Dec 21 2011
December 21, 2011
“The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.” — Jack Anderson …
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Archive for December, 2011
Dec 21 2011
MOONDOG ORCHESTRA
Check out Moondog Orchestra, an LA neo-soul band. We featured their song “Daniel and the Lions” today on Uprising.
More about Moondog Orchestra www.facebook.com/MoondogOrchestra
Streaming at www.myspace.com/wolverinebeatswolf
If you know of an 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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Dec 20 2011
December 21, 2011
We’ll get the latest on the battle over the payroll tax cut extension as the end of the year draws closer. And, a victory for Media reform activists as AT&T drops its bid for a merger with T-Mobile. Plus, part two of our two part interview with Julie Guthman on her book, Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism. …
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Dec 20 2011
Politico: AT&T drops T-Mobile bid
AT&T conceded defeat Monday in its dramatic standoff with the federal government over one of the largest telecom mergers ever proposed.
The decision by AT&T to abandon its $39 billion bid for T-Mobile amounted to a decisive win for federal regulators — and a counterpoint to critics who claim that Big Business always gets its way in Washington.
AT&T lost despite a nine-month, multimillion lobbying campaign that ultimately fell on deaf ears at the Justice Department and …
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Dec 20 2011
ADDINE HAWTHORNE
Check out Addine Hawthorne a Los Angeles based rock musician. We played her song “Close Encounters” today on Uprising.
More about Addine Hawthorne and streaming music at soundcloud.com/addine-hawthorne/
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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Dec 20 2011
North Korea Future Uncertain After Kim Jong Il’s Death
North Korea’s controversial leader Kim Jong Il died this past weekend, apparently from a heart attack. He was 69 years old. His death comes at a time when Washington DC and Pyongyang were about to resume talks on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament. According to the Associated Press, the US government was on the verge of making a food donation in …
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Dec 20 2011
Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism – Part 1
Listen to entire interview here
After decades of increases in the number of overweight children in New York, a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a 5.5 percent decrease in obesity or 6500 fewer overweight children in public schools. New York City’s health commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley stated in …
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Dec 20 2011
Bradley Manning Pre-Trial Hearing Reveals Potential Bias
The pre-trial hearing of Bradley Manning, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified government cables to Wikileaks in 2010, has entered its 5th day. Yesterday, in a military court at Fort Meade, Maryland, the first evidence of communication between Wikileaks Julian Assange and Manning was presented. At Wired.com Kim Zetter reports a digital forensics expert testified that …
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Dec 20 2011
Civic Circus – 12/20/11
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies. …
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Dec 20 2011
December 20, 2011
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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