{"id":1494,"date":"2007-05-04T10:28:23","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T17:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2007-05-04T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2007-05-04T19:27:08","slug":"weekly-digest-050407","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2007\/05\/04\/weekly-digest-050407\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Digest – 05\/04\/07"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our weekly edition<\/a> is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage. <\/em><\/p>\n

Audio Stream<\/a> | Podcast<\/a> | Mp3 Download<\/a><\/p>\n

This week on Uprising:<\/p>\n

* May Day Events Attract Thousands – Reports from LA and Orange County
\n* \u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo Arellano
\n* Black Agenda Report on the recent Democratic Debate
\n* Is Iraq’s Crude Oil Being Stolen?<\/p>\n

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Is Iraq’s Crude Oil Being Stolen? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IraqGUEST: Pratap Chatterjee, Managing Editor of Corp Watch and author of Iraq Inc (Seven Stories, 2004)<\/em><\/p>\n

It has been estimated that hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil are unaccounted for in Iraq daily. The Al Basra Oil Terminal and the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal, despite being heavily guarded, continue to operate without an oil metering system. When properly functioning, meters measure how much crude oil flows in and out of such terminals. However, in the four years of U.S. occupation, meters have not been repaired, leading to speculations about black market operations and smuggling. Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proven oil reserves, estimated to be 115 billion barrels, are the third largest in the world. <\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.corpwatch.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Read Pratap’s article on Alternet here: http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/waroniraq\/51218\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Black Agenda Report on the recent Democratic Debate<\/strong><\/p>\n

GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This week’s commentary is on the recent Democratic Debate. Visit www.blackagendareport.com<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n

May Day Events Attract Thousands<\/strong><\/p>\n

GUESTS: Gloria Saucedo, Director of Hermandad Mexicana and a participant in a hunger strike, Marta Sanchez, Mexican Congressman with the PDR, Jose Jacques Y Medina, Nativo Lopez with the Mexican American Political Association, Rubin Martinez, owner of the radical bookstore, Libreria Martinez, Yeni Diaz of the OC Dream Team, and other demonstrators<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Yesterday’s spirited May Day marches around the US in support of immigrants rights brought out hundreds of thousands of people in various cities. Here in Southern California, about 30,000 people showed up in Downtown LA during the day, while in MacArthur Park, about 15,000 showed up. The march in Santa Ana drew several thousand demonstrators. There were unexpected clashes between police and demonstrators at the event in MacArthur Park. The LA Times is reporting that 15 police were injured and about 10 demonstrators were taken to hospitals for treatment. The LAPD is conducting an investigation into the incident. One person was arrested. Uprising broadcast live from the Downtown march on May Day while Assistant producer Gabriel San Roman reported from the Orange County march. <\/p>\n

That was part of a live broadcast that Uprising did on May Day in downtown LA. We turn next to Orange County in Southern California where Uprising producer Gabriel San Roman reported from. <\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo Arellano<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"GUEST: Gustavo Arellano, award winning columnist at the OC Weekly and contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n

Was there ever anything you wanted to know about Mexicans, but were too politically correct to ask? For two years now, Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weekly has fielded numerous questions from readers about Mexicans in his notorious column, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Now newly released in book form, questions posed to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Mexican,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d range from the curious such as, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the song La Bamba about?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the downright racist, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What part of Illegal don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Mexicans understand?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Arellano navigates the long list of inquires, which he describes as being like a queue at the check out lane of a Northgate Supermarket, with unrestrained wit, sarcasm, and research. Not everyone is in favor of Gustavo’s approach however. When the alternative OC Weekly first published the column in 2004, it angered left and right wingers alike. In one recent case, an Oregon man was suspended by his supervisors for five days for showing his fellow co-worker the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d column. The man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s union refused to back him and his lawyer advised him to drop the case. Regardless of what controversies may follow, questions to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Mexican,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will surely keep pouring in and Gustavo Arellano will be more than happy to answer them. <\/p>\n

Read Gustavo’s OC Weekly column, \u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican! here: http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/columns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonali’s Subversive Thought for the Day: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Come on, America: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m your pi\u00c3\u00b1ata\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I welcome any and all questions. Shake me enough, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you the goods on my glorious race. But be careful: this pi\u00c3\u00b1ata hits back.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Gustavo Arellano, from his introduction to \u00c2\u00a1Ask a Mexican!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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