May 05 2011
May 6, 2011
We’ll spend the hour with physician and acclaimed author and speaker Dr. Gabor Mate, featuring the talk he gave in Los Angeles on April 29, 2011, presented by Writers in Treatment. …
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Archive for May, 2011
May 05 2011
Guantanamo, Torture, Osama bin Laden, and American Humanity
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In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, the debate over the role of torture in military intelligence has resurfaced. After bin Laden learned that U.S. intelligence agencies had been tracking the al-Qaeda leader through his use of satellite phones in the late nineties, he started to rely on messengers to communicate. Understanding the courier network then became key to gathering …
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May 05 2011
May 5, 2011
“Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands.” — Albert Einstein …
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May 04 2011
May 5, 2011
Guantanamo Exposed – we’ll go live to England to speak with journalist Andy Worthington about the Guantanamo detainee files leaked to Wikileaks, and feature excerpts of his film, Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo. …
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May 04 2011
Rula Jebreal on Miral
Julian Schnabel, director of the acclaimed film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, has new film dramatizing the life of his partner Rula Jabreal, called Miral. Jabreal’s novel, Miral, formed the basis of the film. Rula Jabreal is a Palestinian American journalist, author, and screenwriter, author of Miral. She spoke on Monday May 2nd 2011 with Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar.
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May 04 2011
‘Miral’ Reflects True Story of Rula Jebreal’s Life
The two major Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah, last week announced a unity government, with presidential and legislative elections to be held in the near future. But Israeli authorities are reacting with dismay. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly denounced a unity government over Gaza and the West Bank, slamming Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for participating. …
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May 04 2011
Chris Hedges on The World As It Is
On Sunday, following the news of the killing of Osama bin Laden by US Navy Seals, veteran journalist and author Chris Hedges spoke at a fundraiser for Truthdig where he is a columnist. Commenting on the news of bin Laden’s death he said, “The expansion of military occupation that took place throughout, in particular the Arab world, following 9/11 …
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May 04 2011
The Right Hook – 05/04/11
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
President Obama interrupted the last 10 minutes of Celebrity Apprentice Sunday night to announce that U.S. special forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Much has been made of the …
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May 04 2011
May 4, 2011
“Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. It is not about the right attitude. Hope is not about peace of mind. Hope is action. Hope is doing something. The more futile, the more useless, the more irrelevant and incomprehensible an act of rebellion is, the vaster and more potent hope becomes.” — Chris Hedges …
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May 03 2011
May 3, 2011
We’ll hear from veteran journalist and author Chris Hedges who recently addressed a packed audience in Pasadena at All Saints Church. And, Rula Jabreal joins us, author of Miral, the story that was made into a major motion picture by Julian Schnabel. Plus this week’s edition of The Right Hook. …
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