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Antonia Juhasz, Walter Mosley, and the Royal Wedding
April 27, 2011"What has translated into a change in price for oil and gas has simply been a result of the greed of the oil industry," says author and GRITtv oil correspondent, Antonia Juhasz of rising oil prices and pain at the pump. Antonia is the director of the Energy Program at Global Exchange, and author of the newly released book, Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.The F Word: Let's Admit The Truth About American Royals
April 27, 2011According to polls, only about 6 percent of Americans are following with any close attention the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But that's not stopping the media fascination on both sides of the Atlantic with American's supposed fascination with Britain's royals.Heather Boushey, Deborah Small, and Cutting the Future
April 13, 2011"We need to go back to the day where we actually do ask everyone to pay their fair share--and that includes the wealthiest among us," says Heather Boushey, Senior Economist for the Center for American Progress. She joins us today to unpack President Obama's April 13 address on fiscal policy and deficit reduction.The F Word: Cuts Leave Young People With No Future to Win
April 13, 2011Paul Mason of the BBC called them “the graduates with no future.” They've been at the center of protest movements around the world, from Tunisia to Wisconsin.Carne Ross: WikiLeaks Disclosures and Dangers
January 5, 2011"We need to break down the assumption that foreign policy is something that should be left to these elites," says former British diplomat Carne Ross, who resigned over the Iraq war. The WikiLeaks cable releases, as he puts it, "reveal the extraordinary gap between private action and public rhetoric" on the part of governments--and that's what's been the most damaging.David Swanson, Carne Ross on WikiLeaks, and Trade
January 4, 2011"They've turned the deficit into the new Saddam Hussein," notes David Swanson, but he points out that if the deficit commission results in reduced military spending, it could have some small benefit. His new book, War is a Lie, delves into the myths about war, ultimately coming up with an argument that war is never justifiable.Rick Rowley, Rethink Afghanistan, Peter Bratsis & Harry Potter
December 15, 2010"NATO is losing the war in Afghanistan in every quantifiable way," says Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films, recently returned from a reporting trip to that country. And what's more, he notes, what's clear from the WikiLeaks cables is that the coalition governments are not as deluded as they would like their people to be about the reality on the ground in Afghanistan.The F Word: Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks
December 15, 2010There's a new blockbuster out just in time for the holidays: Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks. Here's a synopsis: While students in London spend hours in the cold protesting tuition fees that may soon triple, RBS, a bank that took a huge government bailout, throws a party commemorating one famous British student: Harry Potter. (Of course, Potter went to an exclusive private school.)Personal Democracy Forum: Government Secrets
December 15, 2010While we talk about the consequences for journalism and the Internet from the WikiLeaks releases, it's important not to forget what's actually in the cables that are causing a stir. Former British diplomat Carne Ross discusses the contents of the cables and what they mean for those watching--and those mentioned therein.Personal Democracy Forum: Wikileaks and Internet Freedom
December 14, 2010This weekend, the Personal Democracy Forum convened a symposium on WikiLeaks and the Internet. GRITtv was there as well, and today we bring you excerpts from that event, with journalists, academics, activists, and others talking about the impact of the leaks site on our political and technological systems.
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