May 03 2011
Within hours of Osama bin Laden’s killing at the hands of U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan, the Department of Homeland Security warned of “threats of retaliation” from members of al Qaeda. DHS issued a travel warning for Americans, and put American diplomatic offices around the world on high alert. However, it has been in Afghanistan that the first revenge …
May 03 2011
In April of this year, a U.S. tour by famed Afghan dissident Malalai Joya, was put on hold after her visa was denied. Joya, a former member of the Afghan parliament, is author of the book, A Woman Among Warlords, and has spoken numerous times before in the U.S. A broad national campaign aimed at the State Department …
May 03 2011
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May 03 2011
“I think that no nation can donate liberation to another nation. Liberation should be achieved in a country by the people themselves.” –- Malalai Joya …
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May 02 2011
We’ll go live to Afghanistan to speak with journalist Anand Gopal on the reaction to bin Laden’s death. And, Malalai Joya and Noam Chomsky make the case for ending the war in Afghanistan. …
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May 02 2011
Osama bin Laden, the purported master mind of the 9-11 attacks, is dead. American helicopters apparently attacked a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad yesterday during the dead of night. Authorities have confirmed that bin Laden was killed, along with 4 other individuals including a woman. The residence lies close to a Pakistani military base, about 30 miles from Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. The …
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May 02 2011
“When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.” — Oscar Wilde …
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May 02 2011
Tune in to Uprising this morning at 8 am PST (11 am EST) and streaming on www.kpfk.org for an hour-long special on the breaking news of Osama bin Laden’s death. …
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May 01 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is dead.
US president Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, has been killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad.
“Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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