Apr 16 2007
“As much as the social conservatives might not like to hear it, there will be a time when your grandchildren say: ‘What was the argument with gay marriage? Who cares?'” — Jim Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in Congress, a week before his retirement last year. …
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Apr 13 2007
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This week on Uprising:
* Afghan MP Warns of Return of US-Backed Fundamentalism
* Empire Notes on the 4th Anniversary of Iraq’s Regime Change
* Immokalee Workers Win Unexpected Victory with McDonalds
* Black Agenda Report on Kucinich and the Mainstream Media
* Never …
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Apr 13 2007
GUEST: Laura Flanders, host of Radio Nation on Air America Radio, and author of several books including Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians
Most of us recall the images on our TV and computer screens the night before the 2004 presidential election when maps of the United States broken up …
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Apr 13 2007
Kurt Vonnegut, interviewed by Larry Josephson in 1970 from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Kurt Vonnegut, a seminal figure in American literature, died on Wednesday night at the age of 84. The prolific author of over a dozen essays, short stories, plays and novels including “Cat’s Cradle,†and “Breakfast of Champions,†passed away after suffering brain …
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Apr 13 2007
GUESTS: Ysanne Spevack, organizer of the Step it Up 2007 campaign at the Hollywood sign, and editor of OrganicFoodee.com, Bill McKibben, Founder of Step It Up 2007, author of Deep Economy
Tomorrow activists across the US are holding hundreds of demonstrations, rallies, speaking events, film screenings, and other events to protest actions that lead to global …
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Apr 13 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is on Kucinich and the Mainstream Media. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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Apr 13 2007
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Apr 13 2007
“The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.” — Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy …
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Apr 12 2007
GUEST: Jill Nelson, journalist and activist, and author of “Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman” and editor of the anthology “Police Brutality.” Nelson also contributes to a group blog with Women in Media and News
Radio Shock Jock Don Imus recently exposed his racism and sexism by calling the all-female …
Apr 12 2007
GUESTS: Rita Valencia, playwright, Niamh McCormally and Gray Palmer, actors
“A New World War†is opening this Saturday, April 14 at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theater on Melrose. “A New World War†is a sci-fi political comedy produced by Padua Playwrights. The play tells the story of a young woman in the …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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