Classic Shakespeare is featured alongside contemporary plays as part of this summer’s repertory season at the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon. The acclaimed theater space in its spectacular outdoor setting hosts a variety of productions each year, often touching on social and political issues of the day. This year, the Theatricum presents Shakespeares’ Measure for Measure and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, …

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The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision this week on SB 1070, the controversial Arizona anti-immigrant bill. SB 1070 was passed by the Arizona legislature and then signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer in April 2010. However, a number of its provisions have been legally challenged. Among them is one that would require undocumented immigrants to carry registration cards at all times. Also, being challenged is the …

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The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents.

An estimated 5,000 people gathered at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan on Monday chanting: Vagina. Vagina.

In a video news piece, the Lansing City Pulse led with the …

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“Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man’s fate.” — Andre Malraux

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We’ll go to Mexico for a report back on the G20 summit – what was discussed by delegates inside, and activists outside. And, a look at Burma’s transition from dictatorship to democracy. Plus, Theatricum Botanicum’s Ellen Geer joins us in studio to discuss the summer season of socially conscious theater. And this week’s Activist Beat. …

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Mohammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in the weekend’s Presidential run off election in Egypt. According to initial poll results Morsi garnered 52% of the popular vote, beating former Prime Minister Ahmad Shafik. Shafik has accused Morsi of “hijacking” the election, saying he won. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced immediately after the election that it …

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Californians reliant on state social services will likely have a harder time making ends meet next year, following the passage of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget. The $92 billion budget proposal passed last week just barely in time, in the State Legislature with Democratic majorities in the State Senate and Assembly. However, lawmakers avoided dealing with the more controversial aspects …

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Check out The Randy Anderson Group, a blues/rock band based in Los Angeles, CA. We played their song “That is Love” today on Uprising.

More about them and streaming music at www.reverbnation.com/randyanderson

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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“The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization.” — James Howard Kuntsler …

The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision this week on SB 1070, the controversial Arizona anti-immigrant bill. SB 1070 was passed by the Arizona legislature and then signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer in April 2010. However, a number of its provisions have been legally challenged. Among them is one that would require undocumented immigrants to carry registration cards at all times. Also, being challenged is the …

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