Community groups worked to combat foreclosures for years before Occupy Wall St came along. Five hundred helpers makes a "world of difference" says anti-homelessness activist and GRITtv regular Rob Robinson.

The lowest country on the planet the Maldives Islands face possible extinction caused by rising sea levels. The Vice President of the Republic talks to Laura Flanders about why action on climate change can't wait.

Just hours after the forced eviction of the Occupy Wall St site at Zuccotti Park in New York, local faith leaders issued a call for places of faith everywhere to open their doors to the Occupy movement. Rev. Michael Ellick of the historic Judson Memorial Church talked to Laura Flanders of GRITtv.

Flanders hosts live coverage of the "Sex, Power, Speaking Truth" conference, October 15, at Hunter College.

Just days after the start of OWS, Flanders delivered this keynote presentation on public space and public protest, to the Creative Time Summit in New York.

Occupiers? Indignados? They're all evidence of the failure of western democracy, argues economist Loretta Napoleoni, author of Maonomics.

If the networks won't bring the protesters into the studio, we're going to bring a broadcast "studio" to the protesters. On Wednesday, October 5, 4-7 pm eastern watch special collaborative coverage of the Occupy Wall St Labor March at http://www.livestream/lauraflanders

Actor/Director Mark Ruffalo hails Emmy Award winner Josh Fox (Gasland) and talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about the impact of Hurricane Irene on the Catskill region where he lives -- and where big energy corporations want to "frack" for gas.

Thinking about Attica, I'm remembering Bill Kunstler. Watch or rewatch his daughters' great film: Disturbing the Universe.

Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, was the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights on 9/11/01. In this exclusive interview, Robinson talks to GRITtv's Laura Flanders about the mistakes made ten years ago, their continuing impact on situations such as the famine in Somalia and what, by contrast, inspires her now.