Jul 09 2013
We Voice Sing is an electronic rock band from Los Angeles, California!
We played the song “We Voice Sing” on today’s show.
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Jul 08 2013
We’ll get an update in the case of the State Vs. George Zimmerman over last year’s killing of Trayvon Martin. And, imprisoned attorney Lynne Stewart fights for her life – we’ll speak with her husband. Plus, an in-depth look at the immigration reform bill. …
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Jul 08 2013
The US supreme court will be asked to suspend the blanket collection of US telephone records by the FBI under an emergency petition due to be filed on Monday by civil rights campaigners at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic).
This new legal challenge to the power of government agencies to spy on Americans follows the publication last month by the Guardian of a secret order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordering Verizon to hand …
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Jul 08 2013
Cairo, Egypt – While chants and songs boomed in the city’s packed Tahrir Square, the epicentre of million-man marches that toppled two presidents in three years, mobs of sexual predators blended within the crowds, hounding female prey.
Although there are no official chronicles of the number of victims, local human rights groups claim more than 100 women were abused since protests started on June 28, with at least two cases of rape recorded.
“It’s no longer accurate …
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Jul 08 2013
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar has returned to KPFK’s airwaves after 5 and a half months away for parental leave. Her second son, Naveen, was born on January 24 and is a healthy, happy baby! Sonali returns to Uprising with several changes on the program – tune in every morning at 8 am PST to listen!
Special thanks to Thom Hartmann for filling in for Sonali. The Thom Hartmann Show will return to KPFK in the coming …
Jul 08 2013
Hazardous conditions hindered firefighters’ attempts Monday to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend, killing at least five people, officials said.
Quebec provincial police Sgt. Benoit Richard said Monday morning there was no searching overnight because the situation remained too dangerous.
He said only a small part of the devastated scene has been searched as firefighters made sure all flames were out.
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Jul 08 2013
Luis Oliart is a singer songwriter from Studio City, California!
We played the song “Move On” on today’s show.
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Jul 08 2013
Turkey reopened an Istanbul park at the heart of last month’s demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and protest leaders called a rally there for Monday evening in defiance of the city governor.
Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu announced the reopening three weeks after riot police expelled protesters from Gezi Park following a fortnight of frequently violent protests against plans to redevelop the area.
The protests rapidly mutated into nationwide demonstrations against Erdogan, accused by critics after …
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Jul 08 2013
Uprising’s Monday guest expert Rose Aguilar, op-ed writer for Al Jazeera English and host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco, analyzes today’s news headlines:
An oil train in Quebec was derailed on Saturday morning.
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Jul 08 2013
More than 50 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi were shot and killed by members of the military this morning in a massacre that threatens to derail future negotiations. Days after dramatic developments in Egypt that led to military authorities ousting President Morsi, tens of thousands of Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood had taken to the streets demanding …
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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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