Aug 02 2011
We were informed this week that KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley was considering taking Uprising off the air. Since 2009, the weekly syndicated version of our popular LA-based radio program has been airing on Saturdays at 11 am on KPFA, the flag-ship Pacifica station.
If you think Uprising should stay on the air on KPFA, please contact their interim Program Director, Carrie Core at carrie@kpfa.org or 510 848-6767 ext. 209. And please spread the word …
Jul 25 2011
Listen to Uprising every day this week for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see the LA Rising concert, featuring Rage Against the Machine, Ms. Lauren Hill, MUSE, Immortal Technique, El Gran Silencio, and Rise Against, this Saturday July 30th at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Listeners will win the tickets by answering a different trivia question each day about one of the artists performing. Congratulations to Wednesday’s winners, Erick and Peter!
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Jul 21 2011
Brother J of X Clan, Medusa and others will be performing at a benefit concert for Message Media Ed and their new location on Adams Blvd on Friday July 22nd from 7-10pm.
The concert will be held at 4923 W. Adams Blvd. LA 90016, just East of La Brea – it will be family-friendly entertainment.
Tickets will also be available at the door. To find out more about the work of Message Media Ed, …
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Jul 21 2011
Join award winning journalist and former environmental activist Will Potter tonight as he reads from his new book Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege tonight at 7pm at Diesel bookstore in Brentwood, Brentwood Country Mart – 225 26th Street Santa Monica. For more information visit dieselbookstore.com
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Jun 10 2011
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar will be on vacation from June 13-29. Sitting in for her will be hosts Hamid Khan and Thenmozhi Soundararajan, from June 13-24. The OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano will host a special 3-day series from June 27-29. Sonali will be back live on Uprising on Thursday June 30th, 2011. …
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May 25 2011
*Congratulations to Uprising listener Courtney from Los Angeles for winning our Criterion Collection Sweepstakes*
On Thursday May 26th, Uprising everyone who donates to KPFK between 8-9 am PST will be eligible for a special sweepstakes prize – 6 special-edition Criterion Collection DVDs PLUS a box-set of 7 American classics for a total of 13 DVDs.
The films are: from the America Lost and Found Box Set: Head; Easy Rider; Five …
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May 12 2011
Rage the Against the Machine will be playing a reunion concert on July 30th at the LA Coliseum (3939 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA). Two hours before tickets go on sale on Friday May 13th, you can make a pledge to KPFK during Uprising’s 8-9 am hour and be entered into a sweepstakes to win one pair of tickets to the concert plus the DVD documentary Rage Against the Machine and the Art of …
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May 03 2011
Support your favorite radio station, and home of Uprising, KPFK, by making a pledge right now! We’ll be featuring your favorite writers and thinkers like Noam Chomsky, Malalai Joya, Chris Hedges, Gabor Mate, Ray McGovern, and many others.
Visit Uprising’s pledge page to make a donation.
Or call 818-985-5735 each weekday between 8-9 am PST and we’ll take down your pledge!
Thank you for supporting free-speech public radio! …
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Apr 25 2011
KPFK and All Saints Church present author and veteran journalist Chris Hedges at 7:30 p.m. on Friday April 29th in the All Saints Church Forum, 132 N Euclid Avenue, Pasadena CA 91101.
Chris will be discussing and signing his new book, “The World As it Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress.” — Books will be available for purchase.
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar, and KPFK Program Director Alan Minsky will be presenting the evening’s event. …
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Mar 24 2011
LA Laborfest presents the 100th commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire with a series of events through through April 21st. On March 25th, the actual 100th anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire, there will be a benefit for the Los Angeles Garment Workers Center with an evening of music, theater, spoken word, and film at the Echo Park United Methodist Church, 1226 N Alvarado St in Los Angeles.
More info at www.laborfest.net and 310-704-3217.
KPFK is …
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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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