Archives for February 2009
Weekly Digest - 02/27/09
Published 27 Feb 2009 at 2:02 pm.
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Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
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This week on Uprising:
* Obama Addresses Congress: Norman Solomon Analyzes his Economic Plan
* Black Agenda Report on the economy and American manufacturing
* William Kleinknecht on Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street, America
* Empire Notes on Obama and Afghanistan
* Patricia Isasa: Conversation with …
March 2, 2009
Published 27 Feb 2009 at 1:35 pm.
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We’ll look at Tuesday’s local elections including the race for city council seats, LA Mayor, and City Controller. Plus a debate on Measure B, the plan to make LA the solar power capital of the US. And, a live report from Washington DC where thousands of young activists are gathering to make their voice heard on climate change. And this week’s Empire Notes.
February 27, 2009
Published 27 Feb 2009 at 10:49 am.
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“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.” — Woodrow Wilson
KPFK Fund Drive Day 22 - An Adam Curtis Special
Published 27 Feb 2009 at 10:32 am.
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Today is my last chance to ask you to support KPFK and Uprising will end this fund drive with our most popular thank you gift, The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? by BBC film maker Adam Curtis. Through his 3 hour film, The Trap, we will explore the concepts of freedom …
KPFK Fund Drive Day 21 - Chomsky and Zinn Beyond Elections
Published 26 Feb 2009 at 10:50 am.
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The election of Barack Obama to the presidency, while historic in its breaking of a racial barrier, has also inspired a large number of Americans, young and old, to become politically active. Progressives are warning that Obama is no radical, rather a centrist Democrat who is open to pressure from the left. On issues like the economy, healthcare, …
February 26, 2009
Published 26 Feb 2009 at 10:36 am.
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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” — Helen Keller
KPFK Fund Drive Day 20 - Maxed Out
Published 25 Feb 2009 at 10:50 am.
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President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress yesterday, in what was essentially a state-of-the union talk. Obama justified the stimulus bill he just signed into law, and outlined his ideas for reforming the economy through investing in renewable energy technologies, health care reform, and fixing public education. Many reacted to the speech as inspiring …
February 25, 2009
Published 25 Feb 2009 at 10:45 am.
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
February 24, 2009
Published 24 Feb 2009 at 10:51 am.
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“The mechanics of oppressing people is to pervert them to the extent that they become the instruments of their own oppression.” - Kumasi, from Crips and Bloods: Made in America
KPFK Fund Drive Day 19 - Crips and Bloods - Made in America
Published 24 Feb 2009 at 10:38 am.
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A 17 year old boy was shot in the head and killed last night in South LA, after getting off a city bus. An LAPD officer told the press that the killer, another boy, was a member of a rival gang, and fled after the shooting. Meanwhile, three unrelated drive-by shootings across Los Angeles happened late last …
On July 27, 2010 Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan about the latest film he has produced, Peepli Live, about …
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