Weekly Digest - 07/04/08
Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 12:00 pm.
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This week on Uprising:
* Afghanistan More Dangerous Than Iraq?
* Empire Notes on ‘the Unraveling of Barack Obama’
* Is Barack Obama a Progressive in Centrist Clothing?
* Black Agenda Report About ‘Obama’s Embrace of Bush’s Faith-Based Corruption’
* Bottled Water: Bad for Workers, Communities, and the Environment
* …
Starbucks Workers Organize!
Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 10:18 am.
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GUESTS: Cole Dorsey, IWW Starbucks Workers Union, Beltrán Roca Martínez Secretary of
Union Action, Local Federation of CNT - AIT
It’s official: Starbucks’ hunger for expansion has created it’s very own monster. For the past four years, the mega-coffee chain has engaged in an incredible expansion boom that often puts two or more stores near one other. Starbucks announced …
The Farce of July Presents: Medusa
Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 10:18 am.
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GUEST: Medusa, rapper, musician, actress
Los Angeles underground rapper Medusa is considered by many as the West Coast queen of hip hop. For more than fifteen years, she has made her presence known as an actress and musician everywhere from Leimert Park’s “Project Blowed” workshop, to scoring films and soundtracks. Dubbed also as the “Angela Davis of hip …
KPFK Welcomes New General Manager, Sean Heitkemper
Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 10:15 am.
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GUEST: Sean Heitkemper, KPFK’s new General Manager
KPFK is a listener-sponsored radio station - meaning you the listener, rather than corporate advertising, keeps this station financially solvent. So instead of being accountable to our advertisers, we report to you. And in that spirit, today I’d like to introduce KPFK’s new General Manager, Sean Heitkemper. At only 36 years of age, …
Radical Day in History - 07/03/08
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… about Iran Air Flight 655
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Afghanistan More Dangerous Than Iraq?
Published on 2 Jul 2008 at 9:39 am.
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GUEST: Pervez Hoodbhoy, peace activist, Professor of Physics at Qaid-e-Azam University
The war in Afghanistan has intensified, becoming a more dangerous place for troops to serve than even Iraq. More US and NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan than Iraq in the second month in a row - a clear indication that the Taliban and their allies …
A New Tenant Rights Movement in California?
Published on 2 Jul 2008 at 9:39 am.
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GUEST: Dean Preston, Executive Director of Tenants Together, Larry Gross, Executive Director of the Coalition for Economic Survival
Last month, voters in California soundly rejected Proposition 98 which would have eroded tenant rights under the guise of eminent domain. The proposed amendment that would have, among other things, phased out rent control only garnered 39% of the …
Bottled Water: Bad for People, Communities, and the Environment
Published on 2 Jul 2008 at 9:38 am.
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GUEST: Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch
Jobs in the bottled water industry are few, low-paying, and dangerous. This, according to an analysis of the industry released last week by the consumer advocacy group Food &Water Watch. According to the report, titled, “Unbottled Truth About Bottled Water Jobs,” in 2006, a typical bottled …
Radical Day in History - 02/07/08
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… about Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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