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Showing videos filed under: Wallace Shawn
Guantanamo at Home: The Case of Fahad Hashmi
November 3, 2009Jeanne Theoharis, along with actor Kathleen Chalfant and actor, playwright and author Wallace Shawn of Theaters Against War, joins us to talk about Fahad's case, free speech and why we need to speak up for people like Fahad.The Social Media Revolution with Clay Shirky and Guantanamo at Home
November 2, 2009Clay Shirky, professor in New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, is at the forefront of thought and discussion on the future of the Internet and communication technology. From the "Twitter revolution" in Iran and GitHub's collaborative coding process to the death of newspapers and the rise of the Pirate Party in Europe, Shirky has traced the way new and social media have changed the way the world works.Our Dinner With Wally Shawn
September 2, 2009Playwright, author, and actor Wally Shawn on the healthcare question, political turning points, and, of course, family. He’s just out with a new collection of essays from Haymarket books aptly titled, Essays.Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle, Our Dinner With Wally Shawn, and Gaza Under Siege
September 1, 2009What exactly are healthcare activists fighting for? And has Organizing for America missed the bigger picture? We talk to veteran organizer Marshall Ganz and others. Then, playwright, author and actor Wallace Shawn discusses his new collection of essays. And a video on life in Gaza.New Found Feminism, Wallace Shawn on Being Bourgeois, and The United States of Poetry
July 28, 2008What would a feminist campaign really look like? Playwright, actor Wally Shawn on upper class angst, The Food Stamp Challenge, and The United States of Poetry with Leonard Cohen and Amiri Baraka.Wallace Shawn: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
July 2, 2008There is no justification for inequality. That is a thought that playwright and actor Wallace Shawn says could poison your life. It has poisoned the lives of some of the characters in Shawn’s plays including The Fever, which recently received a staged reading in New York at Revolution Books. In this interview Shawn discusses his work, the perverse pleasure of power, and the subject of a recent speech he gave atNew Found Feminism, Wallace Shawn on Being Bourgeois, and The United States of Poetry
July 1, 2008What would a feminist campaign really look like? Playwright, actor Wally Shawn on upper class angst, The Food Stamp Challenge, and The United States of Poetry with Leonard Cohen and Amiri Baraka.
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