Jul
15
2011
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This week on Uprising:
* Debate Over the Debt Ceiling Riddled with Inaccuracies, Misstatements
* Latest Jobs Report Masks Worse Unemployment Among Women, Youth, and Minorities
* Black Agenda Report on Political Organizing Through the Internet
* Despite Little Coverage, Fukushima Still Poses Great Danger, Warning Sign for U.S.
Jul
15
2011
“The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson …
Jul
15
2011
Combining the concepts of a street-fair, a street-food festival, and a block party, Eat Real features local food vendors, food trucks, local food growers, classes and demonstrations, cookbook swaps, a cooking contest, and even workshops on bee keeping and chicken coops.
Jul
15
2011
The ever-widening black-mark on the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp has reached across the pond from Britain into the U.S. The FBI confirmed yesterday that it was “looking into” allegations that U.K. News Corp employees hacked into the cell phones of 9/11 victims here in the U.S. Today the Chief Executive of News Corps UK publishing at the center of …
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Jul
15
2011
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently ruled that Marijuana has “no accepted medical use.” This came in a long-overdue response to The Cannabis Rescheduling Petition, which was successfully circulated in 2002. The petition outlines a scientific argument for why the federal government must legally recognize the accepted medical use of Cannabis (marijuana) and regulate it in the same fashion as …
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Jul
15
2011
Food industry giants, General Mills, Conagra, and Kellogg, have just proposed a set of standards by which to limit advertising of their own junk foods to children. Responding to growing public pressure and government attempts at regulation, the companies have offered to voluntarily limit their marketing practices in the interests of children’s health. However, their standards are unsurprisingly …
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Jul
15
2011
Check out LA-based independent band, Foster the People. We featured their song Helena Beat today on Uprising. More info at www.fosterthepeople.com.
If you know of an upcoming, independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send us an email.
Special thanks to Lex Henderson. …
Jul
15
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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Jul
14
2011
We’ll look at how Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World controversy is spreading to the U.S. And, a conversation with a researcher on medicinal uses of marijuana in the wake of the DEA’s recent memo on the subject. Plus, Eat Real – a weekend food festival for anyone and everyone in LA interested in growing, making, and eating food. And Jonathan Kim’s ReThink Reviews on the last Harry Potter film. …
Jul
14
2011
At least 17 people are dead and over 130 wounded in Mumbai, India yesterday after explosions ravaged three crowded areas frequented by the public. The coordinated attacks occurred at Dadar, Jhaveri Bazaar, and the Opera House district, during the evening rush hour, the busiest time of day. The Indian government is taking a cautious approach in assessing the situation, attributing …
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