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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.
A lot of media attention has been paid to the 9/12, tea party and town hall protests featuring an angry horde of mostly white citizens shouting abou...
A lot of media attention has been paid to the 9/12, tea party and town hall protests featuring an angry horde of mostly white citizens shouting about socialism and comparing President Obama to the Nazis--often in the same sentence. Our question is, where's the left-wing populist anger? Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates, Joel Silberman, fellow at the New Organizing Institute, and author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich join us to talk about the rage in the country and figure out how the left can harness it for progressive change. They compare the grassroots attendance at the National Equality March on October 11, estimated at 250,000, with the 9/12 protests stoked by Glenn Beck, and note the need for mass movements to push the Democratic Party to enact the changes it keeps promising--for all Americans.
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