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Showing videos filed under: Rosa Clemente
Rosa Clemente & Sen. Lena Taylor: United in Wisconsin
March 9, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.Lena Taylor & Rosa Clemente, Make Wall Street Pay, and Philanthro-Feudalism
March 8, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.LIVE Election Night Coverage with Laura and Amy Goodman!
November 1, 2010Burned out on corporate media election coverage? Frustrated by ABC's choice of Andrew Breitbart as a commentator? Watch the returns roll in with GRITtv and Free Speech TV instead. November 2nd, from 8PM to 2AM EST, right here on our site or on Free Speech TV on DISH Network and DIRECTv.Election 2010: What'll Make Young Progressives Vote?
September 22, 2010The right wing is angry and mobilized this election season, with the Tea Party crowd energized after winning primaries and the left demoralized over the Obama administration's failings. Young people were a huge part of the movement that put Obama in the White House, but will they come out and vote again this year? And what will they be voting for?David Kirby, Election 2010, and The Narcicyst
September 21, 2010The FDA is holding public hearings this week on genetically modified "AquAdvantage" salmon, destined, if they make the cut, for your dinner plate. Meanwhile, congressional investigators are looking into an outbreak of salmonella that sickened over 1500 people. And nobody's talking about the superbug, MRSA, being found in pork. What's wrong with our food system?From Oscar Grant, Where? Seeking Structural Change
July 14, 2010Last week, a jury in Oakland ruled that the shooting death of Oscar Grant was involuntary manslaughter: Johannes Mehserle, the Bay Area Rapid Transit officer who shot Grant, they decided, was reaching for his taser, not his gun and did not mean to kill the young African-American man. But the statistics on police shootings of young men of color tell a different story: this happens too often to be an accident.Maya Wiley, Oscar Grant Verdict, and Don't Ask Don't Tell
July 13, 2010We have a problem around talking about race in this country, says Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion. There are those on the right who would shut down any discussion of racial issues, instead claiming that mentioning race at all makes the mentioner the racist. Whether the subject is a jobs bill or a Tea Party rally sign, a mention of race is all it takes to cut off all possibility of productive conversation.Jailed Without Justice
March 27, 2009In our constricted economy with many feeling more than a pinch, almost no one in Washington's talking seriously about Immigration reform. But according to a new report from Amnesty International, the status quo is costing us. In the last decade the number of immigrants in detention has tripled to over 30,000.Is AIG the Enemy? Channeling all That Rage
March 25, 2009There’s a lot of anger out there. And everyone’s talking about channeling it. Lately, much of that anger has been directed at AIG and the financial executives who've profited from the economic crisis. But are they the right targets?All the Rage, Chris Hedges on our Moral Collapse, and Casino Capitalism
March 24, 2009Chris Hedges on our financial and moral collapse. Young activists try to channel all that rage. And a new film by Leslie and Andrew Cockburn: American Casino.
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