Plus, a look at the state of American labor with journalist David Bacon: the fight over California’s United Healthcare Workers, the Employee Free Choice Act, and Hilda Solis’ appointment as Labor Secretary. …
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Jan 09 2009
Weekly Digest – 01/09/09
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This week on Uprising:
* Analyzing Media Coverage of the Israeli Attack on Gaza
* Empire Notes on Understanding the Invasion of Gaza
* Could Leon Panetta Clean up the CIA?
* Black Agenda Report about Black Unions
* Guantanamo: A Working Class History …
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Jan 09 2009
Analyzing Media Coverage of the Israeli War on Gaza
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Fourteen days into the Israeli offensive on Gaza, the Palestinian death toll continues to rise with no end in sight, even as pressure mounts internationally for a cease-fire. As officials from Israel, Egypt, and France meet to discuss a road-map to a ceasefire, the UN Security Council has come closer to a resolution calling for a ceasefire …
Jan 09 2009
Is Congress Moving Toward the Center?
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In yesterday’s speech about the economy, President-elect Barack Obama Obama emphasized the urgency of Congress needing to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, before its too late. Millions of Americans voted for drastic change in the White House when they picked Obama for President last November. But what Obama can achieve is limited by how his …
Jan 09 2009
Surgeon General Sanjay Gupta?
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President-elect Barack Obama is reported to have picked neurosurgeon and CNN Medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta for his first choice for the nation’s Surgeon General. In response, Congressman John Conyers has authored a letter urging his fellow colleagues on the hill to oppose Gupta’s confirmation. If he does become the next US Surgeon General, Gupta would …
Jan 09 2009
Black Agenda Report on Black Unions
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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 Black Unions.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Jan 09 2009
Subversive Historian – 01/09/09
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Panama Canal Zone Riots by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
Exactly forty-five years ago on this day in people’s history, nationalist riots erupted in Panama over control of the Canal Zone. On January 9th, 1964 students from the Central American nation sought to raise the Panamanian flag over Balboa High School in the zone when their …
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Jan 09 2009
January 9, 2009
“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.” — Desmond Tutu
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Jan 08 2009
January 9, 2008
We’ll take a look at the political makeup of the new Congress as it convenes, and ask how easily Barack Obama will be able to push through his measures. And, we’ll examine the career of Sanjay Gupta, Obama’s pick for US Surgeon General. Plus, Peter Hart of FAIR, and veteran reporter Chris Hedges on the on-going Israeli war on Gaza. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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