Jul 22 2013
Uprising’s Friday 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:
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Jul 22 2013
In what is unfolding as a classic example of the Shock Doctrine, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s decision to file bankruptcy for the city of Detroit seems aimed more at worker pensions and public ownership than fiscal health. If it goes through, Detroit would become the largest city in the nation to file for bankruptcy.
As unions move to block the …
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Jul 22 2013
Between 1000 and 2000 prisoners in California’s prison system are still refusing meals in protest of their inhumane conditions, in particular, indefinite solitary confinement.
Even though the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a lawsuit challenging what they are calling torture, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation maintains that improvements have been put in place since the last time …
Jul 22 2013
Juror B-37 in the George Zimmerman trial ssaidays race was not a factor in the fatal shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin, and even the Prosecutor in the case against Zimmerman was loathe to bring up racial dynamics.
Yet, it was precisely the public outcry over the fact that the shooter of an unarmed young black man initially went …
Jul 19 2013
Krooked Treez is a Reggae, Rock band from Los Angeles!
We played the song “Radio Irie” on today’s show.
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
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Jul 19 2013
Detroit Declares Bankruptcy – we’ll examine its impact. And, an update on the California Prisoner Hunger Strike with a special report from outside Corcoran Prison. And, a look at implicit racism and the story of Trayvon Martin. …
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Jul 19 2013
Uprising’s Friday guest expert Pilar Marrero, journalist, writer and political analyst, author of Killing the American Dream, and Senior political and immigration writer with La Opinion, analyzes today’s news headlines:
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Jul 19 2013
One of the most important whistle blowers of our time may be facing a lifetime in prison. Bradley Manning, who’s defense team attempted to have the most serious charges against him dropped, will in fact be charged with the loaded and yet vague crime of “aiding the enemy.”
A military judge issued the ruling yesterday on the basis of the …
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Jul 19 2013
These days it really does feel as though we’re living in Orwell’s 1984. As if the government wasn’t gathering enough data on your online and telephone activity, a new report by the ACLU has revealed that police departments across the nation are keeping track of where you drive too.
Cameras installed around cities like Los Angeles are taking photos of …
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Jul 19 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 his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, …
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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