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Rev. Jesse Jackson: The Spark to Fight Back
February 26, 2011"Governors are leading a fight on the gravy and the meat is off the table," notes Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist and former presidential candidate. The meat, he notes, is a trillion dollar war, corporate personhood, unregulated banks and more, and yet conservative governors are attacking the rights of working people. "They remove the roof for the wealthy, then attack the floor for the working poor," he notes.Rev. Jesse Jackson & Tom Morello
February 25, 2011"Governors are leading a fight on the gravy and the meat is off the table," notes Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist and former presidential candidate. The meat, he notes, is a trillion dollar war, corporate personhood, unregulated banks and more, and yet conservative governors are attacking the rights of working people. "They remove the roof for the wealthy, then attack the floor for the working poor," he notes.David Swanson, Carne Ross on WikiLeaks, and Trade
January 4, 2011"They've turned the deficit into the new Saddam Hussein," notes David Swanson, but he points out that if the deficit commission results in reduced military spending, it could have some small benefit. His new book, War is a Lie, delves into the myths about war, ultimately coming up with an argument that war is never justifiable.The F Word: Trading Jobs for More of the Same
January 4, 2011The Clinton years analogies have been coming fast and furious since the midterm elections and Obama's self-described “shellacking.” But today's administration seems anything but worried about the comparisons—in fact, they seem to be doing their best to roll back the clock.Baratunde Thurston, Rebecca Traister, and Anne Elizabeth Moore
October 6, 2010We keep hearing about the enthusiasm gap this election cycle--that Republicans, energized by the Tea Party, are ready to sweep into the polls and sweep out the Democratic majorities. Meanwhile the Obama administration seems perfectly willing to blame it all on their progressive critics--as if the economy wasn't actually bad, lefty bloggers are just making people think it's bad. Additionally, notes Baratunde Thurston, "Our politicians are assumed to be corrupt and not doing much to discourage that assumption."Anne Elizabeth Moore: Fighting for a Library
October 6, 2010It's no secret to GRITtv viewers that profound inequality is one of the biggest problems our schools face. For over three weeks, a group of mostly single Latina moms have been occupying a building at John Greenleaf Whittier Dual Language Elementary School in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, demanding the school system account for misspent funds--and build their kids a library.Danny Schechter, Obama and LGBT Rights, and Gun Control
June 29, 2010The economic crisis needs to be investigated using RICO laws used against organized crime, says Danny Schechter, author and director of Plunder: The Crime of Our Time. Wall Street made billions off mortgage fraud, and all the busts of mortgage lenders in the world won't get the real culprits.The F Word: Reading into Gun Regulations
June 29, 2010I'll give the gun-rights supporter on NPR this morning one bit of credit in his comparison of bookstores to gun stores: books can be dangerous.Bill Ayers: The Journey of a Teacher
May 1, 2010We heard a lot about Bill Ayers during the 2008 election cycle; mostly attempts at using his name as a smear because of his past with the Weather Underground. But for the past forty years Ayers has been a teacher, an occupation he calls the most intellectually challenging thing he's ever done. His book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher has seen multiple editions, and when the publisher asked him about doing a new one, he wanted to do it a little differently. Ayers teamed up with comics artist Ryan Alexander-Tanner and created a graphic novel version of the book, hoping to reach new and different audiences.Bill Ayers, Peter Kuper, and MoCCA Festival
April 30, 2010We heard a lot about Bill Ayers during the 2008 election cycle; mostly attempts at using his name as a smear because of his past with the Weather Underground. But for the past forty years Ayers has been a teacher, an occupation he calls the most intellectually challenging thing he's ever done. His book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher has seen multiple editions, and when the publisher asked him about doing a new one, he wanted to do it a little differently. Ayers teamed up with comics artist Ryan Alexander-Tanner and created a graphic novel version of the book, To Teach: The Journey, In Comics, hoping to reach new and different audiences.
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