Aug 21 2014
“Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in – democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It’s not about any of those things now. It’s about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.” — Michael Moore
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Aug 20 2014
We’ll go back to Ferguson, Missouri, to speak with long-time political activist Rosa Clemente, who like many others, has joined residents in solidarity against police brutality. And, we’ll hear part 1 of a 2 part conversation with poet and activist Hakim Bellamy, about his art and his politics. Plus, Laura Carlsen joins us to discuss Mexico’s recent decision to privatize its oil and gas sector after 76 years.
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Aug 20 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Rahul Mahajan, a sociologist and news analyst and author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond, analyzes today’s news headlines:
Israeli airstrikes resume in Gaza with the first casualties being a 5 year old Palestinian child and a woman. Israel has begun striking Gaza once more, suspending a set …
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Aug 20 2014
Another night of violence in Ferguson, Missouri, resulted in the fatal police shooting of yet another black man. Twenty five year old Kajieme Powell has been identified hours ago as the victim of a shooting, just a few miles from where Michael Brown was killed. Forty seven people were arrested.
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Aug 20 2014
An American journalist named James Foley has reportedly been beheaded by members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The group apparently posted a video of the missing journalist’s beheading, which they say was carried out in Syria. Foley had been missing for two years. ISIS blames Foley’s killing on the US decision …
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Aug 20 2014
Ixya Herrera was only 12-years-old when she launched her musical career by sharing the stage with her idol Linda Ronstadt at the Tuscon Mariachi Conference in 1992. Amazed by Herrera’s performance, Ronstadt invited the young singer to perform on her “Fiesta Mexicana Tour”. Four years later, Herrera released her first album, Primavera (Mexican Classics) …
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Aug 20 2014
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” — George Bernard Shaw
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Aug 19 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza just hours after a ceasefire that would have expired had been extended. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes, claiming they were in response to three rockets fired from Gaza. The move …
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Aug 19 2014
“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.” — Thomas Sowell
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Aug 18 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Courtney Morris, an assistant professor of African American and women’s Studies at Penn State University, analyzes today’s news headlines:
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has taken a new turn after Liberians raided a quarantine center. Young male residents of a slum in Monrovia called West Point, raided the quarantine center, freeing …
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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