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Showing videos filed under: ill doctrine
Jay Smooth: The Giant Word: Got-No-Sensitive
September 15, 2010"Your real friends are the ones who respect you enough to tell you when you're not thinking straight," says Jay Smooth, videoblogger, DJ and commentator. In his latest blog, a collaboration with GIANT magazine, Jay defines the term "got-no-sensitive" for us and traces its history back to Joseph McCarthy.Vince Warren, Russ Feingold, and Jay Smooth
September 14, 2010“Do we want to live in a place where the U.S. government can torture and kill people at will? Or do we not?” asks Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. A new Amnesty International report says that thousands of detainees in Iraq, many recently transferred from U.S. custody, are still at risk of torture, and back in the U.S. the Obama administration continues to use "national security" as justification for everything from dismissing lawsuits to searching laptops.Hari Kondabolu: Health Care and the Lost Art of Compromise
April 13, 2010Comedian Hari Kondabolu has some thoughts about what kind of starting place progressives should've chosen for health care negotiations. Here's a hint: it involves the phrase "Scalpel-wielding Robin Hoods of the night."Jay Smooth: What We Forget When We Talk About John Mayer
February 17, 2010Even though, Jay Smooth notes, John Mayer's "White privilege is a wonderland," he swears he's not going to talk about Mayer's offensive comments in a recent interview. Why? Because the issues about race that matter aren't one pop star's big mouth: they're structural, systemic, and institutional.Infrastructure, Kathleen Hanna, and Jay Smooth
February 16, 2010After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.The Eliminationists, Womenomics, and Twenty Years After Tiananmen
June 2, 2009David Neiwert on hate talk and the radicalization of the American right. When it comes to running a business or the economy do women do things differently? Katty Kay and Claire Shipman are the authors of Womenomics. Finally, a look at China twenty years after Tiananmen.The Rush To Judgement in India, Realizing the Promise, and the Foreclosure Crisis
December 1, 2008In the days after the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai there has been a rush to judgment. The attacks were different from previous incidents of terror in South Asia in that they targeted the elite, the upper classes, and tourists. The spotlight has shifted now to India and how they'll respond.Jay Smooth's Poem For The Youth Voter
November 4, 2008Jay Smooth of The Ill Doctrine, and New York's longest running hip-hop radio show, WBAI's Underground Railroad.Maron v Seder v Rabb On This Week's Media Coverage, Conyers on Impeachment, and Something Delicious
September 25, 2008Today on GRITtv we bring you a critical but comedic perspective on the news with Sam Seder and Marc Maron of Air America Radio and Chris Rabb of Afro-Netizen. Then, Rep. John Conyers tries to explain why no one's impeaching the President. Plus this week's documentary in progress - Really Delicious.Obama Organizers, The Pending Execution of Troy Anthony Davis, and singer/songwriter Toshi Reagon
September 17, 2008Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucus was a watershed moment in American politics. Many in the press were surprised that he pulled it off and naturally asked how he did it. Though Republicans have done their best to belittle community organizing in recent weeks, there is no doubt that the Obama campaign has brought something new to the political scene.
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