Jul 21 2011
Brother J of X Clan, Medusa and others will be performing at a benefit concert for Message Media Ed and their new location on Adams Blvd on Friday July 22nd from 7-10pm.
The concert will be held at 4923 W. Adams Blvd. LA 90016, just East of La Brea – it will be family-friendly entertainment.
Tickets will also be available at the door. To find out more about the work of Message Media Ed, …
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Jul 21 2011
We’ll spend the hour with Christian Parenti on his new book “Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence.” In his book, Christian explores the potential future of the global regions in and around the earth’s equator – between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. He does so by examining history, in particular the West’s dangerous imposition of neo-liberal economic models that privatized and crippled whole economies, and pervasive militarism that is …
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Jul 21 2011
The term “eco-terrorist” was pioneered by a conservative anti-environmentalist named Ron Arnold, who helped convince government officials that members of groups like Earth First!, Earth Liberation Front, and Animal Liberation Front, were on par with Al Qaeda. Explaining the rise of the so-called “Green Scare,” journalist Will Potter writes in his book Green is the New Red, that it was the result of “slowly merging the rhetoric of industry groups with that of politicians and law enforcement.” Potter, himself a environmental activist, was once arrested for leaf letting and approached by the FBI to be an informant.
Jul 21 2011
Check out Brother J of X Clan, Los Angeles based hip hop artist and social justice activist. We featured his song Speak the Truth today on Uprising. More info about Brother’s J’s latest project Message Media Ed at www.messagemediaed.org.
If you know of an upcoming, independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send us an email. …
Jul 21 2011
“In history books, injustice is always so easily recognizable, social struggles are buffed to a Hollywood sheen so that the characters are either pure evil and the necessary response is equally straightforward. But at the time? At the time it’s not always that easy to see.” — Will Potter …
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Jul 21 2011
Join award winning journalist and former environmental activist Will Potter tonight as he reads from his new book Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege tonight at 7pm at Diesel bookstore in Brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart – 225 26th Street Santa Monica. For more information visit dieselbookstore.com
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Jul 21 2011
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding a hearing today on the proposed merger of AT&T and T-mobile. If the deal goes through, 80% of the U.S. telecommunications market would be controlled by just two companies (AT&T and Verizon). AT&T has lined up support from community organizations through their charitable contributions and the promise of jobs. However, media …
Jul 21 2011
New Mexico nuclear watchdogs are sounding the alarm over a proposed $6 billion, four-floor, super-WalMart sized building on the grounds of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Six metric tons – that’s 13,228 pounds – of plutonium would be stored at the new facility, which would also serve as a manufacturing plant to produce plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons. The …
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Jul 21 2011
Environmental activist-turned FBI-informant, Jacob Ferguson, is facing 4 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation. Ferguson last week admitted to a judge that he had committed crimes and used illegal substances including heroin while on probation. He had initially avoided a prison sentence for a variety of criminal acts related to his environmental activism, but, in …
Jul 21 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the U.S. and Ethiopia Role in Somalia.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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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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