“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.” — Mahatma Gandhi
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More than ten thousand protesters marched against Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, blaming him for the recent brief war with Russia. The protesters support the conservative opposition that are demanding parliamentary and presidential elections in early 2009, and accuse the government of election fraud. While Saakashvili had insisted that Georgia acted in self-defense during the …

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The Labor Department released statistics last Friday that revealed that the U.S. economy had shed 240,000 payroll jobs alone in October. Employment contracted for the tenth month in a row bringing the total number of job losses in 2008 to 1.2 million with half of those coming in just the last three months. With …

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Bollywood meets American Idol in a new independent film about the South Asian immigrant community in New Jersey. Loins of Punjab Presents, by first-time writer director Manish Acharya, stars veteran Indian actress and political activist Shabana Azmi alongside a line-up of upcoming young actors. According to Acharya, the film covers “issues of belonging, of …

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Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is called “Only in America”

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The Wilmington Race Riots of 1898 by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Exactly one-hundred and ten years ago on this day in people’s history, the Wilmington Race Riots occurred in North Carolina. On November 10th, 1898 a municipal coup d’etat was staged as at least twenty-two blacks were killed by white racist members of the Democratic Party. Emboldened by …

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We’ll go to Georgia where tensions are once more escalating amid allegations that it may have in fact provoked the recent conflict with Russia. And, as unemployment hits a new disastrous high we’ll attempt to understand the state of the US economy and ideas for how to find our way out. Plus, renowned veteran Bollywood actress and political activist Shabana Azmi on her new film. …

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This week on Uprising: A Special Look at the Obama Victory

* Reaction from Grant Park, Chicago to Obama’s Win
* Chomsky on Obama: An Exclusive
* Black Perspectives on Obama : Bill Fletcher & Maya Rockymoore
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This week’s election results represented a huge victory for the Democratic Party, not just in terms of the Presidency, but elected representatives who won big in both houses, and also in terms of huge numbers of newly registered voters. Karl Rove’s dream of a permanent Republican majority seems to have evaporated. Interestingly enough, …

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Despite the resounding success of this week’s voter turnout in the historic election, problems persisted across the nation: long lines, confusing ballots, complicated voter registration laws, hackable electronic voting machines, and voter roll purges, often leave voters discouraged. But, one extremely successful tactic to ease problems was the widespread use of early voting, which …

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