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Showing videos filed under: Wal-mart
Walmart: Too Big to Sue?
June 21, 2011Familiar with "too big to fail?" Welcome now to "too big to sue". Workers everywhere took a hit with the Supreme Court's gift to the biggest businesses.Dorian Warren: The 'Walmart Way'
June 20, 2011"It's a targeting of workers' abilities to come together against big companies," says Columbia University professor Dorian Warren of the Walmart v. Duke case. The case was decided in favor of the company this week.Dorian Warren, Josh Holland and No-Fly Zone in Arizona
March 30, 2011"It's a targeting of workers' abilities to come together against big companies," says Columbia University professor Dorian Warren of the Walmart v. Duke case. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides on whether a class-action lawsuit that pits female employees since 1998 against the corporate giant Walmart will be permitted.Year in Review: Looking Back at 2009 and the 00's
December 31, 2009It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? There have been bright spots and not-so-bright spots, nasty political fights and moments of progress.Robert Greenwald: Organizing through Film
December 24, 2009Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has been making documentaries on the biggest progressive issues for the last decade. He's gone from the 2000 election to the Iraq War, Fox News to Wal-Mart, and lately has been a leading voice urging leaders to Rethink Afghanistan. He joins us via phone to talk about progressive organizing through media--what works, what doesn't, and where to go from here.2009: Best Year in the Worst Decade?
December 23, 2009It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? There have been bright spots and not-so-bright spots, nasty political fights and moments of progress.The F Word: The Hunger News
November 20, 2008It's more than newsprint that leaves newspaper junkies feeling filthy these days. It's the news being reported. It's dirty. Take today's Wall Street Journal. In the National Section there's a story on states cutting Services for the Elderly and disabled. With the economy shrinking, the state of Alabama, for example, has stopped funding homemaker services for 12,000 people.
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