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This week on Uprising:

* Reports from Copenhagen
* Black Agenda Report on Climate Reparations
* The Tyranny of Oil – A Conversation with Antonia Juhasz
* Empire Notes on Healthcare: A Legislative Travesty
* Senators Battle Over Healthcare Even as Liberals Give Up

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We’ll dissect the Copenhagen Climate Talks – what came out of them, what didn’t. And we’ll find out why, at a time when death sentences are waning nationwide, California’s killing rate has gone up. Plus, Smart by Nature, a handbook for students, parents, and school staff to put fresh foods into public schools. …

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Earlier this week, Alternet.org broke the news that supporters in California had collected more than enough signatures to qualify a ballot measure on marijuana legalization next year. The group “Tax Cannabis 2010” needed only two months to gather nearly 700,000 signatures in an effort to have the state be the first in the nation to vote on decriminalizing the …

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Iraq recently held an international auction to run its oil fields, awarding contracts to companies like Royal Dutch Shell, and Russia’s Lukoil. As representatives of nearly two hundred nations, and over a hundred thousand climate justice activists wrap up the final day of a 2 week meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark on global warming, the auction winners in Iraq have promised …

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A battle between liberals has broken out in the Senate over healthcare. Howard Dean, former head of the Democratic National Committee has come out in recent days urging a no vote on the bill being considered in the Senate saying that it is too geared in favor of insurance companies in it’s current incarnation. He is being joined in his …

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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Climate Reparations.

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“If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough – you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.” — Richard Stallman …

Tomorrow on Uprising: Antonia Juhasz on her activism against Chevron, the climate talks in Copenhagen, and her book, The Tyranny of Oil; & former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper on why he thinks Marijuana should be legalized. Plus, Ellen Shaffer breaks down the breakdown of healthcare legislation at the Senate, as li…berals finally seem to be staging a revolt against a bill favorable to insurance companies. …

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In an announcement that surprised delegates and activists alike, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today announced in Copenhagen that the US will work toward raising $100 billion to help poor countries cope with global warming. The pledge is conditional on the US’s desire to have large developing countries like China and India offer stringent emissions controls that are transparent and enforceable. Many hope that …

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“To put it country simple. Earth has a lot of things other folks might want, like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made.” — William Burroughs …