Jul 08 2013
California’s inmate population is taking a stand once more, with the launch of a new hunger strike today. Thousands of inmates are expected to refuse food two years after similar efforts that made history. This time, prisoners in the general population are reportedly stopping work in solidarity. Those housed in the state’s Secure Housing Units, or SHUs, are demanding an …
Jul 08 2013
South Africans have been on edge for weeks now, watching with bated breath as their nation’s most important and revered political leader remains in critical condition. At age 94, Nelson Mandela is battling a lung infection. Despite rumors of his death, and a legal feud among relatives over Mandela family graves, Madiba, as he is affectionately called, has prompted a …
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Jul 08 2013
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela …
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Jul 03 2013
Cairo (CNN) — Egypt’s military deposed the country’s first democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of the country’s highest court as an interim leader, the country’s top general announced.
Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi said the military was fulfilling its “historic responsibility” to protect the country by ousting Mohamed Morsy, the Western-educated Islamist leader elected a year ago. Morsy failed to meet demands to share power with opponents who thronged the streets of Cairo, and …
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Jul 03 2013
Sonali Kolhatkar, host of Uprising, will be back on the air on Monday July 8th after her maternity leave. The Uprising crew has a great show planned for Sonali’s first day back:
California’s prisoners launch a new hunger strike that could be a game-changer. We’ll find out what their demands are.
Why Egypt’s revolutionary movements are lighting a fire under President Mohammad Morsi.
And a look at the political legacy of Nelson Mandela in South Africa …
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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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