May 27 2008
GUESTS: Scott Kellogg, Stacy Pettigrew, co-authors of Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide
In the second part of our 3 part series, Personal is Political, we focus today on things that each of us can do to lead lives that are more sustainable and earth-friendly, even if we live in a big city like Los Angeles. Today more …
May 27 2008
… about the Fair Employment Practices Committee
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May 27 2008
“I change myself, I change the world.” — Gloria Anzaldua …
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May 26 2008
Part 2 of our three-part series, “Personal is Political,” with the authors of a new book called Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It Ourselves Guide.” …
May 26 2008
GUEST: Camilo Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramadi
In 2004 Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia was court-martialed by the US military for desertion. A veteran of the US war on Iraq, Mejia had spent 8 years in the military and eventually filed for conscientious objector status, becoming the first publicly known US soldier to do so. Now, his first book and memoir, Road from …
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May 23 2008
Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.
This week on Uprising:
* Obama Edges Closer to the Nomination, Clinton Refuses to Quit
* Empire Notes on Obama and Hamas
* Largest ICE Raid Targets Central Americans in Iowa
* Black Agenda Report on Obama and Institutional Racism
* California’s Supreme Court Ruling Signals Victory for Same-Sex Marriage
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May 23 2008
A re-broadcast of our hour-long conversation with war resistor Camilo Mejia on Memorial Day. …
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May 23 2008
GUEST: Lonnie Jordan, founded member of the legendary group WAR. His first solo album is “War Stories,” out now on Fantasy Records.
Formed in 1969, the musical band War have successfully blended funk for the last several decades while singing socially conscious songs such as “The World is a Ghetto.” Fifty million album …
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May 23 2008
GUEST: Amalia Anderson, Program Director for the Mainstreet Project, community based organization in Minneapolis
ICE agents raided a kosher meat packing plant in northeast Iowa earlier this month, calling it the largest of its kind in the country. A lawsuit on behalf of 137 of the 390 people arrested has now been filed against …
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May 23 2008
GUEST: Damien Goodmon, Coordinator, Citizens Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line
South LA community organizations have uncovered apparently illegal campaign contributions from a contractor to an MTA board member. Former LA police chief Bernard Parks who sits on the board of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has accepted almost $20,000 from Tutor-Saliba, …
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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