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US Uncut: Making Corporations Pay
March 23, 2011This Saturday, protests are planned in the UK, the US, and Canada against corporate tax avoiders and government austerity cuts. The UK Uncut movement has been going strong, occupying retail outlets as diverse as Vodafone and TopShop, and its solidarity movement in the US is just getting started. Using street theater and organizing largely on the web, the direct action movements aim to make tax dodging a whole lot less profitable for big banks like Bank of America and corporations like Verizon and FedEx.Douglas Rushkoff, US Uncut, and Fighting for Bradley Manning
March 22, 2011"It seems that when you flip the switch too late you actually promote the revolutions in your country. What would've happened if Egypt hadn't flipped the switch? If people are home blogging their discontent they're a lot more controllable, a lot less dangerous," says Doug Rushkoff, author of Program or Be Programmed, of the role of the Internet in the recent revolutions.James Mumm & Bobby Tolbert: Make Wall Street Pay
March 9, 2011"We're seeing apopulist wave right now that's going to go through 2012," says James Mumm of National People's Action, who says he's seeing "big ideas and bold demands" from progressive groups around the country. National People's Action is part of a coalition that shut down a Bank of America this week and protested at the National Association of Attorney Generals conference, and then took the fight to John Boehner and Mitch McConnell's offices in Congress.Lena Taylor & Rosa Clemente, Make Wall Street Pay, and Philanthro-Feudalism
March 8, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.Best of 2010: Unemployed Workers, Thomas Frank & Chris Lehmann
December 27, 2010We're bringing you our top shows of 2010 this week, on the Web and on TV. We hope you enjoy! This one's from December 2. Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.Blackmailing the Unemployed: Talking to '99ers'
December 3, 2010Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.Unemployed Workers, Chris Lehmann & Thomas Frank, and the Big Float
December 2, 2010Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.Vince Warren, Hamid Dabashi, and the Crisis in Ireland
November 23, 2010The Republicans who will shortly be taking over the house after the recent elections have pledged to shrink the government and cut spending, but, Vince Warren notes, they seem to have no problem with "Big Government" when it's holding detainees indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay.The F Word: Solving the Irish Crisis
November 23, 2010The financial crisis in Ireland is leading to a political crisis on the heels of a bailout and more “austerity measures.” The coalition that currently rules is falling apart, the Green Party detaching from the prime minister's Fianna Fail party, and elections loom.Robert Scheer: Appetites for Wealth
November 6, 2010"Wall Street was blackmailing us," says Robert Scheer of the bank bailouts, "And we got nothing in return." It's not news to any viewers of GRITtv that Wall Street's tentacles ran throughout our election, but now that the election is over, we turn again to the running of government.
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