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The Most Dangerous Man in America
March 5, 2010Continuing with our Oscar theme, we bring you the second part of our conversation with whistleblower, anti-war activist, and documentary film subject Daniel Ellsberg. Since the 1960s, Ellsberg has been fighting to stop war and bring government secrets into the open, and he knows firsthand how much power citizens can wield against the government.The Oscars, Daniel Ellsberg and Sweet Crude
March 4, 2010The Academy Awards are this weekend, so we invited three of our favorite film critics and pop culture queens to talk about the whole shebang: will Kathryn Bigelow break the Best Director glass ceiling? Is Sandra Bullock going to take home a statuette? Was Avatar all that it was cracked up to be? And why was that Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover so darn white?GRITtv Live at Noon: Obama's VP
August 20, 2008With Obama set to announce his choice for VP, voters are weighing in. On facebook there are "100,000 Strong Against Evan Bayh for VP." Is this the democratic campaign process in action -- and will Obama listen? Pose your questions and share your views with author and activist KENYON FARROW, ANDREA BATISTA SCHLESSINGER of the Drum Major Institute, LISA WITTER of Fenton Communications, and The American Prospect’s COURTNEY MARTIN.Obama and the Left: A Roundtable
August 5, 2008Offshore oil drilling. FISA. Free Trade. What to make of Obama's centrist drift. Here to talk about why progressives are urging Obama not to abandon his base are Richard Kim, Jonathan Tasini, and Jon Kaiman.Obama and the Left, Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism, and Tax Havens for the Rich
August 4, 2008Barack Obama has made few friends on the left since Hillary Clinton bowed out of the Democratic Primary in June. In the current issue of the Nation magazine an open letter to Obama urges him not to abandon his base and notes that since his victory, “there have been troubling sings that you are moving away from the core commitments shared by many who have supported your campaign, toward a moreJuly 10, 2008: Food, Film and FISA
July 10, 2008It's not a food crisis, it's a food price crisis and solutions exist, but sustainable agriculture requires sustainable economic policies.
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