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GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop” and Professor of Theology, English, and African American Studies at Georgetown University

The topic of hip hop as a means of social and political expression is something we have covered often on Uprising. Ever since it’s inception in the 1970s in New York’s West Bronx, Hip …

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GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is about Barack Obama. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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GUEST: Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and one of the primary architects of the Mckinney Act

This past Sunday was the 20th anniversary of the Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. Named after the Republican Congressman Stewart B McKinney, the act emphasized emergency measures, transitional measures …

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GUEST: Sujatha Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College and author of the book, “Cuba Represent: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures”

The “Granma International” newspaper of Cuba reported yesterday that Raul Castro would give the public address at the annual celebration of the July 26th Moncada barrack …

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GUEST: “Flor,” a Filipino nanny who faces deportation, interviewed by KPFK reporter, Leilani Albano

Since 1996, more than 4,000 Filipinos have been deported from the United States. Following the 9/11 attacks, the rate of deportations has dramatically increased. More recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has systematically targeted immigrant communities across the …

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GUEST: Liliana, undocumented immigrant who faces deportation, Cyndi Villanueva, bi-Lingual Secretary at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Angela Thielen, KPFK volunteer interpreter

This past May, immigration enforcement agents arrived at the home of an undocumented Oxnard woman in order to deport her. The woman, who goes by the name Liliana, has a husband and …

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… about the Moncada Barracks Assault in Cuba .

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GUEST: Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of Food and Water Watch

Several countries have recently banned a host of Chinese products ranging from pet food to shrimp. The moves were prompted by a finding this April by the US Food and Drug Administration that North American dogs and cats were poisoned by tainted Chinese …

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GUEST: Congressman John Conyers, interviewed by Mansoor Sabbagh of Global Voices for Justice, and KPFK volunteer

This past Monday, antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan was arrested alongside forty-five other pro-impeachment activists after refusing to leave the office of Democratic Congressman John Conyers. Protesters targeted Conyers to try to pressure him to take action on impeachment …

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