May 11 2011
May 11, 2011
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” — Winston Churchill …
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Archive for May, 2011
May 10 2011
War, Terror, Torture, and Bradley Manning
In an apparent retaliation for the raid that violated their country’s sovereignty and killed Osama bin Laden, the Pakistani government leaked the name of the U.S.’s local CIA chief to the media. The name was apparently misspelled and the U.S. has decided to retain their operative. It was the second time such a leak had been attempted, underscoring the recent strained relations between the …
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May 10 2011
May 10, 2011
“Only with strong grass roots pressure, including nonviolent civil disobedience when appropriate, will there be any real hope that the demon of “terrorism” periodically resurrected by the politicians can be exorcised.” — Ray McGovern …
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May 09 2011
May 10, 2011
An hour-long special on the imprisonment of Bradley Manning and the killing of Osama bin Laden with my guests Ray McGovern and Greg Mitchell. …
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May 09 2011
The Impact of bin Laden’s Death on U.S.-Pakistan Relations and the Afghan War
At least seventeen suspected militants were killed in a drone attack in Waziristan, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, on Friday. The attack by four American unmanned aircraft is the first such operation in Pakistan since bin Laden’s capture and execution by US Special Forces a little over a week ago. The drone attacks have sparked severe anti-American sentiment against the …
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May 09 2011
May 9, 2011
“Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.” — Noam Chomsky …
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May 06 2011
Weekly Digest – 05/06/11
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This week on Uprising: Special Report: The Death of Osama bin Laden
* Reactions in the United States
* Analysis of bin Laden’s Death, Al Qaeda, and the U.S. War
* Anand Gopal: Reaction from Afghanistan
* Ending the Afghan …
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May 06 2011
May 6, 2011
“The issue is not the external target but our internal relationship to it. Addictions, for the most part, develop in a compulsive attempt to ease one’s pain or distress in the world.” — Gabor Mate …
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May 06 2011
The Science and Politics of Addiction and Disease: Dr. Gabor Mate
A recent study by psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of South Carolina, Columbia found that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were significantly more likely to develop drug addictions as adults. Compared to children without the disorder, researchers concluded ADHD made addiction to nicotine three times more likely, cocaine twice as likely, and marijuana 1.5 times more likely. One …
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May 06 2011
Web Exclusive: ReThink Reviews: The Beaver is Good Desipte Star Mel Gibson’s Off-Camera ‘Crazy Streak’
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, …
