Jan 10 2012
We’ll examine at the results of the New Hampshire race with our election analyst, Adele Stan. And we’ll continue our coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo prison with former US Army Chaplain James Yee who worked at the prison. Plus, another major anniversary this week is the centennial of the seminal Bread and Roses strike of 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts – we’ll look at its history and relevance. …
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Jan 10 2012
As the Republican Party’s primary season continues, with an election today in New Hampshire, the remaining six candidates debated one another twice over the weekend. After emerging as the top winner in the Iowa caucuses, but only by 7 votes, Mitt Romney appears to be holding his lead. However, none of the candidates differ much on most issues. Still, most …
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Jan 10 2012
The US government is getting ready to free 5 men, reportedly Taliban leaders, held in Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba in exchange for bringing the Taliban into peace talks over the on-going Afghanistan war. Guantánamo, or Gitmo, as it’s often called, symbolized the worst excesses of the Bush Administration’s foreign policy. Ten years ago this Wednesday, eleven men were brought …
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Jan 10 2012
The December jobs report released late last week by the Department of Labor received a lukewarm welcome from economic analysts. When adjusted for seasonal hiring the Labor Department found that 200,000 new jobs were added in December. Chad Stone of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities called this a “glimmer of hope” but said long term unemployment continues to …
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Jan 10 2012
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
Massive budgetary holes are nothing new to Angelenos: two years ago the $450 million budget gap was addressed through the Early Retirement Program (ERIP), which allowed 2,400 city workers to retire up to 5 years early. That was supposed to save …
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Jan 10 2012
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” — Mohandas Gandhi …
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Jan 10 2012
Check out Standing Shadows, a band from Echo Park, CA. We featured their song “Freakshow” today on Uprising.
Find out more about them at www.reverbnation.com/standingshadows
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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Jan 09 2012
We’ll go to New Hampshire as Republicans prepare for their primary election days after two debates. And, a look at the current status of Guantanamo Bay prison, nearly ten years after it first opened. Plus, as economic forecasters predict a sunny outlook, we’ll examine a new report on the American working poor. And this week’s edition of Civic Circus by Ankur Patel. …
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Jan 09 2012
President Obama’s recent announcement to cut the Pentagon budget has angered many Republicans and conservatives. On January 5th Obama announced that the defense budget would be cut by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. The plan includes reducing the number of Army troops from 570,000 to 490,000 while relying more heavily on Naval and Air forces. The …
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Jan 09 2012
Epidemic levels of rape in Somalia have captured international attention after human rights activists raised the alarm. The Somali capital of Mogadishu in particular, shows a spike in reported rapes with this winter terrifyingly dubbed the “season of rape.” The New York Times reported extensively in late December about the widespread sexual assault of women and girls by militants, as …
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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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