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Joseph Dana: New Media and the Truth in Israel & Palestine
December 1, 2010"There's a lot of Palestinian Gandhis," says reporter Joseph Dana. But up until recently, it was nearly impossible for everyday people around the world to hear their stories. That's changing with social media, he points out, and with this week's release of more diplomatic documents from WikiLeaks, the world has more information than ever about what really happens both on the ground in Israel and Palestine and in diplomatic channels.Laurie Penny, Joseph Dana, and the Federal Pay Freeze
November 30, 2010"These kids can do the maths, they know that young people, poor people are clearly not the priority of this government anymore. Something else is," says Laurie Penny of the latest round of student protests in the UK. The protests may be leaderless, she notes, but they're anything but random--students have focused their ire on corporations such as TopShop, run by tax evaders who then turn around and advise the government where to cut.Kai Wright & Steve Cobble: Obama Should Watch His Left Flank
November 4, 2010Was it Obama that caused Democrats' major midterm losses? Racism? The economy? Why was the Democratic base demoralized--failure to take on Wall Street or immigration reform? And which constituencies did come out to vote? These are all questions worth answering the morning after the Republicans take back the House with little more than inchoate rage and promises of "smaller government."Thomas Frank, Midterm Election Recap, and Lessons Learned
November 3, 2010"If there was ever a case of voting for something that is going to make the problem worse, this is it," says Thomas Frank of the 2010 midterms. We've gone from voting for Democrats to fix the economy to kicking them out in favor of Republicans calling for more of the policies that created the crisis: deregulation, tax cuts, and nebulously-defined "freedom." With those people in charge of the House, what's going to happen next?The F Word: Be Careful What You Vote For This Election Night
November 1, 2010Halloween is over, but the scary stuff is still around. One of the scariest things we can think of here at GRITtv is a Senate without Russ Feingold, but that's not the end of the creepy prospects in Wisconsin.Katrina vanden Heuvel & Hendrik Hertzberg: Moneybombing the Election
October 26, 2010"What we are seeing is a dagger directed at the heart of our democracy, with this money," says Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, of the ongoing influx of corporate cash on election spending this cycle. She notes that this has been a $5 billion--with a B--election, with $1 billion spent just on the House, and no matter what Karl Rove tries to say, there is nowhere close to parity with spending from left-wing causes.Katrina vanden Heuvel & Hendrik Hertzberg, 10 Questions, and John Nichols
October 25, 2010"What we are seeing is a dagger directed at the heart of our democracy, with this money," says Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, of the ongoing influx of corporate cash on election spending this cycle. She notes that this has been a $5 billion--with a B--election, with $1 billion spent just on the House, and no matter what Karl Rove tries to say, there is nowhere close to parity with spending from left-wing causes.John Nichols: Citizens United Corrupts Absolutely
October 25, 2010The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United is being felt right now, argues John Nichols of The Nation. When the decision came down, many thought it would take years to sort out the effects, but instead, he says, "We may have our first fully corporate-defined election this year, in 2010."Bill Fletcher Jr., Jesse Jackson, John Conyers and John Nichols
October 4, 2010"We need a grassroots coalition that's comparable to the Tea Party movement in many respects. It needs to be fairly decentralized, easy for people to join, and it needs to be audacious," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the way forward after the success of this past weekend's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. This rally, he notes, needs to not simply be a nice day out for progressives--it needs to be a turning of the tide, a reversal of course away from anger and toward solidarity.John Nichols: Fighting for Feingold
October 4, 2010Russ Feingold has consistently been a progressive Senator to be counted on: the sole vote against the PATRIOT Act, a principled vote against bailing out the banks, a tireless fighter for civil liberties, and a man willing to stand up to his own party as well as the opposition. So it's no surprise that he's a prime target for conservatives.
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