Sep 13 2010
Mumia Abu Jamal on the End of the Iraq War
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is on Beck’s Honor Rally.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org.
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Archive for September, 2010
Sep 13 2010
September 13, 2010
“The history of America has been largely created by the deeds of its working people and their organizations. Nor has this contribution been confined to raising wages and bettering working conditions; it has been fundamental to almost every effort to extend and strengthen our democracy.” — William Cahn …
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Sep 10 2010
September 10, 2010
We’ll find out what’s led up to a summer of major protests and strikes in Europe, plans for a pan-European general strike, and why American’s can’t learn from our cross-Atlantic neighbors. And, a look at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Campaign. Plus, how oil giant Chevron is seeking exemption from pollution laws in an attempt to expand its refinery in Richmond, California. …
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Sep 10 2010
Weekly Digest – 09/10/10
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This week on Uprising:
* Still No New Deal From Obama on Economy
* Black Agenda Report on Democrats Rebranding Themselves
* US/NATO Kill Campaigners Ahead of Afghan Elections
* Learn, Don’t Burn, Says Muslim Rights Group
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Sep 10 2010
Still No New Deal From Obama On Economy
In what is being touted by some as Obama’s New Deal, the President laid out his latest fiscal policies in two speeches this week. On Labor Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the President began a long-awaited articulation of his latest fiscal policies, which he continued in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday. Cleveland is where Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner just …
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Sep 10 2010
World Bank Report Decries Global Land Grab While Encouraging It
A new report by the World Bank called “Rising Global Interest in Farmland,” highlights the sharp increase in foreign purchases of vast tracts of land in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In 2009 alone, about 45 million hectares of land were bought. According to the World Bank, the recent food crises, and well as a growing …
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Sep 10 2010
Learn, Don’t Burn, Says Muslim Right Group
After making headlines last night saying he was canceling a highly controversial Qur’an burning, Pastor Terry Jones today said it could happen, though was unlikely. He told a reporter this morning, “We are seriously, seriously, seriously considering not burning the Qur’ans.” In his televised press-conference on Thursday evening Terry Jones said he was canceling the burning after reaching an agreement …
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Sep 10 2010
Black Agenda Report on Democrats Rebranding Themselves
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Democrats Rebranding Themselves.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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Sep 10 2010
September 10, 2010
“Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.” — Rabindranath Tagore …
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Sep 09 2010
September 10, 2010
We’ll analyze President Obama’s latest set of fiscal policies with economist Max Fraad Wolff. And, we’ll learn of a new campaign called Learn, Don’t Burn, to distribute 200,000 Korans to replace the 200 that may be burned this weekend. And, Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute on the World Bank’s new report on global land grabs. Plus the Black Agenda Report. …
