Sep 08 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Obama’s cozy relationship with Wall Street.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
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Sep 08 2011
“We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.” — John Stuart Mill …
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Sep 07 2011
We’ll get an update on Libya – are the rebels any closer to toppling the Gaddafi regime? And, Los Angeles considers a new ban on plastic AND paper bags in grocery stores. Plus, the controversial case of the Irvine 11 goes to trial – we’ll explore the chilling effect it has already had on free speech. And the Black Agenda Report. …
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Sep 07 2011
Proposed changes to voting laws in Florida have drawn a lawsuit by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The suit, filed yesterday, requests that Florida’s voting laws are reviewed by the Federal government under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The controversial changes to the way Floridians may vote include decreasing the early voting period and restricting voter …
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Sep 07 2011
With the increased intensity of hurricanes this season – a predicted outcome of global warming, the future of our planet looks grim. For those of us who embrace environmental justice, driving hybrid cars, recycling as fervently as possible, shopping for locally produced foods, or even working actively through political organizations, times are discouraging. We’re past the tipping point …
Sep 07 2011
With the release of the August jobs report showing unemployment at its highest levels since last September, the Great Recession seems nowhere near its peak. The effects of the poor economy on the general health and well being of Americans is often overlooked. A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the rate of home …
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Sep 07 2011
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents.
On Labor Day, 500 activists took to the streets of Chicago to speak out against the US free trade agreement with Pacific Rim countries, including Peru, Chile, and Vietnam. Advocates …
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Sep 07 2011
Check out Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band from North Carolina. We featured their song “Cornbread and Butterbeans” today on Uprising.
More about Carolina Chocolate Drops at www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
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 07 2011
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou …
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Sep 06 2011
This is a rebroadcast of Uprising that originally aired August 10, 2011
The board of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s embattled media conglomerate, met in Los Angeles this week. It was the first meeting since the phone hacking scandal broke in the UK, shaking the media empire’s foundations like never before. But according to writer and radio host Maria Armoudian, News Corps’ “True Scandals” are …
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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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