Sep 12 2011
Exactly ten years ago today, University of Texas Journalism Professor Robert Jensen wrote an essay responding to the terrorist attacks that took place a day earlier. On September 12th 2001 he wrote that the destruction we witnessed on 9/11 was no worse than the destruction our government has wrought countless times on other nations. According to Jensen, “[f]or more than …
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Sep 12 2011
A Global Day of Action will be held this Friday for Troy Davis, a death row prisoner in the state of Georgia. Troy Davis was convicted in 1989 of killing an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Georgia. In the ensuing 20 years Davis has maintained his innocence and the case has garnered international attention. During Davis’ trial nine …
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Sep 12 2011
Check out Gaston, by Gaston Sanchez Juaregui, a Mexican-Argentinian musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in Hollywood. We featured his song “Pulguita Intergalactica” today on Uprising.
More about Gaston at www.soundcloud.com/gastonproject
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
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Sep 12 2011
“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.” — Mohandas Gandhi …
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Sep 11 2011
In the aftermath of the September 11th 2001 attacks, the Bush administration immediately began making a connection between the Al Qaeda network and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Eventually the decision was made to launch a war in Afghanistan in retaliation for the attacks. The ruling Taliban regime’s systematic oppression of women provided one convenient justification for the Afghan war. Nearly a year and a half later, …
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Sep 09 2011
We’ll cover the disturbing military build-up in Israel in anticipation of a UN vote on Palestinian statehood. And, Robert Jensen on the media coverage of the 9/11 anniversary, and on the controversy his September 12th 2001 essay generated. Plus, an update on the case of Death Row prisoner Troy Davis. …
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Sep 09 2011
This week on Uprising — Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the “Homeland” – Mumia Abu Jamal on September 11th Attacks – Republicans Wage War on Voter ID Laws Across States – Black Agenda Report on Obama and Wall Street – Frances Moore Lappé Urges Activists to Change Mental Frames, Develop an “Ecomind”
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Sep 09 2011
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a panel discussion will be held on Sunday September 11th by the Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP). The goal of the event is to discuss the effects of “US War-Making” over the past ten year and what people can do to help “repair communities here and abroad.” …
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Sep 09 2011
As we continue our hour-long special on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and all that it unleashed, we focus now on the government’s enthusiastic decimation of constitutional rights in the name of protecting Americans from terrorism. Documenting the steady growth of the domestic “surveillance state” is the aim of a joint project between the American Civil Liberties Union …
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Sep 09 2011
The Rev. Dr. George Regas is Rector Emeritus of All Saints Church in Pasadena. Less than a month after the US war on Iraq was launched, he said in a sermon: “[r]eligious communities must stop blessing war…The building of a just world needs brilliance in diplomacy and leadership equal to our wizardry in warfare.” Regas will be honored at an event he is moderating on Sunday September 11th 2011 at …
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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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