May 25 2012
This week on Uprising —
Dissecting the US and NATO’s Exit Strategy from Afghanistan – Black Agenda Report on NATO Protests in Chicago – Quebec Student Strike Reaches 100th Day, As Impasse Continues – California Mulls Homeowner’s Bill of Rights
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May 25 2012
On Sunday May 6th 2012, KPFK honored music legends the late Gil Scott Heron, as well as Charlie Haden and Pete Seeger for the 2nd Annual Hero Awards and Tribute. Music educator Fernando Pullum was also recognized for his work in cultivating young jazz talents. The historic event brought together on stage at Club Nokia in downtown LA, the young students of the 32nd Street …
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May 25 2012
“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.” — Gil Scott Heron …
May 25 2012
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch …
May 25 2012
Four carwash workers filed suit Monday claiming that a family of carwash owners routinely withheld pay for overtime and denied them breaks during the summer.
The lawsuit is one of a series filed on behalf of carwash workers since 2008 in an attempt by unions and immigrant advocates to improve conditions in an industry in which competition is fierce, profit margins are low and workers are often undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America.
A Times report …
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May 24 2012
“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” — H.L. Mencken …
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May 24 2012
Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. He was at the New York Times for 15 years and was part of the team of writers that won the Pulitzer prize in 2002 for that paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University and is currently a …
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May 23 2012
An ABC/Washington Post poll today has found that for the first time, strong support for same-sex marriage outweighs strong opposition. African Americans polled have changed their positions the most, fueling speculation that President Obama’s historic public support of gay marriage two weeks ago may be responsible. In an interview on May 9th Obama took a bold step from his previous endorsement of only civil unions. …
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May 23 2012
“Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.” — Robert Ingersoll
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May 22 2012
Check out Occupy This Album, a compilation of protest songs new and old by well-known and emerging artists. Occupy This Album is an effort to raise funds for Music for Occupy, to “produce music and events relevant to our times.”
Find out more at musicforoccupy.org.
Artists contributing to the album include:
Ani DiFranco
Crosby and Nash
Deborah Harry
Immortal Technique
Jackson Browne
Joan Baez, James McMurtry, and Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams
Michael Moore
Mogwai
My Pet Dragon
The Guthrie Family
Third Eye Blind
Thievery Corporation
Tom …
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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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