Oct
20
2009
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The Johnny Bright Incident
Back in the day on October 20th, 1957, the Johnny Bright Incident occurred. During a college football game, a white player named Wilbanks Smith from Oklahoma A&M broke the jaw of Johnny Bright, a talented African-American halfback/quarterback from Drake University. Taking place in the first seven minutes of the game at Lewis Field in …
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Oct
20
2009
“We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” — Tad Williams …
Oct
19
2009
We’ll analyze President Obama’s new strategy on Sudan with Ian Williams of Foreign Policy in Focus. And, we’ll hear my extended interview with conscious rock star Michael Franti about his newest success and hear music from his latest album All Rebel Rockers. Plus, the controversy over Rush Limbaugh’s racism vis a vis the NFL, and why corporate media take shock jocks like him seriously. …
Oct
19
2009
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More than year after receiving massive infusions of capital through taxpayer funded bailouts, major Wall Street firms posted strong third quarter profits last week. JP Morgan Chase’s reporting of a $3.6 billion dollar profit on Wednesday lifted the Dow Jones industrial average over 10,000 points for the first time in over a year. Goldman Sachs followed the next …
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Oct
19
2009
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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced on Friday that it would continue its controversial 287(g) program. The program allows for the deputizing of local and state law enforcement officials to act as immigration agents. ICE approved fifty-five new agreements under the federal partnership program. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has been its the largest participant and …
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Oct
19
2009
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In addition to the furor over the Federal government’s 287 (g) program, another controversy has erupted over immigration in Congress. Two Republican Senators are attempting to include a question about citizenship in the 2010 Census to prevent population numbers in states from being inflated by the presence of undocumented immigrants. Both senators are from Utah, where my next guest …
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Oct
19
2009
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The Execution of Maurice Bishop
Back in the day on October 19th, 1983, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada was executed in a coup d’état. Political instability on the Caribbean island had been brewing as days before Bishop had been placed under house arrest by members of his own New Jewel Movement Party. Popular support for the charismatic …
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Oct
19
2009
“To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.” — William Faulkner …
Oct
16
2009
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This week on Uprising:
* After Approval of Baucus Bill, Calls for Real Health Care Reform Intensify
* Black Agenda Report on Genocide of Iraqis
* Growing Movement Says “Basta Dobbs”
* Empire Notes on Afghanistan
* Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud
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Oct
16
2009
Economist Nomi Prins will analyze the state of the economy; journalist Aura Bogado will update us on the latest controversy of Phoenix Arizona’s renegade Sheriff Arpaio, and writer Rich Benjamin will share his experience of “Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey into the Heart of White America.” …
