Jun
12
2011
Activists prepare for the upcoming international aid flotilla to Gaza, we’ll talk to participant Mary Hughes Thompson, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement coalition. Also, award winning journalist and author Rula Jabreal on her book Miral and Palestine/Israel politics, and we’ll find out why the Los Angeles Unified school board is about to get more than 5,000 letters from parents, students and community members and what it has to do with school libraries.
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Jun
10
2011
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This week on Uprising:
* Egypt Struggles With Transitional Military Rule
* Ten Years After Bush’s Tax Cuts, GOP Candidates Propose More Cuts
* Obama Pushes Anti-Immigrant ‘Secure Communities’ Onto States
* Tom Morello’s New EP, Union Town, Benefits Labor …
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Jun
10
2011
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar will be on vacation from June 13-29. Sitting in for her will be hosts Hamid Khan and Thenmozhi Soundararajan, from June 13-24. The OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano will host a special 3-day series from June 27-29. Sonali will be back live on Uprising on Thursday June 30th, 2011. …
Jun
10
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
10
2011
The 7th of June marked the 10th anniversary of tax cuts enacted by President George W Bush. Over the past decade millionaires, billionaires, and major corporations have benefited greatly from the cuts and pushed to make them permanent. In fact, President Obama last December, after initially vowing to let the cuts expire, temporarily extended them. The justification from the …
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Jun
10
2011
The state of Wisconsin came under an international spotlight earlier this year after union workers stood up to a draconian curtailment of their rights to organize. These days, the labor movement in that state has been out of the limelight but not out of steam. To protest Governor Scott Walker’s latest budget plan – which includes slashing hundreds of millions …
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Jun
10
2011
The latest salacious DC scandal involving a philandering Congressman has reignited an always smoldering debate over public vs. private life. The media has fixated on Congressman Anthony Weiner and the text messages and pictures of himself in various states of undress that he sent to various women. Weiner’s admission to extramarital flirtations may lead to the end of his …
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Jun
10
2011
“There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil – remain detached from the great” — Walter Lippmann …
Jun
09
2011
We’ll look back on the last ten years of the Bush tax cuts and their effects on the economy, as well as new proposals by Republicans to make them permanent. And, Wisconsin protesters reorganize beyond this spring’s labor revolt. Plus, the question of whether right wing blogger Andrew Breitbart is a ‘legitimate’ journalist. And Rethink Reviews with Jonathan Kim. …
Jun
09
2011
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday publicly called for Egypt’s transitional government to stop trying civilians in military courts. In the months following the historic popular Egyptian uprising that lead to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, Human Rights Watch states 5,600 civilians have been tried and sentenced by military tribunals. Human rights groups have also reported beatings, torture, and sexual assault …
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