RISE UP January 2019 Newsletter

Thursday, January 3, 2019 RISE UP January 2019 Newsletter     Good News / Bad News 2019 • We’re happy to announce that we’re developing have a brand new e-platform that will accommodate direct downloads of programs to iPhones, iPads and other handheld electronic devices. This is a long time coming, and we’ll be sending listeners info on the details about the new features. Thanks for supporting this effort with your contributions and purchases. • We’re sad to say that gaining airtime on metropolitan stations remains a huge hurdle. Mounting an insurgent campaign to get better time slots for existing stations may be the best that we can do in 2019. Please notify your radio station about the importance of broadcasting Alternative Radio (now in its 33rd year).       This month on Alternative Radio Michael Pollan – Notes from the Psychedelic Underground Jason Stanley – How Fascism Works  Lilly Adams & Bruce Amundson – Preventing Nuclear Apocalypse  Robin Kelley – The Dream of Revolution Steve Ellner – The Open Veins of Venezuela       Where’s David Barsamian speaking? January 9th, 6:30PM, Longmont, CO, Javastop, RISE UP & RESIST. January 22nd, 5:30PM, Santa Fe, NM, Contemporary Center for the Arts, RISE UP & RESIST. February 2nd, 4:00PM, Arvada, Colorado, First United Church of Arvada, WHAT DOES WAR COST? February 19th, 7:30PM, Boulder, CO, Boulder Bookstore, CULTURE & RESISTANCE February 22nd. Noon. UBC, Vancouver BC, Lui Ctr, Chomsky & GLOBAL DISCONTENTS February 23rd, 2:00PM, Vancouver, BC, Simon Fraser Univ. Harbour Centre, CULTURE & RESISTANCE March 3rd, 6:30PM, BOULDER, CO, First United Methodist Church of Boulder, CULTURE & RESISTANCE.  March 8th, 7:00PM, Fort Collins, CO, FoCo Café, RISE UP & RESIST. Click here to see all of David’s upcoming speaking engagements        Alternative Radio is a project of RISE UP, a non-profit media organization that disseminates and preserves voices that might otherwise go unheard. Contribute all you can here: DONATE.         ©2019 RISE UP | info@alternativeradio.com | (800) 444-1977