Jun
17
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, …
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Jun
16
2011
We’ll discuss the reasons Pakistan is arresting CIA informants with Tayyab Mahmud and part two of RT Naylor’s interview on his new book, Crass Struggle. Plus Susan Burton discusses issues incarcerated women face upon release, and this week’s edition of ReThink Reviews with Jonathan Kim. …
Jun
16
2011
In 1997 writer and grassroots organizer Wendy Call was burned out and disheartened by the meager accomplishments of her efforts. In seeking new models of organizing Call was drawn to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a southern region in Mexico rich with a history of resistance. The Isthmus is a narrow stretch of fertile land bordered by the Pacific Ocean …
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Jun
16
2011
Despite the fact that the economy has yet to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression, economic forecasters are claiming that things are back on track, partly because the appetite for luxury goods has returned. In fact, is attendance at the recent “Reuters Global Luxury and Fashion Summit,” is any measure, “2011 is expected to be one …
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Jun
16
2011
The inequalities of our justice system are made apparent by the statistics show black Americans are disproportionately imprisoned, but more insidiously through systemic policy issues highlighted by the sentencing discrepancy between cocaine and crack. Sentencing is a central part of the criminal justice system that is affected by politics, private enterprise, and other darker elements. The Fair Sentencing Act of …
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Jun
15
2011
Author Wendy Call joins us to talk about her new book No Word For Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces The Global Economy. Part one of RT Naylor’s interview on the growing niche market of luxury goods for the ultra wealthy and his new book, Crass Struggle. Plus, Marc Mauer from The Sentencing Project on why disparities prison sentences exist for similar crimes and this week’s edition of Black Agenda Report. …
Jun
15
2011
Los Angeles skid row activist and resident Steve “Dogon” Richardson is awaiting trial on charges stemming from an arrest at a protest one year ago. Last May, Richardson was one of about 300 housing advocates who packed a meeting of the LA City Council to push for rent freeze in the city. The freeze was not approved by the …
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Jun
15
2011
On June 7th a women name Manal-Al Sharif in Saudi Arabia drove her car and posted a video of it on You Tube. Her action was meant to encourage Saudi women to start driving their cars on June 17th in protest of the generally accepted ban on female drivers. Manal was driving with her brother, and their respective …
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Jun
15
2011
With the passage of The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Congress mandated a fundamental reordering of America’s intelligence gathering institutions. It called for the creation of an “Information Sharing Environment” (commonly known as the “ISE”) to facilitate the exchange of terrorism information among all appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector through the …
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Jun
15
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Monday night featured a seven-member Republican presidential debate in Manchester, NH. The front-runner for the moment is Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who passed the health insurance reform …
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