May
17
2011
Tomorrow on Uprising, we’ll feature the series Building a Powerful Left, with the voices of Noam Chomsky, John Nichols, Isabel Garcia, Richard Wolff, Ralph Nader, Vijay Prashad, Francis Fox Piven, and Cornel West. For a pledge of $120 we’ll send you the Uprising USB memory stick with the series in mp3 format, plus a FREE mp3 CD of the series to give to a friend, AND a year-long subscription to Yes Magazine. …
May
17
2011
“There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.” — Henry David Thoreau
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May
17
2011
Of the many concerning developments in food and agriculture over recent years, one stands out as being particularly perplexing and disturbing. It is the widespread disappearance of bee colonies throughout the United States that has come to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder. The phenomenon began to make headlines about 5 years ago. Bee keepers reported healthy colonies vanishing seemingly overnight, with …
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May
16
2011
Tomorrow voters in California’s 36th District go to the polls to elect a new congressional representative. Earlier this year longtime Congresswoman Jane Harman unexpectedly resigned from the post to join a Washington D.C. think tank. Challengers immediately threw their hats into the ring, and after months of campaigning three women have risen to the top. They are: teacher and former …
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May
16
2011
President Obama, last Wednesday addressed a townhall meeting on the economy where he was asked by a pregnant woman who was just laid off, what he would do in her place. Karin Gallo, an employee of the federal government addressing President Obama at a townhall on the economy in Washington DC last Wednesday. The event aired on Thursday on CBS, …
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May
16
2011
“The triumphalism of capitalism…has crumbled away and pessimism may be lifting. The future is unwritten. One can only hope that a route out of the darkness will be navigated, where the discontents are finally able to seize control of their collective destinies.” — Sasha Lilley …
May
13
2011
We’ll speak with journalist Sasha Lilley about her new book, Capital and its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a time of Tumult. Plus, Marcy Winograd on her upcoming race for Jane Harman’s just vacated Congressional seat. …
May
13
2011
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This week on Uprising:
* Shahid Mahmood on U.S.-Pakistan Relations After bin Laden’s Death
* Jamie Court on The Politics of High Gas Prices
* Walter Mosley on 12 Steps to Political Revelation
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May
13
2011
Coinciding with the re-introduction of the DREAM Act in the Senate, President Obama has made immigration reform a major policy focus this week. Yesterday Obama implored attendees at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast to keep pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. And on Tuesday in El Paso, Texas Obama made headlines for addressing the controversial topic at length. Obama has been …
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May
13
2011
Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. He was at the New York Times for 15 years and was part of the team of writers that won the Pulitzer prize in 2002 for that paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University and …
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