KPFK Fund Drive - Day 7

Feature Stories | Published 8 Feb 2010, 10:49 am | No Comments -

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Keeping Howard Zinn’s Legacy Alivepolitical mind

In the little mainstream media coverage of the death of legendary history Howard Zinn, there has been a debate over whether Zinn was a “radical anti-American troublemaker” or a pioneering people’s historian. The New York Times’ Bob Herbert put it well in his obituary of Zinn saying, “What was so radical about believing that workers should get a fair shake on the job, …


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Weekly Digest - 02/05/10

Weekly Digest | Published 5 Feb 2010, 2:26 pm | No Comments -

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This week on Uprising:

* One hour special with Les Leopold on his book The Looting of America

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KPFK Fund Drive Day 4

Feature Stories | Published 5 Feb 2010, 10:37 am | No Comments -

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Great DepressionThe monthly jobs report for January is out today, indicating that while Americans lost another 20,000 jobs, the rate of unemployment slowed slightly from 10% in December to 9.7% last month. The fact that Wall Street firms are reporting fairly robust gains, even while new jobs aren’t being created has provided fodder for populist concerns and pushed Democrats to tackle a jobs bill. But such legislation will …


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KPFK Fund Drive - Day 3

Feature Stories | Published 4 Feb 2010, 10:47 am | No Comments -

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haitiMore than four weeks after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, killing an estimated 200,000 people and leaving nearly 1 million people homeless, aid agencies are still struggling with the overwhelming food, medication, and shelter needs of survivors. Debates concerning Haiti’s future are still unfolding. Some argue that Haiti’s reconstruction should be overseen by an international organization. Others, citing decades of poverty, dictatorship, and foreign-imposed aid projects, emphasize that …


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KPFK Fund Drive - Day 2

Feature Stories | Published 3 Feb 2010, 10:36 am | 1 Comment -

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political mindRevolution in the Head: Rage Against the Machine and the Art of Protest

Rage Against the Machine, one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1990s, is the focus of a brand new documentary called Revolution in the Head, out later this month. Bursting onto the music scene in 1992, the LA-based band echoed the frustrations and critiques of a generation in the year that the …


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KPFK Fund Drive - Day 1

Feature Stories | Published 2 Feb 2010, 10:26 am | No Comments -

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Remembering Howard Zinnpolitical mind

Last Wednesday January 27th, American progressives lost a hero - Howard Zinn, who pioneered a genre of history called People’s History - stories of our nation’s past told from the perspective of ordinary people, poor people, women, people of color, and others. His seminal book A People’s History of the United States, which sold well over a million copies, influenced countless people and spawned hundreds …


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