Sep 02 2011
This week on Uprising — Report From Washington DC: An Update on the Protests Against the Tar Sands Pipeline – Why Progressives Should Take a Deeper Look at Ron Paul’s Right Wing Ideas – Black Agenda Report on the 40th Anniversary of the Attica Uprising – Playbook for Progressives: Sixteen Qualities for a Successful Organizer
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Sep 02 2011
Tune into KPFK Pacifica radio for a Labor Day special on Monday, September 5th. On Tuesday enjoy a rebroadcast of an Uprising hour-long special with author and KPFK host Maria Armoudian on her new book, “Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World.” Uprising is back live on Wednesday September 7th when Ari Berman joins us to discuss the GOP’s War on Voting. And Frances Moore Lappe on her new book, …
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Sep 02 2011
Check out Ruthie Foster, a singer/songwriter from Texas. We featured her song “Phenomenal Woman” today on Uprising.
More about Ruthie Foster at www.ruthiefoster.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 02 2011
“Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.” — Hannah Arendt …
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Sep 02 2011
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile by AT&T. AT&T executive Wayne Watts said his company was “surprised and disappointed” by the action, and would take up the fight in court. The DOJ’s 25-page complaint concludes the deal would decrease competition, result in higher prices, less …
Sep 02 2011
On September 1st, 1987, Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson and two other vets Duncan Murphy and David Duncombe, were present on a train track to block a train carrying weapons and explosives from the Concord Naval Weapons Station. It was day one of a planned 40-day fast and act of civil disobedience to protest the bloody US-funded wars in …
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Sep 02 2011
New York Congressman Peter King, earlier this year started holding hearings on whether American Muslims were becoming radicalized. The House Homeland Security Committee, which King chairs, is holding yet another hearing next week on Thursday ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. This hearing comes after a recent Pew survey that that states there is …
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Sep 02 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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Sep 02 2011
Check out Joe Pug, an independent musician from Chicago. We featured his song “Disguised As Someone Else” today on Uprising.
More about Joe Pug at www.joepugmusic.com
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Sep 01 2011
The Department of Justice files an Anti-Trust lawsuit against AT&T’s buyout of T-Mobile. We’ll speak with Tim Karr of Free Press. Plus, Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson. And, Fear Inc, a new report on how right wing groups are spreading anti-Islamic fervor in the US. Plus Rethink Reviews with Jonathan Kim. …
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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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