Feb 23 2012
The Utah state House may soon consider a law that would make it a crime to take a picture of a farm, while on the property, without consent from the farmer. The legislation is aimed at animal right activists who covertly film and photograph animals that live in conditions the activists find objectionable, and who make these images available to …
Feb 23 2012
Indicted in 2005 for arson, Daniel McGowan was labeled a terrorist by the US government, but not for plotting to kill civilians or for targeting government officials. McGowan was called an “eco-terrorist” for participating in illegal acts while he was a member of the Earth Liberation Front. Thirty eight year old McGowan is now serving a seven year sentence in …
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Feb 23 2012
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank …
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Feb 22 2012
A new poll by the New York Times has revealed that 67 percent of Catholic voters support the federal mandate for health insurance plans to cover the full cost of birth control – only 25 percent of Catholic voters oppose it. In fact, studies show that 99 percent of American women and 98 percent of Catholic American women have used some form of contraception at …
Feb 22 2012
“I ask no favors for my sex…. All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.” — Sarah Moore Grimké …
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Feb 22 2012
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar celebrates her 10th anniversary on KPFK on Sunday March 4th 2012, at Kingston Cafe, 333 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena 91105, from 5-8 pm.
Tickets are $50 per person, or $150 for four people.
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NOTE: Friday is the LAST chance to purchase tickets for the party. Tickets WILL NOT be available on Saturday or Sunday!
Tickets include a free KPFK mug, …
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Feb 21 2012
A sudden increase in gas prices across the nation, and particularly in California, has threatened to derail the minuscule advances in economic recovery. The LA Times reported yesterday that gas prices are “up 5% in just the last week and nearly 9% higher than a month ago.” The effects of higher gas prices on the Presidential election have already become a topic of discussion in …
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Feb 21 2012
“The Occupy movements are the first large-scale popular response to the growing crisis of the past generation. Maybe they can go beyond what they’ve done. I hope so… And whether that’ll happen is essentially up to us to determine, just as it’s up to us to determine whether, say, Martin Luther King’s dream is to remain in tattered ruins or can in fact be realized.” — Noam Chomsky …
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Feb 17 2012
This week on Uprising —
US and Israel Saber-Rattling Against Iran Reaches New Heights – Dissecting Obama’s Budget Proposal – Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street
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Feb 17 2012
Rhetoric in Washington DC and Tel Aviv over possible war with Iran has heated up to such an extent, over past weeks that even US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said he expects Israel to attack Iran within the next few months. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s every move is being interpreted in the American and Israeli media as provoking war. …
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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