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The August 2nd deadline to raise the debt national debt ceiling or risk default is only 9 days away. Over the weekend Senate Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House John Boehner announced each party will introduce competing proposals. Talks between the President and Republicans came to a contentious end Friday when Boehner announced he was walking away …

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The judicial screws are tightening on Rupert Murdoch’s empire in America as the US justice department prepares to subpoena News Corporation in its investigation into whether the company broke anti-bribery and hacking laws on both sides of the Atlantic.

The news that subpoenas are being drawn up, reported by News Corp’s flagship newspaper the Wall Street Journal, comes a week after attorney general Eric Holder said he was launching a preliminary investigation into the media group …

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American folk music has a history and lyrical content entrenched in political activism, made popular by 60s icons like Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. As the 60s gave way to the 70s, punk musicians continued mixing politics and music, extending their art to a way of life. Folk-punk, a contemporary of these musical movements, combines musical and lyrical elements …

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A severe drought in East Africa has turned the nation of Somalia into the site of what is being recognized as “[t]he worst humanitarian disaster on the planet” by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Compounding the drought-induced famine are complex security issues that limit the movement of aid, and the continual rise of global food prices, resulting …

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“Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.” — Albert Einstein
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This week on Uprising:

* Murdoch Attempt Contrition, Denies Blame, as UK Phone Hacking Scandal Continues to Explode
* Black Agenda Report on the U.S. and Ethiopia’s Role in Somalia
* Obama Links Debt Ceiling to Deficit Plan As Cover for Spending Cuts
* Exposé: How Corporations and the Wealthy Write and Pass Bills at the State Level

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Web Exclusive – Extended Interview with Christian Parenti

As the planet’s atmosphere is more and more overloaded with carbon dioxide emissions, and extreme weather events around the world become a near-daily occurrence, the question of how the future will play out is often raised. Scientists have modeled the physical outcomes of global warming for years, constantly refining their models to incorporate runaway processes …

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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, and follow him on Twitter at …

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“There is a real risk that strong states with developed economies will succumb to a politics of xenophobia, racism, police repression, surveillance, and militarism and thus transform themselves into fortress societies while the rest of the world slips into collapse. By that course, developed economies would turn into neofascist islands of relative stability in a sea of chaos. But a world in climatological collapse – marked by hunger, disease, criminality, fanaticism, and violent social breakdown …

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