Nov
16
2012
Russian President Vladmir Putin, in his third term, has overseen a series of new laws designed to criminalize dissent and raise suspicion of foreigners. The latest expansion of a treason law under the guise of ‘national security’ has caused serious concern among civil society and human rights groups. Legal analysts have concluded that the Russian security apparatus now needs no …
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Nov
16
2012
Israeli Intelligence and Defense forces assassinated Hamas military leader Ahmad Jabari in a targeted attack on Wednesday afternoon in the Gaza Strip. Jabari’s son was also killed when a missile ripped apart the car they were traveling in. Also killed on Wednesday was the 11 month old son of Palestinian BBC correspondent Jihad Masharawi, whose house was bombarded by Israeli …
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Nov
16
2012
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 …
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Nov
16
2012
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu
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Nov
16
2012
The country’s biggest retail chain might get hit where it hurts on Black Friday.
Walmart employees protesting low wages and skyrocketing insurance premiums are planning a wave of protests across the country through next week’s unofficial shopping holiday.
Organizers say a thousand store protests are planned in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Minnesota and dozens of other places.
“With so many Americans struggling to make ends meet and Walmart taking in $16 billion in profits and …
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Nov
16
2012
Today, the people of Gaza suffer from a brutal blockade that has lasted for more than 6 years and isolation that has lasted for more than 20 years. Israel strictly controls imports into Gaza and exports are virtually non-existent. Palestinian life is so controlled by Israel that the Israeli government even sets policies on the minimum number of calories needed to prevent malnutrition. Access to the sea – one of their main sources of livelihood …
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Nov
16
2012
Palestinian leaders like Yasser Arafat were credited with skillfully courting international media during the first Intifada to highlight the Palestinian struggle and help sway public opinion.
But the newest technologies, including Twitter and YouTube, have been embraced particularly by the Israeli government, which has perhaps waged an unprecedented social media PR campaign as the conflict escalated this week.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has established a presence on nearly every platform available. It launched a Tumblr account …
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Nov
15
2012
We’ll go live to Gaza to get the latest on the Israeli bombing and how people are responding. And, a UC Irvine student on an historic vote at his campus on divestment from Israel. Plus film maker Victor Ginzburg on his acclaimed Russian film Generation P opening in LA. And, Canadian climate activists Clayton Tomas-Muller and Anne Peterman on the tarsands pipeline, and this week’s Rethink Reviews. …
Nov
15
2012
More than a year after the Occupy Wall Street movement was forcibly evicted from Zuccotti Park, aka Liberty Square, in Manhattan, the movement has returned full force with new energy flowing into two directions: Occupy Sandy and Strike Debt. Later in the hour we’ll hear about storm relief efforts, but first, an offshoot of 2011 Occupy Movement, has put together …
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Nov
15
2012
It has been more than two weeks since Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast and thousands of people are still homeless, hungry and without electricity. Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched an investigation into New York City’s utility company over the delay in restoring full power to all.
Meanwhile, more than a year after the movement launched into the public consciousness, …
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