Oct 04 2011
We’ll cover the newly resumed prisoner hunger strike in California – why it was resumed, what their demands are, and how activists are keeping the issue alive. And, what’s behind the draconian new immigration law in Alabama and how it impacts the immigrant community there. Plus, the US Postal Service is facing unprecedented cuts – we’ll speak with the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers. …
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Oct 04 2011
On Saturday October 1st, thousands of people took to the streets of Los Angeles in an action inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Protests.
Oct 04 2011
“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” — Mohandas Gandhi …
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Oct 04 2011
The assassination by a US drone strike of al-Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, has reignited debate over the legality of targeted executions. Al Awlaki, who was a US citizen, was killed in Yemen on Friday, about 90 miles east of the capital Sanaa, reportedly while getting into a car surrounded by five other people. Al Awlaki has long been an enemy …
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Oct 04 2011
The military training facility formerly known as the School of the Americas, is planning a $28 million renovation of a museum into its new campus. The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, as it’s now known as, is located in Fort Benning, Georgia. Even though it claims to have been founded in 2001, its predecessor, the School of the Americas, …
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Oct 04 2011
Southern California shock jocks, Jon Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI-AM’s afternoon drive time the “Jon and Ken Show” have become the targets of a powerful Latino coalition. The nationally-syndicated show with one of the largest audiences in the country is infamous for its hosts’ anti-immigrant rants. On September 1st, the eve of a pivotal vote in the state assembly …
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Oct 04 2011
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
There were about two thousand of people at Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday. 328 spent the night. The numbers weren’t as large on Sunday with about 150 people sleeping on the sidewalks surrounding Los Angeles City Hall.
Occupy LA was sparked by …
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Oct 04 2011
Each November, thousands of activists gather in Fort Benning, Georgia to protest the School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation), and ahead of this year’s gathering, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Nico Udu Gama, the US field organizer for the principle watchdog group, SOA Watch, who is on a national speaking tour.
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Oct 03 2011
Check out The Shag Rats an East LA punk band. We featured their song “Now You’re Sorry” today on Uprising.
More about The Shag Rats at www.myspace.com/theshagrats
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 03 2011
The New York Police Department is being accused of corralling 700 Occupy Wall Street protestors onto the Brooklyn Bridge, and then carrying out a mass arrest. On Saturday, according to protestors, the NYPD blocked participants from continuing a planned march over the bridge and made arrests. Police allege the hundreds of arrested marchers attempted to occupy the famous bridge, but …
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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