Dec 09 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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Dec 09 2011
For about two decades now, there has been a growing movement to certify goods made in developing countries in sustainable conditions that are favorable to workers and the environment, called Fair Trade. A local network of Fair Trade producers and distributors, called Fair Trade LA, or FTLA, offers conscious shoppers progressive alternatives to commercial retail.
On Saturday December 10th 2011, several FTLA vendors will be selling their wares at the 6th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar from 11 am to 4 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90005 in the Geneva Room.
Dec 09 2011
“I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.” — Benjamin Harrison …
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Dec 09 2011
REPORTING FROM LONDON — The leaders of 23 European countries agreed early Friday to bind their nations together in a pact to limit government spending and borrowing but failed to persuade Britain to sign up, dealing a blow to European unity.
The agreement came after marathon talks in Brussels at a two-day summit billed as the last chance to rescue the euro from the debt crisis that threatens the single currency’s survival. Leaders from 23 European …
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Dec 08 2011
We’ll go to the nation’s capitol to check in with Occupy DC protesters who have been busy organizing and getting arrested. And, film maker Johanna Fernandez on Mumia Abu Jamal and his death penalty victory. Plus, holiday shopping for the conscious consumer with a focus on Fair Trade LA. And this week’s Rethink Reviews with Jonathan Kim. …
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Dec 08 2011
Much is made of the historical comparison with the Great Depression and today we go back in time to the months that led up to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 with economist and best-selling author Nomi Prins to discuss her debut fiction work, Black Tuesday. Black Tuesday is the story of Leila Kahn, a young Eastern European immigrant in New York who falls in love with Roderick Morgan, JP Morgan’s grand nephew while the depth of the economic crisis unfolds. Leila learns the shocking truth of the coverup behind the 1929 stock market crash.
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Dec 08 2011
European leaders are gathering for a summit in Brussels this week in last-ditch efforts to solve the Eurozone crisis. French President Nicolas Sarkozy commented that failure was a “luxury we cannot afford.” On Friday, member nations of the Eurozone are expected to vote on a plan drafted by Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They propose amending treaties that govern …
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Dec 08 2011
It appears that 30 years of legal battles and international advocacy to free Mumia Abu Jamal has borne fruit with the announcement on Wednesday that the Philadelphia District Attorney would not again seek the death penalty for the imprisoned activist. Abu-Jamal is now sentenced to prison for life in the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9th, …
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Dec 08 2011
In his speech invoking Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism speech, President Obama this week referred numerous times to the Great Depression. Comparing today’s economic crisis to the American era that began in 1929 and was the longest recession in modern history, Obama brought up his own grandparents’ experiences and attempted to make the case that an unregulated market does not fix …
Dec 08 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the comparisons of President Obama to the trust-buster President Teddy Roosevelt.
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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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