Sep 18 2007
… about Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org. …
Sep 17 2007
“Few whites have ever thought of our position as resulting from racial preferences. Indeed, we pride ourselves on our hard work and ambition, as if somehow we invented the concepts! We strike the pose of self-sufficiency while ignoring the advantages we have been afforded in every realm of activity: housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking and business. We ignore the fact that at almost every turn, our hard work has been met with access …
Comments Off on September 17th, 2007
Sep 17 2007
A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
GUEST: Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton”
We spend the hour today speaking with Sarah Sentilles, who wrote down her memoirs of two years in Compton, Southern California. She was teaching elementary school there. After graduating from Yale University, Sarah joined a program called Teach for America and was …
Sep 17 2007
… about The Treaty of Fort Pitt.
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org. …
Comments Off on Radical Day in History – 9/17/07
Sep 14 2007
“I don’t write fiction. To me I’ve always felt that I’m keeping the books. I just want people to experience the everyday glimpses of life that I see that to me are sometimes heartbreaking, but most of the time incredibly beautiful.” — Marisela Norte …
Comments Off on September 14th, 2007
Sep 14 2007
Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
Audio Stream | 
Podcast | Mp3 Download
This week on Uprising:
* 60th Anniversary of Mendez vs Westminster
* Black Agenda Radio on Reverend Yearwood
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * …
Sep 14 2007
GUESTS: Martha Ugarte, David Villalobos, Southern California organizers with TRIGA
On Monday of this week 158 immigrant advocacy groups launched a nationwide boycott against the Colorado-based Western Union. The boycott comes on the heels of a year long negotiation with the agency to lower their fees and reinvest in their immigrant communities. Key to this boycott is …
Comments Off on Western Union Boycott
Sep 14 2007
GUEST: Anita Roddick courtesy of the Pacifica Radio Archives
Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, died late Monday evening at the age of 64 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Born as a daughter of working class immigrants in England, Roddick became well known as a pioneer of ethical and green consumerism. Opened as a single store …
Comments Off on Anita Roddick Interview From the PRA
Sep 14 2007
GUEST: Marisela Norte, exhibiting photographer and writer
“Sociedad Anonima,” or Anonymous Society, is a new exhibition featuring the writings and photographs of Marisela Norte. Conceptually curated by Diane Gamboa, the exhibit is based on Norte’s writings and photographs taken whil riding the number 18 bus from East Los Angeles to Downtown. Never seen publicly before, the pictures …
Comments Off on Sociedad Anonima
Sep 14 2007
GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report
This week’s commentary is about Reverend Yearwood. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
Comments Off on Black Agenda Report on Reverend Yearwood
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 ……
... more Announcements, Speaker Series
|
