Oct 13 2011
Mumia Abu Jamal is a political prisoner and an award winning journalist. In a victory for prison rights advocates internationally, the US Supreme Court this Tuesday refused to hear a petition by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office seeking to reinstate the death penalty against him. If the Philly DA decides not to conduct a new sentencing hearing – which …
Oct 13 2011
Check out The B*Side Players an LA band. We featured their song Prisionero Yo No Soy today on Uprising.
More about the B*Side Players at www.bsideplayers.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 13 2011
“It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.” — Paulo Freire …
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Oct 12 2011
Tomorrow, we’ll broadcast live from Occupy Los Angeles, in front of City Hall, examining participatory democracy in action, internal debates, and goals and vision for the movement. Plus a commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal. …
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Oct 12 2011
The US Senate last night voted down President Obama’s American Jobs Act, a $447 billion package of new spending and tax cuts that the President has spent weeks stumping for. It didn’t even make it up for debate, losing a procedural motion on a 51 to 48 vote. The Huffington Post reports some Democrats opposed the legislation, including Senator Jim …
Oct 12 2011
When 18 year old LA County Jail inmate, George Rosales, died late last week after being hit in the head by a Sheriff’s Deputy, it only added fuel to the growing fire over inmate abuse. Rosales was punched in the head two days before his death, apparently while trying to run toward an elevator. Around the same time, a rookie …
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Oct 12 2011
The Government of Tuvalu in the South Pacific has declared a state of emergency and has begun receiving airlifted shipments of potable water and desalination equipment from Australia and New Zealand. Despite having two desalination plants on the capitol island of Funafuti, Tuvalu is only able to supply water to half its population of 10,000 residents. Authorities …
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Oct 12 2011
Check out The World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles through October 16th. We featured music from the Kiribati island. Performers will be at the Gala Concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday October 15th.
More about the World Festival of Sacred Music, and the islands represented at the Water is Rising Gala Concert at www. Festivalof SacredMusic.org.
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Oct 11 2011
We’ll get live reports from the Occupations in Boston and Washington DC as we continue our coverage of the movement that’s sweeping the nation. And, the federal government investigates LA’s County Jail system. Peter Eliasberg of the ACLU will join us. Plus, Water is Rising – a group of South Pacific performers raise awareness of the impact of global warming on their island nations as part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. …
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Oct 11 2011
Check out Crime Rock a band form Santa Monica, CA. We featured their song “Spoonful” today on Uprising.
More about Crime Rock at www.reverbnation.com/crimerock
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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