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GUESTS: Crispin Beltran, Filipino Congressperson and labor leader; Kuusela Hilo, a member of Anakbayan – Los Angeles, and Deputy Secretary General of Bayan – USA; Pia Rivera, member of Anakbayan Seattle and Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue

This weekend, the Government of the Philippines will enact the so-called “Human Security Act of 2007.” The legislation, which …

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GUEST: John Taylor, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition

A new report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition has found that racial discrimination persists in the mortgage loan industry. Upon examining major metropolitan areas in the nation, the NCRC concluded that black and Latino minorities were disproportionately more likely to receive high-cost …

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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 on Cheney’s Impeachment. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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… about The Northwest Ordinance .

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GUEST: Camilo Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramadi

In 2004 Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia was court-martialed by the US military for desertion. A veteran of the US war on Iraq, Mejia had spent 8 years in the military and eventually filed for conscientious objector status, becoming the first publicly known US soldier to do so. Now, his first book and …

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… about The Newark Race Riots .

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GUEST: Jacob Mundy, Coauthor, with Stephen Zunes, of “Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution,” member of Western Sahara Resource Watch, and former Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco

After seven years of refusing to meet face to face, Moroccan officials and members of the Western Sahara rebel movement, Polisario Front, met with UN officials last …

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GUEST: Jorge Coulon, founder of Inti Illimani

Since 1967, the accomplished Chilean band, Inti Illimani, has created a historic musical legacy by creatively fusing traditional Andean music with Latin America’s best known musical forms. As principal musicians in a cultural phenomenon known as Nueva Cancion, Inti Illimani has written and performed some of …

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GUEST: Thenmozhi Soundararajan, on the National Organizing Committee of the USSF 2007, Executive Director of Third World Majority, occasional guest host of Uprising

A little over a week ago the first ever US Social Forum wrapped up in Atlanta, Georgia. On Uprising we spoke with two main organizers of the forum, whose mood …

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… about Martin Luther King and the Chicago Freedom Movement .

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