Jan
17
2012
Check out ALO, a rock band based in northern California. We featured their song “Monday” today on Uprising.
Watch them perform “I Love Music”:
More information and streaming music at www.alomusic.com/home.html
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Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
Jan
13
2012
On Tuesday on Uprising, we’ll examine Afghanistan and the international scandal of the four US Marines urinating on dead Afghans; and the news of the Taliban’s new office in Qatar. Plus, Rinku Sen joins us to analyze race and racism in this year’s Presidential elections. And, LA County’s notorious Jail system is asking for billions in expansion funds – we’ll take a look at the numbers and justification. And Civic Circus with Ankur Patel. …
Jan
13
2012
This week on Uprising —
Citing the “Bitter Politics of Envy,” Romney Wins Big in New Hampshire – Analyzing Haiti Recovery Efforts Two Years After Earthquake – How Media Coverage of Iran Fuels War Fervor
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Jan
13
2012
Since the Occupy Wall Street movement began as a mass camp-out against corporate greed on September 17th 2011 in Zucotti Park, New York, hundreds of similar tent cities sprang up around the country and even other parts of the world. Here in Los Angeles, at its peak, there were 500 tents representing the movement in front of City Hall. Now, approaching the 4 month anniversary …
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Jan
13
2012
Check out Orgone, a funk/soul band from North Hollywood, CA. We featured their song “Overtime'” today on Uprising.
Watch them perform “It’s What You Do”:
More information and streaming music at www.orgonespace.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 …
Jan
13
2012
“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …
Jan
12
2012
We’ll spend the hour discussing the Occupy Movement, its strengths and weaknesses, its present and future, locally and nationally. My guests will be David Degraw, visiting Los Angeles from New York, and local activists Joan Donovan, Bilal Ali, and Delessy. …
Jan
12
2012
Amy Wilentz is the author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier, Martyrs’ Crossing, and I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger. She is an award winning journalist and writer and her work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Time magazine, and Mother Jones. She is a former Jerusalem correspondent for The New Yorker, and a contributing …
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Jan
12
2012
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” — Galileo Galilei …
Jan
12
2012
Two years after a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti, the nation remains in a state of crisis. A cholera epidemic that began 10 months after the January 12th 2010 disaster has infected 520,000 people and left 7,000 dead. The World Health Organization told CNN this week that 200 new cholera cases are reported everyday. Meanwhile, the nearly 5 million cubic …
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