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Originally aired on Occupy the Media Collective 09/02/2013
INTRODUCTION
Update on last week’s People’s Uprising piece, Anne Feeney joins the Solidarity Sing-Along in Madison, Wisconsin.
SONG – Have You Been To Jail For Justice? by Anne Feeney
NEWS
CIA Inspector General’s report on CIA’s cooperation with NYPD in violation of American law, NSA paid major US tech companies to spy on customers, Egyptian military releases Murbarak, establishment left co-opts anniversary of “March On Washington” remembrance, Shi restaurant turns away victims of vicious hate-crime, media cheer-leads invasion of Syria, documents reveal US officials knew about Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapon use in Iraq-Iran War, Nadil Hasan sentenced to death for Ft. Hood shooting
CounterSpin – Round-up of the week’s news http://fair.org/
SONG – War What Is It Good For? By Edwin Starr
CLIP – George Carlin on why Americans love war
THE PEOPLE’S HISTORY –
Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed, 19th Amendment guarantees white women the right to vote, March On Washington, Fannie Sellins assassinated, LA County Sheriffs attack anti-war demonstration by Chicanos in East LA
THE PEOPLE’S UPRISING –
Burning Man workers call for strike in response to police invasion, prisoner hunger strike update, Occupy Oakland stage prisoner solidarity march, Brazilian police torture protesters, Overpass Light Brigade reminds Washington, DC about jobs and freedom, Solidarity Sing-Along arrests
NEXT WEEK IN THE PEOPLE”S UPRISING
SONG – Let’s Have A War by Fear
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KIT O’CONNELL (PART 1) –
Moral Mondays Chicago protest at ALEC national convention
SONG – What Are We Fighting For? By Country Joe McDonald
COMMENTARY – No War On Syria
SONG – Eve Of Destruction by Barry McGuire
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KIT O’CONNELL (PART 2) -
Report back on the direct-action at Texas capitol in Austin, Texas in response to Wendy Davis’s stand for women’s reproductive rights and how the professional left not only snitchjkacketed the grass-roots activists, but also took all the credit and donations related to the action
SONG – War Pigs by Black Sabbath
