Jan 21 2011
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This week on Uprising:
* The Impact of President Hu’s Visit to the U.S.
* Haiti’s Brutal Dictator Returns
* Black Agenda Report on Duvalier’s Return to Haiti
* What if Jared Loughner Were Muslim?
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Jan 21 2011
On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, we’ll look back at how the political landscape has changed over the past 12 months. And, we’ll find out how and why portions of the USA PATRIOT Act are being renewed. Plus, William Hartung joins us to discuss his new book Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military Industrial Complex. …
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Jan 21 2011
The Secretary General of China’s Communist Party, Hu Jin Tao, is visiting the US this week, meeting with President Obama, members of Congress, and business leaders. A number of issues regarding US-China relations have been raised by the press, lawmakers, and protesters. Among them are China’s economic ties to the US. China owns over a trillion dollars of US …
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Jan 21 2011
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was busy yesterday relaying concerns from Congress to Chinese President Hu Jin Tao regarding human rights abuses in China. At the same time, a shocking court case regarding human rights abuses in the US reached its final days in Chicago. A sentencing hearing began on Wednesday for Former Police Commander Jon Burge, convicted of lying …
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Jan 21 2011
A poll by the Pew Research Center this past Summer documented a new development in the digital divide between racial groups. The Center found that Blacks and Latinos use mobile phones to access the internet at a higher rate than whites. People of color have lagged behind whites in personal computer ownership, but this is changing as lap-top ownership …
Jan 21 2011
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, …
Jan 21 2011
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Shani Byard Ngunjiri, founder of Message Media Ed and Brother J of X-Clan about the work of Message Media Ed and their Digital Lyricist Contest in helping to bridge the digital divide among African Americans in South Los Angeles.
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Jan 20 2011
We’ll cover the state of US-China relations as President Hu visits Washington DC, raising a number of questions over China’s economy, its human rights record, and more. Our guest will be Jianyijng Jha, a writer who lives in Beijing and New York. Plus, bridging the digital divide in South LA. And this week’s edition of Rethink Reviews by Jonathan Kim. …
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Jan 20 2011
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was charged with corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds by a judge in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. After a fifteen-year reign of terror followed by a 25-year exile in Europe, ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier returned to his home country late Sunday night without explanation, telling the press that he simply wanted to ‘help Haiti’. Duvalier’s true political …
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Jan 20 2011
Upon retiring from military service, Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry received a United States flag and a letter of thanks, calling him a hero whose service to America would never be forgotten. Due to injuries Chaudhry sustained while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaudhry now uses a wheelchair. He currently lives in Washington state and has been married to a US citizen …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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