“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

On Monday, as unemployment benefits are set to expire and the Deficit Commission is expected to recommend further slashing benefits, we’ll cover a new report that provides a blueprint for economic recovery and fiscal responsibility by focusing on job creation, protecting social safety nets, and modernizing the tax code. And, a conversation with Hawaii-based ocean conservationist Robert Wintner also known as “Snorkel Bob.” Plus, a new book “Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities.”

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This week on Uprising:

* Afghanistan Plagued By Fake Mullahs, Fraudulent Elections, More Troops, and Delayed Withdrawal
* Will Black Farmers Finally Win Justice?
* Black Agenda Report on the Hypocrisy of the Outcry Over Airport Security Measures
* Remembering Chalmers Johnson in His Own Words

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Afghanistan Plagued By Fake Mullahs, Fraudulent Elections, More Troops, and Delayed Withdrawal

A NATO summit on Afghanistan just wrapped up in Portugal over the weekend. NATO officials unveiled a transition plan to hand over military control of the war-torn nation to its …

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A NATO summit on Afghanistan just wrapped up in Portugal over the weekend. NATO officials unveiled a transition plan to hand over military control of the war-torn nation to its own army over the next four years. The July 2011 date that was originally cited by President Obama as the planned end of the occupation, has now been transformed into the start date for US and NATO forces to begin a long-drawn out withdrawal. However, before the drawing down of forces begins, the US military’s Lieutenant General David Rodriguez announced that troop numbers would first increase. Rodriguez is also the commander of NATO’s ISAF Joint Command. But the new infusion of troops will likely lead to an increase in the so-called “night raids” by US forces in Afghan villages, which are …

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North Korea fired on a South Korean island on Tuesday in an attack that surprised South Koreans and set governments around the world on edge. The artillery barrage killed at least two South Korean Marines and and injured at least 16 others, including civilians, on Yeonpyeong island. North Korea reportedly fired 100 artillery shells from a position north of the island. The South responded with 80. While there have been military clashes causing higher losses of life since the end of the Korean war in 1953, South Koreans are reported to be shocked at this attack because it was directed at a civilian occupied area. Yeonpyeong is home to an active military population of about 1000 Marines who patrol the waters surrounding the disputed Northern Limit Line, a boundary North …

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The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally considered the first day of Christmas shopping. Named Black Friday by those who hope to turn their red-inked losses into black-inked profits, it is also a day marked by disconcerting images of discount hungry mobs breaking down doors for the best deals. This year, with the state of the economy still dismal, the search for deals is expected to be even greater. But parents shopping for toys to place under the tree should pay just as much attention to safety as to the price tag. Just last year alone, more than a quarter of a million children visited Emergency Rooms nationwide with toy-related injuries. The California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, has just released its 25th Annual Trouble in Toyland report, as a …

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The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett

After helping Republicans to win the U.S. House of Representatives three weeks ago, the Tea Partiers are coming to your local planning and zoning boards. Tea Partiers are convinced that local planning commissions engaged in sustainable development projects are really part of a United Nations conspiracy to destroy America’s freedoms, and to force citizens to live in “human habitation zones.” The source of this Tea Party paranoia is an eighteen-year old U.N. plan called Agenda 21. The Preamble to Agenda 21 states that greater attention to the environment will lead to “the fulfillment of basic needs, improved living standards …

“Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.” — Henry David Thoreau

We’ll look at the latest in the Afghanistan war, with revelations of fake mullahs, postponed withdrawals, and results of a fraudulent election. Plus, what’s behind the exchange of bombs between North and South Korea? And, CALPIRG releases its 25th annual Trouble in Toyland report, just in time for holiday shopping season. And this week’s edition of The Right Hook.

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Documentary directors Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen about their new documentary, Deep Down: A Story about Coal Country.