Aug 26 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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Aug 26 2011
“Until the great mass of people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.” — Helen Keller …
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Aug 25 2011
We’ll examine the latest in Libya in depth, first with Dr. Mahmoud Traina, an LA-based Libyan American supporter of the rebels, and then with Vijay Prashad, a prolific author and strong critic of the US-NATO war. And, a look at the recently announced changes to the immigrant deportation program and why immigrant rights groups say they are not enough. And this week’s Rethink Reviews with Jonathan Kim. …
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Aug 25 2011
Aug 25 2011
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents.
Since Saturday, over 220 environmental activists and concerned citizens have been arrested for protesting in front of the White House. Hundreds of people are in DC speaking out against the …
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Aug 25 2011
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell …
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Aug 24 2011
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When the 14 acre family-run farm on 41st and Alameda was dramatically bull-dozed 8 years ago, activists vowed to keep fighting to restore the South Central Farm. The unused plot of land in the midst of an industrial wasteland, was farmed by hundreds …
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Aug 24 2011
What we choose to eat is a personal, and increasingly political, decision. For decades food and politics intersected in debates about factory farming methods, the environmental hazards of pesticides, and the relationship of people to animals. But, the rising obesity epidemic in the US coupled with skyrocketing health care costs has cast overweight Americans as an unwitting driver of the …
Aug 24 2011
“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.” — George Santayana …
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Aug 23 2011
The California Department of Education released a report last week on student achievement in the state. An LA Times analysis of the data surprised many in finding that LAUSD schools outperformed high profile charter schools. In fact, throughout the Los Angeles school district, proficiency rates in English and Math increased for students in grades two through eleven. In English language arts proficiency …
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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