Dec
13
2013
Uprising’s guest expert Adele Stan, longtime chronicler of the right wing, and senior Washington correspondent for RHRealityCheck.org, analyzes today’s news headlines:
A committee advising President Obama on the NSA’s mass surveillance has just concluded in a new report that the spying program should continue albeit with some restrictions. A committee advising President Obama on the NSA’s mass surveillance has just concluded …
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Dec
13
2013
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 …
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Dec
12
2013
Uprising’s guest expert Arun Gupta, Independent Journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian, In These Times, The Progressive, and Truthout, and co-founder of the Occupied Wall Street Journal and the Indypendent.
The UN Commissioner on Human Rights has asked the government of India to reconsider its reinstatement of a ban on gay sex. The ban was overturned four years ago and its …
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Dec
12
2013
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
? Aldous Huxley …
Dec
11
2013
We are currently in our Winter Fund Drive and need your support. While shows like Democracy Now have dozens of staff members helping to put together their programs, Sonali and Bipasha singlehandedly put together Uprising on a daily basis. We could use your help!
One of our most interesting fund drive gifts is the Pacifica Radio Memory Stick for a pledge of $180. This small USB stick features lectures and …
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Dec
11
2013
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt …
Dec
11
2013
Uprising’s guest expert Rahul Mahajan, sociologist and news analyst and author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond, analyzes today’s news headlines:
A Congressional Budget committee has arrived at a deal to fund the government that could stave off a shut down for another two years. While President Barack Obama called the deal “a good first step,” it appears …
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Dec
10
2013
“I believe that the truth is the only force that will set us free. I have hope, not in the tangible or in what I can personally accomplish, but in the faith that battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning and ultimately our freedom. Perhaps in our lifetimes we will not succeed. Perhaps things will only get worse. But this does not invalidate our efforts. Rebellion—which is …
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Dec
10
2013
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
On this International Human Rights Day, world leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 95, was eulogized by US President Barack Obama. Obama compared him …
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Dec
09
2013
Celebrating their 75th Anniversary, Laemmle Theaters has announced a benefit Gala Dinner on December 17th and a raffle for the general public.
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar, interviewed Greg Laemmle, the President of Laemmle Theaters. It was his grandfather Max and his granduncle Kurt Laemmle who founded the theater chain.
Watch a video of his interview here: http://youtu.be/MphkJXV3KwA
Bipasha Shom recorded this interview.
