Sep 20 2011
Check out Noah and the Whale an indie rock band from the UK. We featured their song “Life Is Life” today on Uprising.
More about Noah and the Whale at www.NoahAndTheWhale.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 …
Sep 19 2011
We’ll get a report from Wall Street as the activist occupation is in full swing. And, remembering the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. Plus, the military’s homophobic Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy finally comes officially to an end – we’ll discuss the lessons progressives can learn. And this week’s Civic Circus with Ankur Patel. …
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Sep 19 2011
A report released this morning by Open Society Foundation investigated the practice of night-time raids conducted by the U.S. and NATO in Afghanistan and found that the resulting violence and indiscriminate detention of civilians undercuts any progress made by Coalition forces against the Taliban. One Afghan interviewed by the Foundation expressed the popular sentiment on the US night raids: …
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Sep 19 2011
A group of defense contractors have begun a major lobbying effort to prevent cuts in military spending. Their campaign, titled “Second to None,” emphasizes jobs while conjuring images of American exceptionalism through public ads. The effort led by Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, and other defense firms, comes on the heels of a report released earlier in the month by the Commission …
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Sep 19 2011
The start of the school year brought major announcements from the LA Unified School District. About half of the district’s 430 library aides may be laid off, and more could have their hours cut. Next year, school will be back in session from Summer break three weeks earlier than usual, in mid-August. Of the library lay-offs, recently seated Superintendent John …
Sep 19 2011
Defense lawyers mounted a final effort on Monday for Troy Davis, a Georgia man set to be executed on Wednesday for the murder of a police officer even though his supporters say he may be innocent.
The lawyers were due to present their evidence in Atlanta to Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Parole, a five-person panel that will weigh whether to grant or deny clemency or issue a stay of execution of up to 90-days, his …
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Sep 19 2011
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about the Palestinian Bid for Statehood.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org. …
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Sep 19 2011
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” — John F. Kennedy …
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Sep 19 2011
Check out Black Party Politics, a rock band from LA with far-flung influences. We featured their song “Blue Devil” today on Uprising.
More about Black Party Politics at www.BlackPartyPolitics.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 …
Sep 19 2011
Join KPFK host Margaret Prescod and teachers and special guests for a screening of the new documentary film, American Teacher, this Saturday, October 1st, starting at 11am, at the AMC Loews Broadway 4, 1441 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
Through Friday at noon order tickets through KPFK.org. Donation for a Pair of Tickets: $75, Single Ticket: $50
Tickets will also be available at the door!
American Teacher is a definitive look …
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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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