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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, …

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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” — Philip K Dick. …

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New data released by the U.S. Labor Department on Wednesday revealed that the Producer Price Index (PPI) rose in July by more than expected. The PPI is an indicator of wholesale inflation, and currently it is at its highest peak in the last six months, effectively lowering real wages, and consequently consumerism – this has increased worries among economists about the possibility of a double-dip …

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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on how British police aspire to be like American cops.

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“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” — Mohandas Gandhi …

by Naomi Klein

I keep hearing comparisons between the London riots and riots in other European cities—window smashing in Athens or car bonfires in Paris. And there are parallels, to be sure: a spark set by police violence, a generation that feels forgotten.

But those events were marked by mass destruction; the looting was minor. There have, however, been other mass lootings in recent years, and perhaps we should talk about them too. There was Baghdad in …

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The stock market’s recent volatility has left many on Wall Street and international investors jittery. In the UK, blame is being laid at the feet of what is called “Black Box” trading, which, according to The Guardian, is “a term used when investment strategies are determined by powerful computer algorithms rather than more traditional stock-picking techniques. The capacity of computers to digest large volumes of …

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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.

A number of immigrant rights and Latino groups rallied in six cities across the country yesterday to raise awareness about the record number of immigrants who’ve been deported by the …

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“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” — Albert Einstein …

SAN FRANCISCO — Civil libertarian groups have backed away from threats to legally challenge the Bay Area Rapid Transit system’s wireless service shutdown last week after the agency refused a repeat amid rush-hour protests that shuttered four San Francisco stations.

The American Civil Liberties Union met with BART’s police chief late Monday even as demonstrators protested the agency’s action to block wireless reception Thursday to disrupt a planned protest against police brutality. After the meeting, ACLU …

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