Jan
04
2013
Just days away from his Presidential inauguration, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is feared by many to be at death’s door. Last seen in early December soon after his triumphant reelection, Chavez is currently in Cuba attempting to recover from his fourth cancer-related surgery in the past year and a half. Several members of his family and close cabinet ministers flew …
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Jan
04
2013
While this year marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation which freed millions of slaves, slavery continues to be at the forefront of the American imagination. Now a controversial new film by Director Quentin Tarantino called “Django Unchained” set in the antebellum South tells the story of a former slave played by Jamie Foxx who rescues …
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Jan
04
2013
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 …
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Jan
04
2013
Newly released FBI records about Hollywood’s most famous leading lady, Marilyn Monroe, revealed close ties to so-called Communist sympathizers. The records, obtained by the Associated Press, were apparently heavily redacted but indicate that the FBI seriously investigated her in relation to relationships with members of the Communist Party in the years before her death.
Hollywood, once the heart of the …
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Jan
04
2013
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.” — Frederick Douglass …
Jan
04
2013
Dam Funk a band from Los Angeles!
We played their song “Hood Pass Intact” on today’s show.
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If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
Jan
04
2013
(NEW DELHI) — From Africa‘s crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging in the balance ahead of a legal ruling that will determine whether India‘s drug companies can continue to provide cheap versions of many life-saving medicines.
The case — involving Swiss drug maker Novartis AG’s cancer drug Glivec — pits aid groups that argue India plays a vital role …
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Jan
03
2013
We’ll examine what’s behind the headlines of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s health issues and what his opposition are planning. And, the final part of our interview with David Spaner about his book Shoot It: Hollywood Inc and the Rising of Independent Film. Plus, Erin Aubrey Kaplan discusses the complex issues of race and slavery as depicted in Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Django Unchained. …
Jan
03
2013
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón, who led a controversial military crackdown on drug cartels, is moving to the United States to take an academic fellowship with Harvard University. But protesters, both Mexican and American, say that given Calderón’s political past, he shouldn’t be offered this prestigious position or even allowed to work here.
“It’s a total disgrace to the families of Mexican citizens who lost their lives because of the drug war,” says John Randolph, who …
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Jan
03
2013
The ‘ugly, ugly, ugly’ fiscal agreement reached by Congress and signed by President Obama this week—which managed to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, raise taxes on the working class and set up a new scenario for a repeated protracted battle over budget issues in just two months—was a big mess for most, but a big win for the fossil fuel industry.
Although Obama’s initial budget proposal called for ending 13 such tax breaks, to …
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