May 13 2011
“Rebellion – which is different from revolution because it is perpetual alienation from power rather than the replacement of one power system with another – should be our natural state.” — Chris Hedges …
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May 12 2011
What’s behind President Obama’s new push on immigration reform? Chris Hedges on The World As it Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress. And, an exciting Uprising-only sweepstakes prize for all those who pledge: a pair of tix to Rage Against the Machine’s July 30th concert plus a DVD doc about the band. …
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May 12 2011
Rage the Against the Machine will be playing a reunion concert on July 30th at the LA Coliseum (3939 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA). Two hours before tickets go on sale on Friday May 13th, you can make a pledge to KPFK during Uprising’s 8-9 am hour and be entered into a sweepstakes to win one pair of tickets to the concert plus the DVD documentary Rage Against the Machine and the Art of …
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May 12 2011
One of the fastest growing prison populations in the U.S. today is “non-criminal immigrants,” housed largely in private prisons run by companies like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO group. An article last week in the Wall Street Journal boasted about the “long-term growth” of such companies for as long as “America’s appetite for imprisonment” stays strong. However, …
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May 12 2011
The United States has the highest prison population in the world – we imprison 2.3 million people – equivalent to the population of a large city or even a small country. In fact there are more than 50 countries in the world whose populations are smaller than the U.S.’s prison population. The Center for Economic and Policy Research found that …
May 12 2011
“Instead of understanding and acceptance, we give [addicts] punishment and moral disapproval. In doing so, we fail to recognize our own deeply rooted problems and thereby forego an opportunity for healing not only for them, the extreme addicts, but also for ourselves as individuals and as a culture.” — Gabor Mate …
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May 12 2011
As the clock ticked past midnight and the death chamber phone refused to ring, San Quentin State Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford would calmly signal the executioners to inject a lethal dose of chemicals into the condemned man’s veins.
Reared in a Roman Catholic family, she grew up believing that only God had the right to take a life. But four times in her 30-year career in California corrections, the soft-spoken mother of five carried out executions …
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May 12 2011
We’ll spend the hour with physician and acclaimed author and speaker Dr. Gabor Mate, featuring the talk he gave in Los Angeles on April 29, 2011, presented by Writers in Treatment …
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May 12 2011
WASHINGTON — Executives of five of the largest oil companies, under heavy fire over near-record gasoline prices and their high first-quarter profits, pushed back on Thursday against calls for cuts in tax subsidies benefiting the industry.
Rex W. Tillerson, chief executive of Exxon Mobil, called the proposed tax changes “misinformed and discriminatory” as well as “counterproductive.” He added: “By undermining U.S. competitiveness, they would discourage future investment in energy projects in the United States and therefore …
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May 11 2011
It’s been a couple of years since soda was banned from California public school campuses in an effort to curb childhood obesity. Now concerned parties are targeting another sugary drink – chocolate milk. Chocolate adds about 60 more calories to an 8oz serving of plain milk. And it comes with a lot more sugar and additives. However tossing it from cafeteria aisles will be a …
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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