Oct 06 2011
Check out Gomez an band from the UK. We featured their song “Airstream” today on Uprising.
More about Gomez at www.myspace.com/gomez
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Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
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Oct 05 2011
We’ll go live to Washington DC where a major march is planned to protest the Afghanistan War, now ten years long. From there, we’ll head live to New York where the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow with the infusion of a number of labor unions. And, Oakland-based activist and writer James Tracy joins us in studio to discuss his new book, “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power.” …
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Oct 05 2011
Senate Democratic leaders are proposing a 5% surtax on those earning $1 million a year as a new way pay for President Obama’s jobs plan, turning to an issue with populist appeal as they line up support for a vote, possibly next week.
The shift is an acknowledgement that the president does not have support among his Democratic allies for taxing those earning less than $1 million. Obama’s proposal had relied on tax hikes for households …
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Oct 05 2011
One in three US veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that, after 10 years of combat, America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on domestic problems, according to an opinion poll.
The findings pose a dilemma for the Obama administration and Congress as they struggle to reduce the huge budget deficit and reconsider defence priorities while trying to bolster …
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Oct 05 2011
Thousands of inmates in California prisons have resumed a hunger strike that began in July and was suspended over the summer. The historic strikes began on July 1st at the Pelican Bay State Prison’s Secure Housing Unit or SHU in protest of inhumane conditions after years of failed legal and other challenges. When representatives of the California Department of Corrections …
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Oct 05 2011
“Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.” — David Korten …
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Oct 05 2011
Classrooms are missing students, produce is spoiling in the fields, and construction crews are short of workers in the state of Alabama since the controversial immigration bill HB 56 went into effect on September 29th. Originally slated for implementation in early September, it was delayed due to a challenge in Federal court. The Associated Press reports that last Wednesday’s …
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Oct 05 2011
The world’s seventh largest employer is being hard hit by a combination of politics and corporate influence. The US Postal Service, which employs more than half a million people, is facing a number of challenges. In September, the US Postmaster General sent a warning to Congress that the USPS was facing bankruptcy, and a spokesperson from the Government Accountability Office …
Oct 05 2011
Check out Kathryn Ostenberg a singer songwriter from Colorado, now based in LA. We featured her song “Light Me Up” today on Uprising.
More about Kathryn Ostenberg at www.kathrynostenberg.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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Oct 05 2011
Check out Treasure Davis an LA based singer. We featured her song “Empty Stage” today on Uprising.
More about Treasure Davis at www.reverbnation.com/discoveringtreasure
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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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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