Oct 24 2012
It has been nearly three years since the death of the pre-eminent progressive historian Howard Zinn, a man who left behind a mighty legacy for the millions of Americans who were influenced by his greatest work: A People’s History of the United States. Now, the first major biography of the late Zinn has just hit bookstores. Acclaimed historian and biographer …
Oct 24 2012
This November, California may become the 18th state in the nation to ban the death penalty if voters support Proposition 34. Passage of Prop 34 would ensure a life sentence without the possibility of parole not only for those who are awaiting sentencing but also for those people who are currently on death row. Those found guilty of murder would …
Oct 24 2012
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.” –Desmond Tutu …
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Oct 22 2012
Russell C. Means, the charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive the warrior image of the American Indian in the 1970s with guerrilla-tactic protests that called attention to the nation’s history of injustices against its indigenous peoples, died on Monday at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was 72.
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Oct 19 2012
Trayvon Martin’s school records and social media profiles will be turned over to the defense team of his killer, George Zimmerman, ahead of Zimmerman’s murder trial, a judge ruled today.
Judge Debra Nelson ruled today that the academic, attendance and disciplinary records, along with the 17-year-old’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, would be made available to Zimmerman’s attorneys. The information could become public if Zimmerman’s attorneys use it at trial.
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Oct 19 2012
This week on Uprising —
Despite Obama’s Improved Debate Performance, Candidates Expose the Narrow Scope of their Differences – Walmart Protests Spread, As Workers Threaten to Strike on Black Friday – Supreme Court Weighs University of Texas’ Affirmative Action Policy
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Oct 19 2012
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar will be a featured guest with Chris Hayes, on MSNBC’s Up With Chris Hayes. The program airs on MSNBC at 5 am PST (8 am EST) and will be archived online. …
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Oct 19 2012
“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” — Jawaharlal Nehru …
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Oct 19 2012
On October 15th, the Nobel Prize in Economic Science for 2012 was handed to US economists Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley for their work titled, “Stable Allocations and the Practice of Market Design.” Roth has been widely lauded in the media recently for his work on kidney donation swaps, which has increased the likelihood of recipients getting lifesaving …
Oct 19 2012
DES MOINES — Celebrity Chef Jose Andres told a group of diners inside the ballroom of the downtown Marriott in Des Moines on Wednesday that corn subsidies have to end if America wants to get serious about fighting world hunger.
A few minutes before Andres took the podium, Oxfam President Raymond Offenheiser warned the same group about corporate and government land grabs and 30 Project co-founder Ellen Gustafson wondered aloud why there are “a billion hungry …
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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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