Feb 27 2009
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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 …
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Feb 27 2009
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. …
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Feb 27 2009
“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 …
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Feb 27 2009
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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 …
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Feb 26 2009
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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 …
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Feb 26 2009
“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 …
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Feb 25 2009
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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 …
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Feb 25 2009
“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 …
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Feb 24 2009
“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 …
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Feb 24 2009
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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 …
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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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