Published by Truthdig.com on December 10, 2015

On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, marking the first International Human Rights Day. Sixty-seven years later, the United Nations is hosting arguably the most important climate conference of our time. But the global institution has seemingly divorced human rights from the impacts of climate change.

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GUEST: Adam Shapiro, long-time activist, who with his wife Huwaida Arraf, and two young children, is in Chios, Greece, aiding refugees, volunteering with a Norwegian group called ‘A Drop In The Ocean’.

Greece has just announced new legislation to set up screening centers for migrants in various parts of the country in order to ease the pressure from the influx of refugees. While the story of the …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, sociologist and author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond, regular guest on Uprising.

President Obama on Sunday evening addressed the nation live from the Oval Office. His speech was prompted by the recent massacre of 14 people in San Bernardino, California. During his speech he touched upon a number of issues, including the US’s strategy against the Islamic State. Obama …

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GUEST: Cindy Wiesner, National Coordinator for Grassroots Global Justice Alliance. GGJ is a co-founder of the Climate Justice Alliance.

The UN climate conference in Paris has entered its second week with delegates pushing for a final agreement that can be ratified by all. Developing countries and island nations in particular have the most at stake.

Outside the halls of the meeting, activists are gathering despite a …

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Published by Telesurtv.net on December 06, 2015

Heavily armed law enforcement officers watch on during a protest against the police killing of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. | Photo: AFP

Gun violence from civilians and police kill a staggering number of people,  yet politicians and the media remain fixated on jihadi terrorism.
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GUEST: Josh Israel, senior investigative reporter for ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He recently wrote an article for ThinkProgress called ‘The Gun Industry Has Systematically Demolished Regulators And Avoided The Fate Of Cigarettes’.

The recent horrific massacre in San Bernardino, California, has raised many questions about what motived the killers, a young, newly married couple with a 6-month old child. The FBI is …

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GUEST: Aldon Morris is the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University. His earlier books include
‘Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing For Change’.

The academic field of Sociology is defined as “the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society,” and simply put, “the study of social problems.” Today the US has a rich and burgeoning …

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Published by Truthdig.com on December 03, 2015

From left: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande. (Frederic Legrand – COMEO / Shutterstock)

As he flew into Paris on Sunday for the United Nations climate conference, President Obama’s motorcade made a detour to the makeshift memorial at Bataclan, where just two weeks earlier gunmen killed more than 80 …

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Hundreds of people gathered at Pershing Square, in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning to demand an end to global warming. The rally was organized by the National Nurses United along with several environmental justice organizations such as Communities for a Better Environment, Food and Water Watch and 350.org. It took place as the United Nations climate summit, COP21, is in full swing …

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GUEST: Meera Subramanian, award-winning journalist whose work has been published in the New York Times, Nature, and more.

Heavy rainfall in the southern states of India has resulted in massive flooding, particularly in and around Tamil Nadu. The capital city of Chennai saw its wettest day in 100 years this week. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the city to offer emergency relief funding. …

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