Sep 28 2012
We’ll find out what teachers unions think about Propositions 30 and 38 on this November’s ballot. And, Amnesty International Executive Director Suzanne Nossel joins us to discuss her organization’s new, damning report on California State Prisons’ Secure Housing Units. Plus, LA votes to approve the downtown stadium project – we’ll find out what’s in store for the city. …
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Sep 28 2012
This week on Uprising —
Europe’s Debt Crisis Hits New High — A Conversation with Green Party Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein
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Sep 28 2012
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” — Robert Frost
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Sep 28 2012
A day after mass popular demonstrations, the governments of Spain and Greece specified billions of Euros in cuts to social programs yesterday. The Spanish government specified €40 billion in budget cuts and tax increases which includes a minimum 9% across the board cut for all government ministries, a third consecutive salary freeze for civil servants, a reversal of tax breaks …
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Sep 28 2012
Thousands of protestors in Madrid encircled the Spanish Parliament Building on Wednesday in an attempt to push back against austerity measures instituted by the government. Over 1000 police officers in riot gear were sent in to quell the demonstrations and at least 28 people wounded and 22 arrested. A number of demonstrators suffered injuries from rubber bullets fired by …
Sep 28 2012
Los Angeles-based non-profit Get Lit, recently featured in the PBS Documentary Arts & The Mind, ¬has been a local leader in bringing the voices of at risk-youth to the forefront through literary performance, education, and teen poetry programs. Founded in 2006, Get Lit’s fusion of classic literature and poetry with contemporary Spoken Word performance techniques draws connections between the emotions …
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Sep 28 2012
Check out The Rainbow Girls, a Folk Stomp Band from Goleta, California!
We played their song “Storm” on today’s show.
Sep 28 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 his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, and …
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Sep 27 2012
We’ll cover mass demonstrations in both Greece and Spain with live interviews from both countries. Why people are resisting and what economic alternatives exist. And, the Get Lit players join us in studio to share their poetry and details of their new Adopt-a-school program. Plus this week’s Rethink Reviews. …
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Sep 27 2012
As the Presidential election looms just six weeks away, the two major party candidates continue to campaign fiercely in swing states. Republican Mitt Romney, speaking in Ohio yesterday, attempted to counter the damage to his campaign from leaked remarks that dismissed 47% of Americans as “victims,” who didn’t pay taxes and were dependent on the government. He said, “My heart aches for the people I’ve …
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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