Aug 08 2011
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about Obama’s “grand bargain” political strategy.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org. …
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Aug 08 2011
“I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt …
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Aug 05 2011
A journalist from the Center for Media and Democracy is kicked out of a conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council. He’ll tell us his story. And, as members of Congress disappear for the summer break, we’ll survey their unfinished business including long-term FAA funding and political appointments. Plus, the California Progressive Caucus in the state’s Democratic party passes a resolution criticizing President Obama’s decisions, and considers a primary challenge. …
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Aug 05 2011
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* Violence in Syria Peaks Amid International Silence
* Republicans Win Big in Debt Ceiling Negotiations
* What Are Progressives to do About the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats?
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Aug 05 2011
A study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on the effects of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet on heart health confirmed the increasingly popular notion that dietary fat intake does not increase the risk of heart disease. The study was conducted on 46 people trying to lose weight. They were split into two groups, one on a conventional low-fat diet, the …
Aug 05 2011
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, …
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Aug 05 2011
Check out Long Beach California based surf rock band, Tijuana Panthers. We featured their song Creature on Uprising today:
More about Tijuana Panthers at TijuanPanthers.bandcamp.com/
If you know of an upcoming, independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send us an email. …
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Aug 05 2011
“Science is simply common sense at its best that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.” — Thomas Henry Huxley …
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Aug 04 2011
We’ll spend the hour with health journalist Gary Taubes, whose book Why We Get Fat and What to do about It makes the case that our carbohydrate consumption is directly linked to the epidemic of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and more. Our last interview with Taubes is our most highly rated online interview, and so we’re bringing him back, this time in studio, for an hour-long follow up, taking your questions through Facebook. Plus this …
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Aug 04 2011
Check out Los Angeles-based band, Red Fist Revolution. We featured their song Fall, Goliath, Fall on Uprising today.
More about Red Fist Revolution at www.redfistrevolution.com.
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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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