Sep 16 2011
We’ll look at a new report detailing the inherent waste of tax payer dollars when government services are contracted out to the private sector. And, how the Broad Foundation “venture philanthropy” influences public education nationwide. Plus, the latest on the war in Afghanistan, and the aftermath of the recent attack on the US Embassy in Kabul. …
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Sep 16 2011
This week on Uprising — Israel Arms Settlers Amid Palestinian Statehood Bid – Mexican Protesters Indignant, Outraged Over Calderon’s Policies – Troy Davis’s Sister Makes a Public Appeal for her Brother’s Life – Activists Push to Improve 2012 Farm Bill, Warn Against Cuts
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Sep 16 2011
TACOMA, Wash. — Students in Washington state’s third-largest school district are taking a fourth straight day off Friday as opposing sides in a teachers strike meet with a judge, after the instructors defied his order to return to the classroom. SOTA High School students Jacob Glickman, 17, Rachael Martin, 17, of and Nick Vargish, 17, on car from left, cheer on the striking teachers gathered to picket in front of Tacoma school district building, …
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Sep 16 2011
In a shocking loss for Democrats this week, New York’s heavily Democratic ninth Congressional district that has never before elected a Republican, cast a majority of votes for Republican Bob Turner. Turner defeated David Weprin, a Democratic State Assemblyman, 53% to 47%, for the House seat vacated by Anthony Weiner who resigned this past June over a sex scandal. The …
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Sep 16 2011
The Swiss financial services company UBS has admitted that a “rogue” trader has run up a loss of 2 billion dollars in unauthorized risky trades. The 31 year old trader Kweku Adoboli who worked in the bank’s exchange traded funds desk was arrested at his apartment. UBS suffered similar losses to other banks in 2008 from risky property trading in …
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Sep 16 2011
The 12-member Congressional deficit reduction committee held its third meeting yesterday, a closed-door power breakfast in DC. The so-called Super Committee’s first two meetings were open to the public, and the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group wrote about who was in attendance. Not surprisingly, lobbyists got front row seats to one of the biggest shows in town. The Foundation also …
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Sep 16 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 16 2011
With time running out for Troy Davis — the condemned man convicted of killing a Savannah, Ga., police officer — activists are planning to take to the streets of Atlanta on Friday night to demand that his execution be stayed.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous will lead a 6 p.m. march from Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta to Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. There, …
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Sep 16 2011
“A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi …
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Sep 16 2011
Check out Jiggo, an electro-pop artist from the UK. We featured her song “For Your Love” today on Uprising.
More about Jiggo at www.myspace.com/jiggomusic
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
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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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