Jul 09 2008
GUEST: Kevin Gray, Longtime civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the state ACLU, author of numerous books including the forthcoming “The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama.”
Vice President Dick Cheney alongside members of the U.S. Senate attended the funeral held yesterday for former North Carolina …
Jun 24 2008
GUEST: Tim Robbins, academy award winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist, and musician. Robbins is director of “1984” for the Actor’s Gang
In 1948, British writer George Orwell wrote his seminal novel Nineteen Eighty Four, about a future world where the fictional-sounding country of Oceania was at war. As part of this war, the all-too-real …
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May 30 2008
GUEST: Joan Jara, widow of the late Victor Jara, author of the book “An Unfinished Song,” and founder of the Victor Jara Foundation
On Monday, a judge in Chile ordered the arrest of nearly one-hundred former members of the Chilean military and police on charges of “aggravated kidnapping,” in an unprecedented move. Ninety-eight people …
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May 28 2008
GUEST: Tyson Slocum, Research Director for Public Citizens Energy Program
Gas prices across the nation rose to record levels over the Memorial Day weekend and have stayed high for a record 20 straight days. What traditionally kicks off the summer travel season, was an unusually slow three day weekend with many Americans tightening their …
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May 22 2008
GUEST: Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio, family therapist, organizational consultant, author, speaker and trainer, author of “Making Love, Playing Power: Men, Women, and the Rewards of Intimate Justice”
Today we begin a three part series on Uprising called “Personal is Political.” Departing from our more usual fare of hard news and analysis, we attempt to dissect three aspects of our day-to-day lives in …
May 12 2008
GUEST: James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change
Following last Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, the Obama campaign for the presidency gained superdelegate votes and an influential union endorsement. All but eviscerating Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead, Obama inched within three votes, according to the Superdelegate Transparency Project, of tying Mrs. Clinton’s once significant lead, …
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May 09 2008
GUEST: Matt Gonzalez, running mate alongside Ralph Nader
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has embarked on a tour of the West Coast states as part of his presidential campaign. Nader returned to Oregon earlier this week where, four years ago, he made three failed attempts to make it onto the Oregon ballot and then …
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May 05 2008
GUEST: Dr. Waltraud “Trudi” Q. Morales, Professor of Political science at the University of Central Florida. She is the author of “Bolivia: Land of Struggle” and more recently “A Brief History of Bolivia”
Bolivia’s wealthiest province voted for autonomy from the central government yesterday. Santa Cruz, populated by a wealthy elite of largely European descent, has …
Apr 22 2008
GUEST: Maria, immigrant mother facing deportation, Xiomara Corpeno (CHIRLA), Spanish-English translator
This February 7th, a woman named Maria was one of 138 immigrant workers detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a raid at Global Micro Solutions in Torrance. Maria was immediately put into deportation proceedings despite having lived and worked in the US …
Apr 21 2008
GUESTS: Jessica Salcedo, 14 year old whose mother was picked up in a recent ICE raid, Xiomara Corpeno, Director of organizing at CHIRLA
Last week, federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of immigration raids at workplaces in five states, including the nation’s largest poultry producer. The Texas based Pilgrim’s Pride …
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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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