Check out Arrica Rose, an Indie Folk Singer from Los Angeles!

We played her song “We Made Out Alright” on today’s show.

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar will not be in on Friday September 21st. Tune in to hear a rebroadcast of her hour-long interview with Selma James. …

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What Mitt Romney Thinks of Ordinary Americans (and Palestinians) in Private — Obama’s America: 2016 – a Debate between Dinesh D’Souza and Chris Hedges

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News headlines around the U.S. trumpeted a huge housing recovery yesterday as new data released by the National Association of Realtors found that there was a 7.8 percent increase in the purchase of existing homes in August. This marked the highest amount of existing home sales recorded in the past two years.

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“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy, it is absolutely essential to it.” — Howard Zinn …

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Orange County Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher added his opinion to the fray over protests in the Muslim world by tweeting, that it would be “outrageous if our gov[ernment] kisses rad[ical] Islam[‘s] feet by intimidating any one using free speech 2 criticize Islam.” Rohrabacher has mirrored Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s line on the issue.

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Based on the award winning short story by Indian writer Mahasweta Devi, called Draupadi, a new play in Los Angeles explores military oppression of low caste Indian farmers and their resistance. The performance, entitled Encounter, is a combination of dance, song, and acrobatics by the Navarasa Dance Theater in collaboration with East West Players. Written, directed, and choreographed by Aparna …

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Based on the award winning short story by Indian writer Mahasweta Devi, called Draupadi, a new play in Los Angeles explores military oppression of low caste Indian farmers and their resistance. The performance, entitled Encounter, is a combination of dance, song, and acrobatics by the Navarasa Dance Theater in collaboration with East West Players. Written, directed, and choreographed by Aparna Sindhoor, Encounter is centered on an indigenous woman named Dopdi …

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Check out Good Old War, an Indie Folk Band from Los Angeles!

We played their song “Tell Me” on today’s show.

Economists are saying there are promising indicators that the housing market is improving – we’ll dig deep and analyze the numbers with my guest Doug Henwood. And, Ron Varasteh, Democratic challenger to long-time Republican Orange County congressional rep Dana Rohrabachers, joins me in studio. Plus, a new play Encounter incorporates dance, song, and acrobatics in telling the story of military oppression of low-caste farmers in India. …