We've had a lot of talk this week about the Left: where is it? Why does the media ignore it? What can we do to rebuild it? And whose fault is any of this? The mainstream media might ignore voices from the Left, but here on GRITtv those are just the voices that matter--and today, for a special feature, we welcome two you may have heard of: Tariq Ali and Alexander Cockburn.
From Tony Blair to Tea Partiers to Thatcherism, Iraq to Pakistan, banks and bankers and campaign donations to the time Obama might have had to make significant change, Tariq and Alexander dissect the conventional wisdom of today on just about every political issue, domestic and global.
The announcement that came this week, that Elizabeth Warren would sort of maybe possibly be appointed to do something like help institute the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She will be named an assistant to the president and special adviser to Treasury Secretary Geithner, and will oversee creation of the Bureau. Though this doesn't preclude her being named to head the agency, it's still not enough.
Mary Bottari, director of the Center for Media and Democracy's new Real Economy Project, makes the case for Elizabeth Warren's appointment--sooner, rather than later.
”Those that had the party [the rich & powerful]
must pay for the party.” Jesse Jackson
My sediments exactly.
Thank you GRITtv for your professional approach
to progressive journalism. Your panel is very
informed and intelligent. I really appreciate the
absence of sarcasm and ”holier than thou” toward
the opposition that so often is displayed among
the big name ”professional left” media folks.
I consider GRITtv to be my best source of information
on the current issues & I just love your docs segment
on the new independent documentaries.
By elkojohn on September 19th, 2010 at 9:31 pm