“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …

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Afghans went to the polls on Saturday to vote for members of their Parliament. More than a dozen people were reported to have been killed, and many more injured in hundreds of incidents of election-related violence. In the lead up to Saturday, candidates were kidnapped, and election workers killed. Female candidates and election workers were particularly targeted. Of the four …

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Nearly two years into the Presidency of Barack Obama, collective American anger at unemployment, bank bailouts, and the generally poor state of the economy, has translated into focused populist organizing – but mostly on the right. The Tea Party movement, for a variety of reasons, has captured enough power from establishment partisan politics, that it has managed to win …

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More than 2,300 taxis cruise the streets of Los Angeles, operated by 9 companies that have a franchise agreement with the city. The current contracts with each company were awarded in 2000 as 5-year agreements, with extensions allowed up to 5 times. Those 10 year deals are set to expire in December and taxi workers are taking advantage of …

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We’ll get a live report from Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of its weekend Parliamentary elections. And, Jamie Court joins us for Part 1 of a 2-part interview on his new book The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell. Plus, Taxi workers in Los Angeles have launched a campaign to stop the extension of Taxi company franchises – we’ll find out why. …

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This week on Uprising:

* As Major Demonstrations Rock Europe, Lessons Abound for American Workers
* Black Agenda Report on Black Exclusion from Capitalism
* The Impact of Tea Party Primary Wins
* Mexico’s Bicentennial: The Drug War, NAFTA, the Economy, and the US …

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Opponents of California’s proposition 19, which would legalize and tax marijuana if passed this November, got a $10,000 donation from a would-be industry competitor. The East Bay Express reported this week that the California Beer and Beverage Distributors made the large donation to the No on Prop19 campaign through its political action committee. The group’s website says it represents over …

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A crowd of recently released inmates and their families gathered yesterday in front of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office in protest of his decision to detain parolees past their eligible parole dates. Members of the nonprofit group Lifers to be Free posted large photographs of those detained in front of the Governor’s office in response to the Governor’s actions. Lifers To …

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A US appeals court last week upheld a previous ruling finding that Chevron oil company is not liable for the deaths of two Nigerians in 1998 who were shot and killed while protesting the company. The two were in a group of about 100 people that surrounded a Chevron oil platform off the Nigerian coast and disrupted production for four …

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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 on Black Exclusion from Capitalism.

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