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Showing videos filed under: homophobia
Omar Barghouti & Sarah Schulman: Equal Rights for All in Palestine
April 12, 2011“People have rights, when we say we want to end Israel's multitiered system of oppression...we must immediately say people have equal rights in every form," says Omar Barghouti, author of the new book Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. And author, activist and professor Sarah Schulman has been involved with the Palestinian queer movement, emphasizing that their struggle is deeply tied to the struggle to end the occupation.Rep. Cory Mason, Sarah Schulman & Omar Barghouti, and CEO Pay
April 11, 2011"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.Phil Ochs, Transgender Experience, and John Fugelsang
January 14, 2011"Phil was always a little ahead of the curve," says Ken Bowser, the director of a new documentary on 1960s protest singer Phil Ochs. Ochs wrote and performed folk music in its heyday, weighing in on major political issues of his time and connecting with other singer-activists around the world, from Bob Dylan to Chilean singer Victor Jara. Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune talks to people, from Sean Penn to Christopher Hitchens, who were touched by Ochs's music and who knew the singer, who took his own life in 1976 at age 35.John Fugelsang: Bible Lessons for Westboro Baptist
January 14, 2011In the wake of the horrific Tuscon shootings, The State of Arizona has passed an emergency measure instituting “funeral protection zones” that will keep all protestors at least 300 feet away from funeral services, Of course this was a response to Westboro Baptist church and the Reverend Fred Phelps, who are to Christianity what Jesus Christ was to ignorance, hatred & inbreeding.Dean Baker, Reverend Billy and Rethink Afghanistan
October 13, 2010If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker. Then, Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials.F Word: LBGT Hate Crimes Are in the Headlines But How Can We Make Things Change?
October 13, 2010Three local churches here in lower Manhattan, are participating in Dan Savage's 'It Gets Better' project this Sunday, to give gay youth hope for the future by telling stories and sharing courage.
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