Apr 24 2012
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 he had become violent. The Attorney overseeing his case said that a …
Apr 23 2012
We’ll speak with investigative journalist John Carlos Frey, on the explosive story of how an undocumented Mexican immigrant was killed on the border, apparently at the hands of Border Patrol agents. And, Café Vida, a new play that kicks off Cornerstone Theater’s series of plays on Hunger. Plus, Friends of the LA River organizes a city-wide cleanup effort. And this week’s Civic Circus. …
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Apr 23 2012
On Sunday April 25th, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar was an invited panelist on the MSNBC Sunday Talk Show, Up with Chris Hayes.
Apr 23 2012
he US’s longest war in history, is also turning out to be its most disastrous. The nearly eleven year long American mission in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was aimed at toppling the Taliban. However, despite an easy win just weeks into the mission, within a few years, Afghanistan slipped back into the grip of what is considered today’s Taliban, or …
Apr 23 2012
“Decades of American arrogance and cupidity have brought us to this point. And millions of Afghans have paid for it…Change has got to come from concerned Americans… The United States needs to … draw down its troops [from Afghanistan] as soon as tactically possible. And America needs to prepare for the enormous humanitarian crisis that will predictably follow the inevitable fall of the corrupt Kabul government to the Taliban.” – Douglas Wissing, author of Funding …
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Apr 20 2012
Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban – we’ll spend the hour with author Douglas Wissing on his fascinating and disturbing chronicle of how the US is funding both sides of the Afghanistan war. …
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Apr 20 2012
This week on Uprising —
US Mission in Afghanistan Fraught With Violence, Impunity – Two Years After BP Disaster The Quest for Justice Continues – Argentina to Nationalize Largest Oil Company – Right Wing Group ALEC Fast Losing Corporate Members After Public Pressure
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Apr 20 2012
Today is the second anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in US history. Coming just before Earth Day, on April 20, 2010, The British based company, BP’s, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig off the coast of Louisiana exploded killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. Spilling almost 185 million gallons of oil over the course of 86 days, the explosion of …
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Apr 20 2012
The popular image of the Catholic nun as a deferential servant to the church was shattered this week when the Vatican announced that an investigation into the largest umbrella group of US nuns found it was promoting, ‘certain radical feminist themes.’ Through a statement posted on its website the presidency of the group, the Leadership Conference on Women …
Apr 20 2012
George Zimmerman was granted bail today set at $250,000 by a Florida judge. The terms of bail will be negotiated before Zimmerman is released. Zimmerman awaits trial in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a case that has dominated headlines for over a month and sparked a nationwide debate about crime, race, and the media. Twenty three years ago, another widely …
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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