May 22 2012
Thousands of activists in Chicago have been protesting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO Summit for over a week. Protests during the 2-day summit on Sunday and Monday were among the biggest Chicago has ever seen. Baton wielding police officers bloodied a number of protesters in a two hour standoff on Sunday. And activists are reporting that 60 people have been arrested, with about …
May 21 2012
A Gallup poll out today found that Americans are most concerned about the high cost of healthcare, unemployment, and the budget deficit, going into this year’s presidential election. Gallup found the President is favored for his healthcare stance, while the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is seen as stronger on the deficit. However when it comes to unemployment, which 82% of Americans say is …
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May 18 2012
This week on Uprising —
Wisconsin Voters Pick Dem Rival to Walker; Indianans Dump Lugar; and North Carolina Reaffirms Gay Marriage Ban – G8 and NATO Protests Kick Off, Confronting Global Capitalism and Militarism – Understanding JP Morgan Chase’s $2 Billion Blunder – Los Angeles Activist Carlos Montes Faces Trial – Juvenile Inmates in Privately Run Prisons Face Severe Abuse
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May 18 2012
The United States is hosting two international gatherings this week. In Chicago representatives from 60 nations will meet for the 25th NATO summit to discuss the alliance’s future role in Afghanistan. The organization is expected to come to an agreement on the cost and size of continued support for the war-torn nation past 2014, when combat operations are expected …
May 18 2012
The side of a road 75 miles outside of Texas, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, marked the location of what’s being called the Mother’s Day Massacre, a bloody sight that could have doubled as a set to a horror movie. Forty-nine bodies were found mutilated, beheaded and dumped on the side of the road last Sunday. Mexican authorities attributed the act …
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May 18 2012
“A sense of deficient emptiness pervades out entire culture. The drug addict is more painfully conscious of this void than most people and has limited means of escaping it. The rest of us find other ways of suppressing our fear of emptiness or distracting ourselves from it.” — Gabor Mate …
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May 17 2012
Trayvon Martin’s fatal encounter with George Zimmerman was “avoidable,” and the teen was not doing anything criminal at the time of their confrontation on Feb. 26, a report by Sanford, Fla., police says.
The report, dated March 13, came nearly a month before a special prosecutor brought second-degree charges against Zimmerman, 28, in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon. He has pleaded not guilty and said he acted in self-defense.
“The encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin …
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May 17 2012
Women have been under economic assault in Washington for months. Deficit hawks have taken aim at social programs and civil rights protections that help keep women safe, healthy and able to participate in work and community life. To some lawmakers, none of that is more important than “saving” taxpayer dollars—which is often shorthand for robbing working women of both their earnings and their safety net.
The hostility toward women crested this week as conservative lawmakers pushed …
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May 17 2012
Billionaires’ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality
In their new book, Billionaires’ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks turn the abstract numbers of income inequality into concrete examples of cause and consequence that the average person can comprehend, and then work to change. Billionaires’ Ball asks how the income inequality gap in the …
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May 16 2012
Join KPFK hosts Sonali Kolhatkar and Margaret Prescod, along with Uprising producer Martina Steiner and Program Director Alan Minsky for an evening of fine dining at Ombra, an elegant Italian restaurant located at 3737 Cahuenga Blvd. Studio City 91604, right next door to KPFK. This gift includes a tour of KPFK, a full three-course Italian dinner (with vegetarian options), and wine. Visit Ombra restaurant online at www.ombrala.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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