Sep 23 2014
Daily News Flash with Courtney Morris US Bombing of Syria, Israeli Killing of Hamas Men, and New Rules on Offshore Tax Havens
Uprising’s guest expert Courtney Morris, assistant professor of African American and women’s Studies at Penn State University, analyzes today’s news headlines:
US air strikes in Syria have begun this morning, with a broad array of targets including the training headquarters and checkpoints of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS). Those strikes were undertaken …
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Four hundred thousand people marched on the streets of New York City on Sunday calling urgent attention to our changing climate in what is being touted as the largest climate demonstration in history. Nearly 3000 solidarity marches and events around the world and in other US cities also took place on Sunday. The show …
In the wake of revelations that the NSA was sharing intelligence information with Israel’s Unit 8200 about Palestinian Americans and others, a group of Israeli soldiers signed a letter saying they refuse to comply. Unit 8200 is Israel’s military intelligence wing. The Refuseniks, as they call themselves, said they were “conscientiously objecting” to serving …
The Central Valley town of East Porterville maybe ground zero for drought in California. Wells in the tiny, mostly poor and Latino town are beginning to run dry and local news outlets are reporting that some residents are having to use Portapotties set up outside their homes. Gov. Jerry Brown has set aside half …
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a spokes person for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, issued an announcement this morning in the latest war of words between ISIS and the US. Al Adnani called on ISIS supporters to attack Americans and other citizens whose governments are conducting an air war in Northern Iraq and Syria. …
Saturday, September 20th would have been Upton Sinclair’s 136th birthday. The widely acclaimed author died at the age of 90 in 1968, leaving a legacy most notably marked by his 1906 book, The Jungle. 
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