Jan 18 2013
On Wednesday 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike in the nation’s largest school system. The city has offered public transit Metrocards and taxi cab reimbursements to over one hundred thousand school children who are being affected by the strike. The workers, who are part of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, are protesting an …
Jan 18 2013
Hundreds of Palestinian villagers from Nilin adopted a creative means of protesting the Israeli occupation of their lands earlier this week when they managed to set up a counter settlement on an area designated for Israeli settlers. The activists fooled Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint into letting them pass by pretending to be a wedding party. They then set up …
Jan 18 2013
This week’s severe smog enveloping the Chinese capital of Beijing made international headlines and likely reminded some of us in Los Angeles of the days when LA was known for its notoriously smoggy skies. But the comparison between these two metropolises doesn’t end with air quality.
An ambitious report spearheaded by the news site, Global Post called The Great Divide, …
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Jan 18 2013
The Railways from Santa Monica, California!
We played the song “It’s Gettin’ Heavy” on today’s show.
Jan 18 2013
A pioneer of non-violent direct action in the West Bank is the 39 year old activist Iyad Burnat from the tiny village of Bil’in. Heading the Bil’in Popular Committee, Burnat has organized weekly demonstrations for years, against the so-called “separation wall” or “apartheid wall” built by Israel that has cut local villagers off from their lands. Featured in the new documentary, Five Broken Cameras, directed by his brother Emad Burnat, …
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Jan 17 2013
We’ll go to New York where school bus drivers have launched a major strike this week – we’ll explore the issues facing union workers and the impact they’re having. Plus, acclaimed Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat joins us in studio – he is featured in a new Oscar nominated documentary about the Israeli occupation called Five Broken Cameras. And, a global study of income inequality compares US cities to cities in poor nations – we’ll focus …
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Jan 17 2013
President Obama pushed back against the gun lobby yesterday by issuing 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence. In an attempt to address what the administration is calling a public health crisis with 30,000 firearm related homicides and suicides each year in the United States, the president called for a range of reforms and directed Congress to increase funding …
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Jan 17 2013
A 24 year old Sri Lankan domestic worker by the name of Rizana Nafeek was publicly beheaded last week with a sword in Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia. Nafeek was only 17 years old when the 4 month old baby who was left in her care died. Nafeek claimed that the baby died after accidentally choking on the milk she was feeding …
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Jan 17 2013
After entering office two years ago with a budget deficit of $25 billion dollars, California Governor Jerry Brown announced last week that California’s budget is “fixed.” Brown boasted, “[t]he deficit is gone. For the next four years we are talking about a balanced budget. We are talking about living within our means. This is new. This is a breakthrough.” …
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Jan 17 2013
Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat, who’s featured in the Oscar nominated documentary Five Broken Cameras is currently touring Southern California and will be a guest on Uprising on Friday January 18th. He will be speaking at the following events:
Thurs, 17th 1:00 pm USC- SJP in Tutor Campus Center Rosen Family Screening Room.
Thurs, 17th 7:00 pm UCLA – SJP/JVP Humanities A51
Fri, Jan 18th Al-Awda OC @ 7pm Holiday Inn La Mirada 14299 Firestone Boulevard, La Mirada, …
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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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