LONDON—News Corp. came under fresh attack Tuesday as new, written evidence submitted to a U.K. parliament committee suggested that voice-mail interception was “widely discussed” at its News of the World tabloid and showed several former executives bluntly contradicting recent testimony by Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch.

The U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee released written statements from Mr. Murdoch, several former top executives and a law firm that was retained by the media …

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KPFK has just begun its summer fund drive! Join us by making a pledge at 818-985-KPFK(5735) or at www.kpfk.org.

We’ll be featuring Adam Curtis, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cynthia Enloe, and others, plus tickets to films, subscriptions to magazines, and CDs. Tune in everyday to Uprising! …

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Media technology giant Google, has just bought mobile phone manufacturer Motorola for a whopping $12.5 billion. The purchase has the potential to change the dynamics of today’s lucrative tech marketplace. Even Apple, the company which has revolutionized mobile and wireless technology with their iPhones, iPods, and iPads, is nervous about retaining its stronghold and competitive edge. The latest industry surveys reveal that 96% of Americans …

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Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.

Organize, Organize, Organize.

Because Los Angeles City has nearly 4,000,000 people, it isn’t surprising that there is a different organization holding a meeting or protesting something every day. Veterans for Peace, PETA, Bicycle Collectives, Third Parties, Farmers Markets, The Bus Riders Union, PTAs, …

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“As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.” — Ernst Fischer …

On Day 1 of our summer funddrive, we’ll debut a brand new documentary by BBC film maker Adam Curtis about the domination of machines and technology on our lives, called “All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace.” Make sure to call and make a pledge to KPFK! …

Check out the Spartanburg, SC based blues/indie/rock band, The Accentrix. We featured their song Little Did I Know today on Uprising.

More about The Accentrix at www.myspace.com/theaccentrix

If you know of an If you know of an up and coming independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org. …

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A U.S. unmanned drone strike in the tribal region of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border last Wednesday resulted in at least 23 people killed. Official sources claim they are all suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters. The drone strikes in the border region have long been used as a weapon of choice, starting with the Bush administration as far back as 2004, and …

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Fed-up with economic policy rooted in anti-tax and anti-government ideologies, three progressive organizations teamed-up this Summer to create what they call, a new “Contract for the American Dream.” Move-On.Org, Rebuild the Dream, and United for a Fair Economy asked progressive Americans to create an economic plan to, “[b]uild a diverse and broad middle class, and decrease economic inequality.” …

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and billionaire philanthropist George Soros are donating $30 million dollars each to their City’s Young Men’s Initiative. The program is designed to address the broad disparities slowing the advancement of black and Latino young men by helping them enter the economic mainstream through educational and employment opportunities. According to Mayor Bloomberg, “Even though …

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