Mar 15 2012
In a rare departure from Wall Street rules of decorum, Goldman Sachs Executive Greg Smith made a noisy departure from the investment giant when he resigned yesterday. In a New York Times Op-Ed, Smith wrote a scathing critique of Goldman Sachs’ business practices, which he says puts profits before the interests of investors. The accusation is not new, …
Mar 15 2012
Gas prices in the US have stayed high with the nationwide average price per gallon now at $3.18, boosting an on-going partisan political battle. A day after Presidential GOP candidate Rick Santorum blasted President Obama in Louisiana for hampering the domestic oil and gas industry, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal also slammed him, saying “people used to think it was because …
Mar 15 2012
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world … Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
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Mar 15 2012
Being a renter in Los Angeles can be difficult, but a group of local tenants are suing their landlord because they say the company is making it impossible to do the most basic thing a tenant does — pay rent. In September 2011 the Jones and Jones Property management company notified tenants at its 300-unit south LA Woodlake Manor Apartments …
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Mar 15 2012
Check out Coastal Clouds, a solo-artist based in Venice, California. We played his song “You Wait” today on Uprising.
More about Coastal Clouds at coastalclouds.bandcamp.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
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Mar 15 2012
by Greg Smith
TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have …
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Mar 14 2012
We’ll take a look at the repercussions of the now infamous New York Times letter by former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith on why he resigned and what it means for Wall Street. And, Michael Klare explains why much of the popular understanding of what’s behind gas prices is wrong, and why gas prices are going to stay high. Plus, a look at the struggles of renters in LA – a group of local tenants …
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Mar 14 2012
“[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.” — Michael Pollan …
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Mar 14 2012
Check out Luminaries, a funk, hip-hop, soul group from Venice, California. We played their song “Peace” today on Uprising.
More about Luminaries at luminariesmusic.com and streaming music at www.myspace.com/luminariesmusic
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
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Mar 14 2012
The Arroyo Food Co-op wants to open a store in or near Altadena, California that would pride itself on maintaining reasonably priced sustainable, seasonal, local and organic products from nearby sources. Food Co-ops are traditionally grocery stores where shoppers have the option to become something of a shareholder through an annual membership fee, receiving perks in exchange. The Arroyo Food co-op has been planning for a store since 2008 and …
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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