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28
2009
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Discussions continue today in Washington D.C between high-level government officials from the United States and China. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined with their Chinese counterparts Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo for the two-day session deemed as a “Strategic and Economic Dialogue.” Clinton opened the gathering yesterday morning with …
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Jul
28
2009
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Satellite photos of melting Arctic Ice Caps, hidden by the Bush administration have just been released, confirming scientists’ worst fears about the devastating impact of global warming. Many of the thousand photos taken last summer show with a high degree of resolution, how more than a million square kilometers of sea-ice have disappeared and are not showing any …
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Jul
28
2009
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The Republican Party’s greatest ally in Washington these days seem to be conservative Democrats. The so-called Blue Dog Democrats, which comprise roughly 20% of the party’s elected representatives, are stalling progress on the President’s push for a public health insurance option. Their greatest objections are to subsidies that would help low-income Americans pay for health-insurance, and to the …
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Jul
28
2009
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The Eviction of the “Bonus Marchers”
Back in the day on July 28th, 1932, hard up World War I veterans encamped in Washington D.C. were forcibly evicted. Having taken place during the depths of the Great Depression, the marchers, dubbing themselves the “Bonus Expeditionary Forces,” and numbering in the tens of thousands, pressured Congress to accelerate payments …
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Jul
28
2009
“If conservatives get to call universal health care “socialized medicine,” I get to call private health care “soulless vampires making money off human pain.” The problem with President Obama’s health care plan isn’t socialism, it’s capitalism.” — Bill Maher …
Jul
27
2009
We’ll look at how and why Blue Dog Democrats are thwarting health care reform. And what lies in store for US-China relations. Plus, newly released photos show that the Arctic Ice Caps are melting faster than expected – we’ll speak with Greenpeace and hear about its expeditionary mission to map the ice caps. …
Jul
27
2009
With the music of Beethoven’s Consecration of the House Overture, KPFK radio went on air in Los Angeles with regular programming for the very first time on July 26th, 1959. In tune with the unique mission statement of the Pacifica Foundation, the inaugural broadcast that took place fifty years ago yesterday on KPFK 90.7 FM featured classical music, a reading of a short story …
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Jul
27
2009
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Albert “Ginger” Goodwin
Back in the day on July 27th, 1918, labor leader Albert “Ginger” Goodwin was shot to death in Canada. Originally from Yorkshire, Goodwin immigrated to Canada and worked as a coal miner. When his travels took him to Cumberland on Vancouver Island, the future martyr cut his teeth as an organizer and effective orator against …
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Jul
27
2009
“The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.” –- Emma Goldman …
Jul
24
2009
Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
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This week on Uprising:
A one-hour special on the US War in Afghanistan:
* Afghan Presidential Candidate Says US Policy and Analysis Wrong
* Empire Notes on “The Good War”
* David Barsamian on the People and Politics of South/Central Asia
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