GRITtv with Laura Flanders
GRITTtv Presents: Land, Rain and Fire a documentary film by Tami Gold
Feb 16, 2009 Episode Archive
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Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
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About this episode
Feb 16, 2009
10:43
News & Politics
In 2006, New York reporter and activist Brad Will was killed by paramilitaries in Oaxaca, where he was covering a teachers’ strike. Since the strike...
In 2006, New York reporter and activist Brad Will was killed by paramilitaries in Oaxaca, where he was covering a teachers’ strike. Since the strike--demanding higher salaries and free books for all students--the movement has expanded but the violence hasn’t stopped. Tami Gold, in her film Land, Rain and Fire looks at the impact of NAFTA, privatization, and land appropriation on the people of the region. The teachers union has continued to oppose the privatization of public education in the midst of severe repression.
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