Apr 25 2012
Check out Well Hung Heart, based in Orange, California. We played his song “The Music Made Me Do It” today on Uprising.
More about them at www.wellhungheart.com
Streaming music at www.reverbnation.com/wellhungheart
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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Apr 24 2012
Check out Chris Pierce, a singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. We played his song “Invisible People” today on Uprising.
More about him at www.chrispierce.com
Streaming music at www.reverbnation.com/chrispierce
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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Apr 24 2012
We’ll get a report from the recent Occupy the DOJ action calling for justice for Mumia Abu Jamal and an end to mass incarceration. And, the Electronic Frontier Foundation on how tech companies interact with human rights violators. Plus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America with author Gustavo Arellano joins us. And this week’s Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar. …
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Apr 24 2012
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Nearly two years ago, a 42 year old man named Anastacio Hernandez Rojas died after being beaten and tased by Border Patrol agents who were in the process of deporting him to Mexico. Rojas, a husband, and father of five, had lived in San Diego for more than ten years. In justifying his beating, Border Patrol agents claimed …
Apr 24 2012
A former engineer for BP has been arrested and accused of deleting text messages detailing how much oil was gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as BP tried to staunch the Deepwater Horizon spill in the spring of 2010.
Kurt Mix, of Katy, Texas, is charged with two counts of obstructing justice for deleting from his iPhone hundreds of text messages he exchanged with a co-worker and a contractor, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
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Apr 24 2012
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Overshadowed by concerns about the obesity epidemic in the United States is the growing problem of hunger. The 2010 census recorded the highest number of people ever to be found food insecure or hungry in the United States. The Census found that 14.5% of the population, which accounts for over 17 million people, or 1 in 7 Americans, …
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Apr 24 2012
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It may be hard to fathom a time when the long stretch of the Los Angeles River did not resemble a watery waste funnel. But at one point it was a thriving riparian ecosystem supporting a wide array of flora and fauna. With 90% of its course currently encased in concrete, this unnatural looking body of water has …
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Apr 24 2012
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Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
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Apr 24 2012
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” — Aldo Leopold …
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Apr 24 2012
This year marks the 23rd annual Great LA River cleanup by Friends of the LA River (FoLAR) and will take place this Saturday, April 28 at various sites along the river between Lake Balboa and Long Beach. Trash sorts at five locations will be conducted as well.
On Tuesday April 24th, 2012, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed Shelley Backlar, Executive Director of FoLAR about the river clear up efforts.
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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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