Jun 11 2014
“History will one day have its say, but it will not be the history that Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations will teach, but that which they will teach in the countries emancipated from colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history, and it will be, to the north and to the south of the Sahara, a history of glory and dignity.” — Patrice Lumumba …
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Jun 10 2014
We’ll spend the hour with Maurice Carney, co-Founder and Executive Director of the Group Friends of the Congo – we’ll discuss why genocidal numbers of killings in the Congo have not prompted international outcry, what the US role is, what natural resources are at stake, and what ordinary Congolese are doing to take back their country. …
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Jun 10 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
A NATO/US air strike in Afghanistan has accidentally killed 5 US Special operations troops and an Afghan soldier. The so-called “friendly fire” incident, considered the deadliest in a decade, took place when …
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Jun 10 2014
A shooting this weekend in Las Vegas that led to 3 deaths, has been linked to a couple with white supremacist, racist views. The couple, a husband-and-wife team named Jerad and Amanda Miller, shot and killed two police officers at a Vegas pizzeria, and a bystander at a Walmart store where they fled. They …
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Jun 10 2014
Signs advertizing World Cup Soccer viewing are popping up outside bars and restaurants in fashionable neighborhoods around the US. Brazil is hosting this year’s World Cup, and while that honor once heralded Brazil’s entry into the modern world of progress among developed nations, today it is symbolic of that nation’s stark wealth inequality.
On …
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Jun 10 2014
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is titled “Bird-digging Bergdahl” about US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org. …
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Jun 10 2014
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” ? Malcolm X …
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Jun 09 2014
We’ll hear from Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice, reflecting on the origins of the Second Amendment in light of the Las Vegas shooting. And, Dave Zirin joins us to discuss his new book, Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy. …
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Jun 09 2014
Will living a life of meaning make us happier? Probably not! And that is okay. Give me life, liberty, and the pursuit of meaning..
Watch a video of Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar speaking at Moorpark College’s Tedx Talk here: http://bit.ly/1i9s4I1
Jun 09 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
A shooting this weekend in Las Vegas that led to 3 deaths, has been linked to a couple with white supremacist, racist views. The couple, whose names have not yet been …
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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