Feb 03 2012
Check out The All-Girls Boys Choir, a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. We played their song “Electric” today on Uprising.
Watch their video for “Western Star:”
For more info and streaming music visit www.reverbnation.com/agbc
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Feb 03 2012
“There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that’s remarkably rare. ” — Daniel Ellsberg
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Feb 02 2012
We’ll cover the recent shutdown of San Onofre Nuclear power plant and what it means for surrounding areas. Plus, activists plan to Occupy the Superbowl this weekend. And, a new play called The Pentagon Papers, based on the story of Vietnam era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. And this week’s Rethink Reviews with Jonathan Kim.
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Feb 02 2012
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Casualty reports from Syria yesterday put the number of dead at close to 60 people as fighting continues between government forces and Syrians who have mounted a nearly one year long effort to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The fighting took place at the same time that the UN Security Council was debating competing resolutions on Syria. One resolution, …
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Feb 02 2012
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Los Angeles County Judge Michael Nash on Tuesday issued an order to open up some children’s court hearings to journalists and reporters. They will now be allowed inside the dependency side of juvenile court to cover cases of child abuse, neglect or adoption provided that the child’s parents or legal guardian do not give compelling evidence that media …
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Feb 02 2012
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As 2012’s Black history month kicks off, we turn today to an author who has chronicled a little examined history of childhood in the United States. Robin Bernstein, in her new book “Racial Innocence” examines the ways in which race was used to configure different ideas about childhood from the time of slavery to the civil rights era. …
Feb 02 2012
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey
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Feb 02 2012
Check out The BellRays, a rock and soul band from Riverside, California. We played their song “Black Lightning” today on Uprising.
More at www.thebellrays.com
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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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