Nov 11 2011
Veterans Day Special Rebroadcast
In 2004 Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia was court-martialed by the US military for desertion. A veteran of the US war on Iraq, Mejia had spent 8 years in the military and eventually filed for conscientious objector status, becoming the first publicly known US soldier to do so. Now, his first book and memoir, Road from Ar Ramadi, details his journey from …
Nov 11 2011
Check out Joe Pug, an independent musician from Chicago. We featured his song “Bury Me Far” today on Uprising.
More about Joe Pug at www.joepugmusic.com
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Nov 10 2011
A Veteran’s Day special with Iraq war veteran, Camilo Mejia – the first publicly known US soldier to file for Conscientious Objector status in the Iraq war. He’ll share his story from his book, Road From Ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Sergeant Camilo Mejia. …
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Nov 10 2011
“I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.” — Angela Davis
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Nov 10 2011
Renegade, revolutionary, activist, these are all words that describe Blase Bonpane. In his new autobiography, “Imagine No Religion” Bonpane shows himself as a man who defies all stereotypes. His incredible strength of purpose has guided him from a young age. Born into an upper middle class Italian American family, he was passionate about entering the priesthood despite his parents’ vehement protests. …
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Nov 09 2011
This week on Uprising — Political Implications of the 2011 Election Results — Occupy DC Organizes a Hearing for the 99% — Dispatches from the Arab Spring: Veteran Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich on Syria, Libya, Tunisia, and Beyond
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Nov 09 2011
Check out Vanish Valley an LA based band. We featured the song “Become the Night” today on Uprising.
More about Vanish Valley at www.vanishvalley.com
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Nov 09 2011
Imagine No Religion: From Central America to the Middle East, the Life Story of a Leader in the Movement for Social Justice and Peace – we’ll spend the hour in an intimate conversation with Blase Bonpane about his life and work …
Nov 09 2011
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline continues to be a battleground for the Obama Administration as 10,000 protesters gathered this past Sunday in Washington DC to demand an end to the $7 billion dollar project. The pipeline, now in its third year of a questionable State Department approval process, would bring 700,000 barrels of dirty tar sands a day from …
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Nov 09 2011
While major media has been camped out at a courthouse just across the street from LA city hall, fixated on the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, the Occupy Los Angeles encampment remains active. Yesterday the group marched to a branch of Bank of America at 7th and Figueroa in downtown LA, reportedly shutting down business there for some time. Today …
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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