Dec 12 2012
Ravi Shankar virtuoso Indian sitarist died on December 11th in San Diego at the age of 92.
We played his song “Tarana” on today’s show.
Listen to his music:
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Dec 12 2012
A newly formed group in Los Angeles, Panaghiusa: Movement for Human Rights, Peace and Justice in Mindanao campaign and network focuses on bringing awareness to human rights violations in the Philippines, especially in the aftermath of Pablo. On Monday, the group met at Senator Barbara Boxer’s office to brief her on what they called “a human rights crisis” in Mindanao.
On December 12, 2012, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed Alex …
Dec 12 2012
A deadly typhoon that hit the Philippines on December 2, has claimed 647 lives. Another 900 are missing including 300 fisherman and an estimated 400,000 people have been displaced throughout the area with the most damage in the Compostela Valley of the Mindanao province. The Philippines anticipates 20 typhoons every year, however the damage and casualty count in the aftermath …
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Dec 12 2012
Michigan governor Rick Snyder yesterday evening signed a pair of bills into law making union dues voluntary for all private sector and most public sector unions. The laws, being referred to as “right-to-work” bills, are seen by unions and their members as severely undermining the power of unions. Republicans, who led the effort, and Governor Snyder himself, claim the legislation …
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Dec 12 2012
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” — Dalai Lama
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Dec 11 2012
The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday approved a plan from Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck to no longer turn over illegal immigrants arrested in low-level crimes to federal authorities for deportation.
The new rules, which are expected to go into effect early next month and affect about 400 people arrested each year, mark a significant move by the state’s most influential local police agency to distance itself from federal immigration policies that Beck …
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Dec 11 2012
New uncertainty over the country’s economy added to the political turmoil. On Tuesday, Mr. Morsi’s government postponed a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund that was intended to help Egypt avert financial collapse, saying that the delay would give Egyptian officials more time to discuss the related package of economic policy changes with the public, the country’s finance minister told Reuters.
The monetary fund’s board had been expected to approve the loan this month …
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Dec 11 2012
The world’s biggest and oldest living trees are disappearing and will never be replaced, according to a new review of global ecosystems.
The study, published last week in the journal Science, found that trees between 100 and 300 years old are dying off at an alarming rate.
“What we’re seeing is a global phenomenon,” said the paper’s lead author, ecologist David Lindenmayer of Australian National University. “There are different sets of drivers—it might be fire, logging, drought, …
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Dec 11 2012
The photojournalist Fernando Moleres has been awarded the second Tim Hetherington Grant, an annual visual journalism award focusing on human rights, Human Rights Watch and World Press Photo announced today.
Human Rights Watch and World Press Photo established the grant to honor the legacy of Hetherington, a photojournalist and filmmaker who was killed during fighting in Libya in April 2011. The €20,000 grant was given to Moleres for his project “Waiting for an Opportunity,” in which …
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Dec 11 2012
Check out Cafe R&B, from Los Angeles, California!
We played their song “Something Down” on today’s show.
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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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