Jan 24 2013
In a bizarre effort to recycle nuclear waste a federal government agency is proposing simply to incorporate it into everyday consumer products. The US Department of Energy or DOE last month put forth a plan to sell 14,000 tons of radioactive nuclear scrap metal from government facilities to various consumer manufacturing industries. It’s actually an idea that has been proposed …
Jan 24 2013
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Jan 24 2013
Brother Ali from Wisconsin!
We played the song “Letter to My Countrymen” on today’s show.
Jan 23 2013
A 21-year-old Palestinian woman has died after being shot in the face by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, witnesses said.
Lubna Hanash was killed when she and her companions were walking to a college near Al-Arroub refugee camp, some 8km north of Hebron, witnesses and medics said.
“It was a high commander in the Israeli army that got out from a civilian car and shot four bullets hitting four people; two women and two men. One …
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Jan 23 2013
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has decided to allow women to serve in combat roles, a watershed policy decision that follows years of calls for a fully inclusive military, defense officials said Wednesday.
Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, are expected to formally announce the change Thursday, the officials said. The Army, Marines and other services will then develop plans to open jobs in ground combat units, such …
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Jan 23 2013
“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.” — Mahatma Gandhi …
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Jan 23 2013
We’ll discuss recent revelations that LA’s Archbishop Cardinal Mahoney helped to cover up priest’s child molestation incidents from law enforcement. And we’ll discuss this week’s elections in Israel and how activists are pushing for change beyond electoral politics. Plus, the Department of Energy attempts to revive a controversial program to recycle low-level radioactive waste into consumer products. …
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Jan 23 2013
Anni Kannika from Los Angeles!
We played the song “Away” on today’s show.
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Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
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Jan 23 2013
For over thirty years the Liberty Hill Foundation, whose slogan is “Change, Not Charity,” has been diligently working to promote grassroots community organizing in Los Angeles. The foundation was first established in 1976 by Sarah Pillsbury a film producer and heir to the Pillsbury Baking company. Liberty Hill, not only identifies and trains local community leaders who are working to advance issues of social justice, they also put these local …
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Jan 23 2013
On Monday, following three days of air strikes, French and Malian forces seized control of two towns in Central Mali, Diabaly and Douentza.
Islamist militants took the area in a series of raids five days ago before being routed by French forces. The rebels barricaded themselves in the town, entrenching themselves among the local population. Despite the proximity to residential …
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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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