Sep
16
2015
GUEST: Crystal Vance Guerra is a Chicana journalist, researcher and artist. She recently obtained her master’s degree in Latin American studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, focusing on US counterinsurgency in Central America. Her lengthy article in Truthout captures the parallels of the US and Mexico, called The Dirty War Against Youth, From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa.
Over the past year 2 major uprisings have taken …
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Sep
16
2015
GUEST: Wayne Au, Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell and an editor for the social justice education magazine, Rethinking Schools. He recently wrote an article in Commondreams about the ruling called, Challenging Charter Schools and the Privatization Agenda in Washington State.
Washington State’s Supreme Court recently handed a landmark victory to proponents of public education by finding charter schools unconstitutional. The system of charter schools …
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Sep
16
2015
The general manager may be contacted at gm at kpfk dot org
A letter from Uprising host, Sonali Kolhatkar:
Dear fans of Uprising, I have an important announcement to share with you. After weeks of wrangling with KPFK’s new General Manager Leslie Radford, I have been informed definitively that I am being taken off the air 2-3 days a week out of 5 days and replaced with what I am told are “volunteers.”
Here is a …
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Sep
15
2015
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, author and a professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines: – See more at:
The war in Syria is ramping up even as the refugee crisis in Europe continues to build up. An anonymous US source told AFP that Russian tanks and artillery had arrived in Latakia, a Syrian airbase, bolstering the arsenal of …
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Sep
15
2015
GUEST: Binoy Kampmark, Senior Lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, within the Bachelor of Social Science program at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He writes for Counterpunch.org.
The Australian government saw a major change on Monday with the defeat of the Liberal Party’s Tony Abbott. Prime Minister Abbott had provoked global ire over his conservative positions on climate change in particular, but also …
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Sep
15
2015
GUEST: Eileen Pollack, author of The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boy’s Club. She was one of the first two women to have ever earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Yale University. Today she is a writer whose earlier books include Breaking and Entering, and Paradise, New York. She is a Professor of Creative writing at the University of …
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Sep
15
2015
GUEST: Gabriel Portugal, founding member of the Latino Civil Alliance, and former Commissioner with Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs.
The Egyptian government is coming under fire from Mexico, after Egyptian forces killed 12 Mexican nationals over the weekend who were apparently tourists. While the story is in line with the dangerous situation in Egypt, Mexicans also face dangers here in the US, as do other immigrants …
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Sep
14
2015
The Australian government has changed hands with the defeat of the Liberal Party’s Tony Abbott. Prime Minister Abbott had provoked global ire over his conservative positions on climate change in particular, but also social issues like same-sex marriage. He will now be replaced by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who the New York Times described as a “moderate liberal… and a former investment banker and lawyer.” At …
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Sep
14
2015
GUEST: Michael Hudson, author of Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy.
The Federal Reserve this week is considering raising interest rates above levels that have hovered at zero since 2008. News media are characterizing the debate over whether or not to increase rates, as “Should we be more concerned about the pace of job growth or the threat of inflation?” …
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Sep
14
2015
GUEST: Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, a long-time public interest advocate and activist, as well as an expert on a wide variety of issues ranging from corporate accountability and government transparency, to trade and globalization, to economic and regulatory policy.
The Justice Department last week under the leadership of Loretta Lynch, announced that it would begin focusing more strongly on white-collar crime. In a series of …
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