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This week on Uprising –

* US/NATO Operation in Afghanistan Reminiscent of Soviet Occupation
* Suspicious Shrimp – a new report by Food and Water Watch
* Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy
* This week’s commentaries, Empire Notes and Black Agenda Report

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US/NATO Operation in Afghanistan Reminiscent of Soviet Occupation

GUEST: Nikolai Lanine, former Soviet soldier who served in Afghanistan

2006 has been the worst year of violence in Afghanistan with more than 3900 people killed. This represents a four-fold increase …

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GUEST: Jim Motavalli, Editor of E/The Environmental Magazine

With the new year around the corner, we end today’s show taking a look at the state of the planet’s environment. Among the coverage we’ve done on Uprising this year has been the British Stern report on the economic impact of climate change, a look at whether this summer’s record breaking heat waves were a result of climate change, California’s clean diesel initiative, environmental degradation in New Orleans as a result of Katrina, mercury in fish, suspicious shrimp, the effects of industrial pollution on mothers and children, the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and more. We end our 2006 programming on Uprising with a wrap-up of the biggest environmental news of 2006.

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GUEST: Eve Ensler, award winning playwright of the Vagina Monologues, founder of V-Day, and author of “Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World”

At a time when the words “Orange Alert” have entered our daily lexicon, and the Bush administration’s “war on terror” has turned into a “war of terror,” acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler brings us a much-needed perspective with her latest book: “Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World.” Eve Ensler is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose previous works for the stage include Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man, Lemonade, Necessary Targets, The Vagina Monologues, and The Good Body. She is the founder and artistic director of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that was …

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GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is called “Somalia Victimized by U.S., Ethiopia and Their Warlord Allies.” Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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GUESTS: Todd Field, Director of Little Children, and Writer Tom Perotta, author of several books including Little Children, and Election.

One of the best reviewed movies this year, Little Children, has been recognised with Golden Globe nominations for Best film/Drama, Best Actress/Drama for Kate Winslet, and best screenplay. Little Children is based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perotta. It is a dark tale of suburban boredom, desperation, and paranoia. While a feminist turned mother has an affair with a handsome house-husband, an ex sex-offender moves back into town and causes havoc among petrified parents. The screenplay was co-written by Tom Perotta and Todd Field. Todd Field directed the film.

There will be a discussion and book signing with Director Todd Field and writer Tom …

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” — Cree Indian Proverb

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GUEST: Sarah Olson, independent journalist and radio producer

When US Army Lt. Ehren Watada refused deployment to Iraq earlier this year, anti-war activists rejoiced. Watada is the highest-ranking member of the military to express his opposition to the war. The US Army is now going to court martial Watada. In doing so, they have targeted independent journalists to testify. Journalist Sarah Olson has been subpoenaed to testify at the January 4 pre-trial hearing in Watada’s court-martial. The Army has placed another independent journalist and frequent Uprising guest, Dahr Jamail, on the prosecution witness list. Both journalists are fighting back, saying the Army’s attempt to compel their participation in the court-martial threatens press freedom and chills free speech.

For more information, visit www.freepresswg.org.

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GUESTS: Sun Yung Shin, editor of “Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption,” Shannon Gibney, adoptee and one of the authors in “Outsiders Within”

What do Hollywood movie stars Angelina Jolie, Julie Andrews, Meg Ryan, Ewan McGregor, and pop icon Madonna have in common? They are all the parents of adopted children of races other than their own. Because healthy white infants have become hard to locate and expensive to adopt, many people have turned to interracial and intercountry adoption, with the idea that while growing their families, they’re saving children from destitution. But according to a new book called “Outsiders Within,” while transracial adoption is a practice traditionally considered benevolent, it often exacts a heavy emotional, cultural, and even economic toll. Through compelling essays, …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on Keith Ellison.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.

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