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GRITtv Special from Madison, Wisconsin
February 21, 2011
Welcome to our first special one-hour episode from Madison, Wisconsin! Thanks to our friends at The Uptake, Free Speech TV, and WORT TV in Madison for making this collaboration happen. "Unions realize that this is a threat to their very existence," says Matt Rothschild, editor of The Progressive, of Scott Walker's attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers. And some of the usual suspects are behind Walker's attack--from the Koch brothers to Republican ideologues. "These corporations want to get these people off the playing field," says John Nichols, of The Nation.
Philip Rizk, Eugene Jarecki on Reagan, and Al Jazeera
February 7, 2011
"The negotiations really are just a form of propaganda to the international community to give the regime some sort of cover for their desire to hold on to power," says Philip Rizk of talks between Mubarak and so-called opposition forces. He notes that scaremongering continues over the Muslim Brotherhood's role in the talks, but that the protesters that continue to occupy Tahrir Square are opposed to talks and mostly do not support the Brotherhood.
Nicolas Rossier: Talking with Jean-Bertrand Aristide
November 23, 2010
It's not a year since the earthquake rocked Haiti and destroyed homes and cities, leaving people in desperate situations. And now as elections are approaching, Haitians face a cholera outbreak on top of everything. Nicolas Rossier, an award winning independent filmmaker and reporter whose latest films include American Radical and Aristide and the Endless Revolution, spoke to exiled former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide about the situation in his country and brought us an exclusive first look at his two-hour conversation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Nicolas Rossier and Jean-Bertrand Aristide
November 22, 2010
"Average people must look at the screens and see the disconnect—it's not left vs. right, it's top-down. It's establishment vs. people." So says Katrina vanden Heuvel of the average TV news show. She joins us, of course, here on GRITtv for our weekly partnership with The Nation magazine to bring you a different kind of political TV show.
Jay Smooth: What We Forget When We Talk About John Mayer
February 17, 2010
Even 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, 2010
After 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.
You've heard of Jeremiah Wright. You've heard of John Hagee. Now meet The Family.
June 5, 2008
Who exactly were the “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America? Were they patriots and leaders of the American Revolution who later went on to framing one of the greatest pieces of writing in America; the United Stated Constitution? Or were they something never really described in our history textbooks?
Tabla Artist Suphala on GRITtv
June 4, 2008
Suphala is a tabla artist, composer, and producer - a protégé of the great tabla masters Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain. In February 2005 she made history when she became the first musician to play in public in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.

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