GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Jacobin: Stretching the boundaries of the Liberal Left Critique

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:49 +0000

Bhaskar Sunkara is the editor and publisher of Jacobin Magazine, one of the leading voices of the American left. Just out with their 9th issue, the publication offers a socialist perspective on politics, economics, and culture. Joining Laura in the studio, Bhaskar discusses the problems with liberal media, capitalism, his take on the Jacobins, and much more. To see the full story go to GRITtv.org.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Jacobin: Stretching the boundaries of the Liberal Left Critique (Teaser)

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:34:46 +0000

FEMA Denies Aid to Co-Ops (EXCERPT)

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:04:26 +0000

FEMA is denying home-owners relief to people who live in housing co-ops even if they sustained damage in Hurricane Sandy. Why? Andy Reicher of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), explains to GRITtv. Get the full story at GRITtv.org.Distributed by OneLoad.com

FEMA Denies Aid To Co-Ops

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:32 +0000

New Era Windows Cooperative is Now Open For Business

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:51:02 +0000

After a lot of labor and learning, the workers who famously occupied the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in '08 are opening a new cooperative business: New Era Windows. Laura discusses the journey with Brendan Martin of The Working World and three of the worker-owners.Distributed by OneLoad.com

New Era Windows Cooperative is Now Open For Business (EXTRACT)

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:50:45 +0000

On Kayford Mountain, WV

Tue, 07 May 2013 02:42:33 +0000

Investigators blame ammonium nitrate for the 4/17 explosion that devastated West, Texas. It's also the chemical coal companies use in mountaintop removal. GRITtv's Laura Flanders was in WV recently and talked to two opponents of "MTR" (strip mining.)Distributed by OneLoad.com

Felix Creutzig Comments on New York City's New Mode of Transportation

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:00:09 +0000

Dr. Felix Creutzig is head of the working group Land Use, Infrastructures and Transport at The Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin. Currently a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University. His research focuses on assessing opportunities for GHG mitigation of cities world-wide along with effective models of sustainable urban form and transport. As New York City begins to implement its new bike transportation system, Felix discusses his research in relationship to the addition of a new transport infrastructure to NYC's already highly developed city plan. What are some of the challenges ahead and how does this play into climate mitigation? FInd out in this video at GRITtv.orgDistributed by OneLoad.com

Holly Near (short)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:03:18 +0000

Holly Near has just released her first album in three years, Peace Becomes You, capping forty creative years and 30 recordings. Known and respected globally for her music and her activism, in this extract of a conversation with Laura Flanders, Near talks about participating with Jane Fonda in the "Free The Army" tour, founding Redwood Records, and her relationship with Ronnie Gilbert of The Weavers. To see the full interview go to http://GRITtv.org. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Holly Near Shares The Stories Behind The Music

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:52:24 +0000

Holly Near has just released her first album in three years, Peace Becomes You, capping forty creative years and 30 recordings. Known and respected globally for her music and her activism, in this conversation with Laura Flanders, Near talks about listening to Harry Belafonte, working with Jane Fonda and the song she wrote after the assassination of Harvey Milk, as well as her take on "identity politics." Broadcasters beware: this interview contains the "f" word. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Bob Edgar: Take Back Our Country

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:15:49 +0000

In Congress for 12 years, at the World Council of Churches and as the CEO of Common Cause, Edgar worked to hold those in power accountable to the public. In the spring of 2011, he talked with Laura Flanders about democracy, past and present. To see the full story and to see more videos like this, go to GRITtv.orgDistributed by OneLoad.com

Bob Edgar: A Tainted Democracy

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:30:06 +0000

Tax Havens for the 99%: Art and Activism by Paolo Cirio

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:21:05 +0000

Tax day is here, and artist Paolo Cirio invites you to a protest tax evasion by availing yourself of an "offshore tax haven" -- just as the biggest businesses do. 80% of hedge funds have their companies registered anonymously in the Cayman Islands, where they pay no taxes. Artist/activist Cirio has not only hacked the Cayman's registry site but created certificates of authentication for the rest of us -- using the information he has uncovered. Distributed by OneLoad.com

To End Poverty Obama Needs to Tackle Huge Wealth - Sam Pizzigati

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:59:31 +0000

There was a time when the very wealthiest paid a substantial portion of their income in taxes, "Those were the years of the greatest middle class prosperity in America," says Author Sam Pizzigati. This inequality did not come without a struggle and over the past 30 years the balance has slid backward toward the early 20th century American plutocracy. As tax day approaches perhaps we should remember the struggle against inequality and "be as bold as our predeccesors." To learn more go to GRITtv.org Distributed by OneLoad.com

The Future of Healthcare? Nurses Respond to The New York Times

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:40:04 +0000

When the New York Times wrote about the future of healthcare, they made the claim that "When people talk about the future of health care, Kaiser Permanente is often the model they have in mind." But one group of experts they didn't talk to: nurses. Laura Flanders interviews a couple to find out what they think of the model. To see more videos like this subscribe! Also at http://GRITtv.org Distributed by OneLoad.com

"Coming Out of the Shadows" -Union Square Rally

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:55:57 +0000

"Coming Out of the Shadows: Undocumented, Unafraid and Unapologetic." On March 28th, as part of a coordinated national campaign, a new generation of immigrant youth gathered and "came out" as undocumented in a public rally in Union Square. Subscribe to GRITtv.org to follow more stories like this.

Lynn Paltrow: Teaser

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:40:14 +0000

Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) discusses the case of Bei Bei Shuai, a Chinese immigrant arrested and charged with murder of her fetus after she attempted suicide during pregnancy. This is an excerpt of a longer discussion of the deadly implications for women of so-called "fetal protection" or "personhood" laws at http://GRITtv.org. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Far More At Stake Than Abortion: Lynn Paltrow Discusses Her Newly Released Study

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:14:41 +0000

Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) is co-author of a study on the arrests of and forced interventions on pregnant women in the name of "fetal protection" and "fetal protection". "The cases documented in our study, as well as recent cases, make clear that, 40 years after Roe v. Wade was decided, far more is at stake than abortion or women's reproductive rights." To see the full story visit http://GRITtv.org. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt Prepare a Dagga Salad

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:08:45 +0000

Co-Authors, Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt prepare a Dagga Salad and talk about the making of their cookbook, The Gaza Kitchen. Go to GRITtv.org to see the full story.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Marc Mauer and Sabrina Jones: The Graphic Retelling of Race to Incarcerate

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:55:04 +0000

Marc Mauer is one of the country’s leading experts on sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system. Race to Incarcerate, Mauer’s groundbreaking book on how sentencing policies led to the explosive expansion of the U.S. prison population. Just out, is the graphic novel version, Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling by the graphic Artist Sabrina Jones.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Lisa Graves: A Reporter's Guide to the Goldwater Institute

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:40:08 +0000

Executive Director of The Center for Media and Democracy talks about Fair Election Laws, the national local movements for change and how New Yorkers can get involved. Distributed by OneLoad.com

American Winter: An Interview with the Gantz Brothers

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:42:37 +0000

AMERICAN WINTER is a timely documentary that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Filmed over the winter of 2011-12, the film presents an intimate snapshot of the state of the nation’s economy as it is playing out in the lives of many American families, and reveals the human consequences of cuts to social services, the decline of the middle class, and the fracturing of the American Dream. AMERICAN WINTER is produced and directed by Emmy® Award-winning filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz, creators of HBO's Taxicab Confessions.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Occupy Hungary?

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:51:46 +0000

The Hungarian Parliament has passed a constitutional amendment which threatens basic civil liberties. Marton Gulyas (of Kretakor theater), tells GRITtv about Human Platform, a coalition of civil society groups which is taking to the streets in protest. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Rick Wolff: A Cure for Capitalism?

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:14 +0000

Employment's up, wealth's up, but the benefits of both are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. Welcome to capitalism, says GRITtv regular, Richard Wolff. In this conversation he discusses the concentration of power in today's economy and suggests some alternatives, including "worker self-directed enterprises" if we want to democratize the economy, and US society. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Health Care? Employment? A Conversation With Rick Wolff

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:59:25 +0000

Rick Wolff is a professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His newest book is "Democracy At Work: A Cure For Capitalism." Watch the entire conversation, about the state of capitalism, WSDEs (worker self directed enterprises) and democratizing the US economy at GRITtv.org Distributed by OneLoad.com

Gar Alperovitz: We are Living in the Pre-History of the Next American Revolution

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:41:08 +0000

“If you counted poverty the way every other nation in the world counts it a quarter of our society is in poverty,” says political economist Gar Alperovitz. So why is it then, that Alperovitz also says we may be witnessing the pre-history of the next American Revolution? What’s up?Distributed by OneLoad.com

What Then Must We Do? Gar Alperovitz

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:25:07 +0000

Political economist, Gar Alperovitz believes that the storm of failure we’re witnessing on the economy creates pain but also possibility. When states and cities have “no answers” new ideas and new experiences have a chance to insert themselves into the mix. Indeed, look a little deeper than the money media tend to, and the US economy isn’t so singular as one might think. In fact, far from one “economy” we live in a “checkerboard” of systems, some of which look a whole lot like socialism. What’s hotel socialism? Find out in this conversation about Alperovitz’s latest book What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution, which comes out later this month from Chelsea Green. And read the full transcript at Truthout.org

Barbara Ransby: Out With Her New Book

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:13:44 +0000

Historians for the most part have confined Eslanda Robeson or "Essie" to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her famous husband. Barbara Ransby is out with her newest book, Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson which challenges this view. Barbara Ransby is a professor of African American Studies, Women Studies and History at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She is the winner of the award winning book, "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement".Distributed by OneLoad.com

SUSIE DAY: ZERO DARK THIRTY

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:30:12 +0000

The Woman's Guide to Success Thru TortureDistributed by OneLoad.com

Oscar Nominated Filmmakers discuss their film

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:25:42 +0000

Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi discuss their Oscar nominated film, 5 Broken Cameras. The film is a highly personal encounter of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict.Distributed by OneLoad.com

The Directors of 5 Broken Cameras

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:07:06 +0000

The Directors, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, discuss their Oscar Nominated Film 5 Broken Cameras.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Greek Workers Take Over Factory

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:34:04 +0000

Feb 12th was the first day of production under worker control at Vio.Me, a building materials factory in Thessaloniki, abandoned by its owners. GRITtv talked to Theodoros Karyotis, of the Open Solidarity Initiative about the workers' decision.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Tony Benn, On the future of Internationalism

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:16:32 +0000

Longtime Labor Party MP, Tony Benn, is the President of the Stop the War Coalition (UK). In this conversation with GRITtv's Laura Flanders he talks about the future of the EU, democracy in the UK and reflects on his decades in politics.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Rashad Robinson

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:40:20 +0000

Rashad Robinson discusses the state of the Union and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Kathy Kelly: War goes on for people of Afghanistan

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:16:31 +0000

After returning from her 12th visit to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly talks with GRITtv's Laura Flanders about the current situation and whether war is winding down for Afghans. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Kathy Kelly

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:54:00 +0000

Kathy Kelly speaks about her recent stay in Afghanistan.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Gun Spoke, and Gun Said

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:23:09 +0000

Poem by Danita Geltner for GRITtv with Laura Flanders. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Martin Duberman: Howard Zinn's Life and Legacy

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:35:31 +0000

Martin Duberman, the author of the biography of Howard Zinn, "A Life on the Left," explores the historian's powerful legacy.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Glenn Harris: Race and Social Justice in our Cities

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:47:41 +0000

Glenn Harris, the Race and Social Justice Initiative Manager for the City of Seattle, explains how centering race in discussions about urban planning can make our cities better for all residents.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Wenonah Hauter on Foodopoly

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:53:58 +0000

The Executive Director of Food and Water Watch tells GRITtv's Laura Flanders why voting with our forks isn't enough to beat food company consolidation and why we need new corporate anti-trust regulation and a stronger democracy too.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Sarah Schulman in conversation with Vijay Prashad

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:33:31 +0000

Sarah Schulman, activist & author of Israel Palestine and the Queer International, talks w. Trinity College Prof. Vijay Prashad, author of Uncle Swami and The Darker Nations, about the politics of fear, the Israeli lobby, and meaning of solidarity.Distributed by OneLoad.com

The State of Female America: Extract

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:45:42 +0000

Eve Ensler (V-Day) and others discuss how inequality and public policy affect violence against women, and celebrate those who work towards systemic change. See more of the conversation at http://GRITtv.org.Distributed by OneLoad.com

The State of Female America

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:44:25 +0000

Eve Ensler of V-Day joins labor and civil rights leaders to discuss the state of female America. Can the violence be stopped? With Ai-Jen Poo, Randi Weingarten, Karen Higgins, Kimberle Crenshaw & Amber Hollibaugh. Laura Flanders hosts. Recorded 11/27/12 at New York's Cooper Union. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Are You Ready? Remembering Alexander Cockburn

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:33:46 +0000

Radical journalist and author Alexander Cockburn, who passed away July 21, 2012, was celebrated at a memorial in New York last September attended by (among others) Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali and the extended Cockburn family. This is an edited report.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Dean Spade: The Most Imprisoning Nation in the World [EXCERPT]

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:22:02 +0000

Dean Spade—founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and author of the new book, "Normal Life"—explains why we need to rethink the criminalization of large parts of the population. This is an excerpt of an exclusive two-part interview with Spade. To watch the full interview go to GritTV.orgDistributed by OneLoad.com

Dean Spade: The Most Imprisoning Nation in the World [Part 1 of 2]

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:38:08 +0000

Dean Spade—founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and author of the new book, "Normal Life"—explains how the US became the most imprisoning nation in the world. This is part one of a two-part interview with Spade. To watch the second part go to GritTV.orgDistributed by OneLoad.com

Dean Spade: Trickle-up Social Justice [Part 2 of 2]

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:35:09 +0000

Dean Spade—founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and author of the new book, "Normal Life"—explains why our social justice efforts have to move from the grassroots up. This is part one of a two-part interview with Spade. To watch the second part go to GritTV.orgDistributed by OneLoad.com

Michigan Nurses President on Collective Bargaining

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:09:56 +0000

Jeff Breslin, registered nurse & president of the Michigan Nurses Association talked with GRITtv's Laura Flanders the day after Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law two bills weakening collective bargaining and making MI the 24th "right-to-work" state.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Mindy Fullilove: Building Stronger Communities After Super Storm Sandy [EXCERPT]

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:40:26 +0000

With global climate change upon us, extreme weather events like Super Storm Sandy will become even more frequent. Research psychiatrist Mindy Fullilove explains that focusing on community cohesion can go a long way toward softening the psychic stresses of natural disasters. Watch the full interview at http://www.blip.tv/file/6455129Distributed by OneLoad.com

Eugene Jarecki: When Will the Drug War Finally End? [EXCERPT]

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:24:08 +0000

The drug war has been a colossal waste of money, resources and, most importantly, lives. For Eugene Jarecki, the director of The House I Live In, the time has never been better to end this destructive cycle. Watch the full interview here: http://www.blip.tv/file/6455268Distributed by OneLoad.com

Eugene Jarecki: When Will the Drug War Finally End? [FULL INTERVIEW]

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:59:52 +0000

Mindy Fullilove: Building Stronger Communities After Super Storm Sandy [FULL VIDEO]

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:08:13 +0000

Vijay Prashad on Palestine Vote At UN

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:28:39 +0000

Vijay Prashad (author, "Arab Spring, Libyan Winter") talks to GRITtv's Laura Flanders about the vote to give enhanced status to Palestine at the UN. The US and Israel have to face a new reality in the Middle East says Prashad. Taped 11/29/12 in NYC.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Saket Soni: Fighting for a Better Future After Sandy

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:53:05 +0000

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Saket Soni hurried to the Gulf and started the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice. What he found in the days after the storm was that corporations and politicians were doing everything they could to reshape the damaged city in their favor. Now, after Super Storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the Northeast, Saket has some words of advice for New York, New Jersey and other affected areas: It's never too earlier to start rebuilding and reimagining the city we all want to live in. Watch more from The Laura Flanders Show at http://blip.tv/grittvDistributed by OneLoad.com

Tim Wise: White Power is Not History

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:04:18 +0000

In the wake of Barack Obama's reelection, Newsweek ran a cover headline: "You're Old, You're White, You're History!" The newsweekly wasn't alone in declaring white supremacy dead. Is it? At Facing Race 2012, GRITtv asked author & activist Tim Wise.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Jane McAlevey: Building the Labor Movement in Obama's Second Term

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:18:38 +0000

With a Democrat again in the White House for the next four years, the labor movement has won some much-needed breathing room, says organizer and author Jane McAlevey. Now's the time, McAlevey says, to get the best activists back in the field and push hard for expanded labor rights.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Radhika Balakrishnan: Austerity Is a Human Rights Violation [Excerpt]

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:37:08 +0000

The renowned feminist economist explains why cuts to healthcare, education and other social services are a threat to human dignity and a violation of human rights. Watch the full video at http://www.blip.tv/file/6428740Distributed by OneLoad.com

Radhika Balakrishnan: Austerity Is a Human Rights Violation [FULL VIDEO]

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:07:17 +0000

The renowned feminist economist explains why cuts to healthcare, education and other social services are a threat to human dignity and a violation of human rights.

John Nichols and Bob McChesney: 'Citizens United' Is a Life-and-Death Issue for Our Democracy

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:45:47 +0000

The Supreme Court's "Citizens United" court case has made a bad situation worse by allowing corporations to inject even more money into our political process. John Nichols and Bob McChesney explain how we can begin to take back our democracy from the monied interests that currently monopolize power.

Ashindi Maxton: America's Founding Inequality

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:10:46 +0000

From the founding of the republic, inequality has been built into our country's DNA. As Ashindi Maxton, a former fellow at the New Organizing Institute, the first step toward a more just society is to recognize the pervasive nature of that inequality, and confront it head-on.Distributed by OneLoad.com

James Rucker: Our Democracy's Not For Sale

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:59:23 +0000

James Rucker, the co-founder of Color of Change, started the organization with a simple idea: for a democracy to thrive, all citizens need to have their voices heard. Corporations can advertise any product they like, but they shouldn't be permitted to buy and sell our politicians. People can use the internet to organize resistance. Distributed by OneLoad.com

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Media Can Fight Back Against 'Citizens United'

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:17:38 +0000

The Supreme Court's 'Citizens United' decisions opened the floodgates for corporate money to be used in elections in previously unprecedented ways. That's why, The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues, independent media must work harder than ever to expose the abuses of power that will inevitably follow when money and politics mix.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Lisa Graves: How Extreme Wealth Is Harming Our Democracy

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:07:38 +0000

According to Lisa Graves, Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the most severe threat to our political system is the extreme concentration of wealth in so few hands. And after the 'Citizens United' Supreme Court decision opened the doors for that money to be used for political ends, the harm that wealth can do has only grown.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Noam Chomsky at Alexander Cockburn Memorial

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:15:58 +0000

Among the many who celebrated author Alexander Cockburn at a memorial held 9/22/12 in NY was MIT professor & author, Noam Chomsky, whose remembrance is shared in full, here. A compilation of the entire memorial will be available soon from GRITtv.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Pam Brown: Occupy Debt [FULL INTERVIEW]

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:52:35 +0000

We as a society view our monetary debts as a moral issue: We took out the money, we should have to pay it back. The problem with this logic is that the money we are giving the banks, financial institutions and our government never existed before the interest we incurred piled up. Pam Brown of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign and Strike Debt says there's another way out of our predicament: If our numbers are large enough, we can collectively refuse to pay back the trillions that are being extorted from us. Watch the full conversation with Laura Flanders and visit GRITtv.org to learn more.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Pam Brown: Occupy Debt [EXCERPT]

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:40:46 +0000

We as a society view our monetary debts as a moral issue: We took out the money, we should have to pay it back. The problem with this logic is that the money we are giving the banks, financial institutions and our government never existed before the interest we incurred piled up. Pam Brown of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign and Strike Debt says there's another way out of our predicament: If our numbers are large enough, we can collectively refuse to pay back the trillions that are being extorted from us. This video is an excerpt, watch the full conversation with Laura Flanders at GRITtv.org to learn more.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire [EXCERPT]

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:37:54 +0000

What happens when you force communities, families and entire ecosystems to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace? You get what Chris Hedges, co-author with Joe Sacco of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, calls "sacrifice zones." From Appalachia to North Dakota to Camden, New Jersey, these zones, ravaged by the excesses of capitalism, prefigure our collective future. This is an excerpt, watch the full interview with Chris Hedges and Laura Flanders at http://www.blip.tv/file/6331379Distributed by OneLoad.com

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:21:32 +0000

Jane McAlevey: We Can't Labor Without Our Lives [FULL VIDEO]

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:55:17 +0000

More work, less pay, longer hours, slimmer chances for us or our children to advance; the message is coming up: We can't Labor without our Lives. As organizer and author Jane McAlevey explains in this video with Laura Flanders, the place of struggle is the workplace, but it's also everywhere else.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Jane McAlevey: We Can't Labor Without Our Lives

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:21:42 +0000

More work, less pay, longer hours, slimmer chances for us or our children to advance; the message is coming up: We can’t Labor without our Lives. As organizer and author Jane McAlevey explains in this video with Laura Flanders, the place of struggle is the workplace, but it’s also everywhere else. This video is an excerpt, watch the full conversation at http://www.blip.tv/file/6317013

Scot Nakagawa: Dismantling the Fulcrum of White Supremacy

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:56:31 +0000

Race, according to activist and writer Scot Nakagawa, was an idea created originally to justify the enslavement of a people, and has displayed pernicious staying power in the centuries since. That's why, as Nakagawa explains in this video with Laura Flanders, he believes that his liberation and the liberation of all people of color in the United States is tied to the liberation of African-Americans. For Nakagawa, anti-black racism is "the fulcrum of white supremacy.

Scot Nakagawa: Asian America's Overlooked Diversity

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:56:05 +0000

The diverse ethnic groups that are often lumped together under the designation "Asian American" share little in the way of common cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds, and a recent Pew Center study found that the term had little meaning even for Asian Americans. But that's not the only problem with this classification, according to activist and writer Scot Nakagawa. The term, he argues, has more often than not been used to conjure up the idea of a model minority against which all other minority groups should be judged—and found wanting. Watch the full conversation with Laura Flanders for more on the term's troubled history and potential use for those fighting for social justice.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Omar Jadwat: Fighting Arizona's Racial Profiling Laws

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:38:19 +0000

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long been in the national spotlight for his heavy-handed approach to immigration enforcement. Now, a number of groups have taken him to court for what they say are discriminatory practices that result in racial profiling in the Grand Canyon state. Omar Jadwat, Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, tells Laura Flanders the stakes involved in the lawsuit, and how activists can take on racially discriminatory policing nationwide.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Omar Jadwat: Can Racial Profiling Be Stopped?

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:20:14 +0000

John Fullerton: How Can We Curb Financial Speculation?

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:08:38 +0000

If each of the financial trades Wall Street is carrying out to make their billions incurred a cost, how quickly do you think someone would rein in the robots? That's the logic behind creating a new financial transaction tax for US trading. When we spoke with John Fullerton, former JP Morgan director and hedge fund head, he cited market instability as his number one reason for endorsing for financial transaction, or "Robin Hood" taxes.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:17:29 +0000

The latest book from Robert Pollin, economics professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst and director of the Political Economy Research Institute, is "Back to Full Employment." If the title seems bold, the roadmap Pollin lays out behind it is hardly outlandish. In this conversation with Laura Flanders, Pollin explains how the Federal Reserve can grow employment tremendously, without the need for any legislation.Distributed by OneLoad.com

Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:36:32 +0000

GRITtv: Imagining Radical Change with David Harvey & Alexander Cockburn

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:09:48 +0000

The word "Change" has been used so much lately that it often seems almost meaningless. What's change really? Is it having Barack Obama in the White House, talking about withdrawing from Iraq, a stimulus bill that spends some federal dollars on infrastructure? David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism, and Alexander Cockburn, author of End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate, don't think small when it comes to change. They aren't afraid to think about significant, even radical changes to the social order we've grown so used to, whether it's requiring full employment, reimagining urban living, or repudiating credit card debt and abolishing Wall Street speculation. Cockburn and Harvey joined Laura for an event at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture & Politics, and we bring you part of that discussion today.

John Fullerton: Making Finance Safe for the Planet

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Former managing director at JP Morgan John Fullerton wants to see a complete re-imagining of the world of investments. If we don't, Fullerton argues in this conversation with Laura Flanders, our grandchildren will ask us, "What were you thinking?"

John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change?

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:31:32 +0000

John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change?

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:49:19 +0000

Judgement Day: Dr. Margaret Flowers on what follows the Supreme Court Ruling on Healthcare.

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:36:59 +0000

Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program sees one major flaw in President Obama's Affordable Care Act: It did not go far enough. The only solution, Flowers argues in this conversation with Laura Flanders, is to push for universal healthcare by expanding medicare so that it covers all Americans.

Amber L. Hollibaugh: The LGBTQ Movement's Radical Vision

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:42:51 +0000

Amber L. Hollibaugh of Queers for Economic Justice argues that though there's plenty to be proud of in this year's "Pride" month, there's still a long way to go for the LGBTQ movement. Speaking with Laura Flanders, she explains how desire can be both the ends and the means of a sexually liberational politics. For more on Amber and her work, visit QEJ's website at q4ej.org.

Amber Hollibaugh: Making Desire Political Again

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:25:13 +0000

Amber L. Hollibaugh of Queers for Economic Justice explains how desire can be both the ends and the means of a sexually liberatory politics.

Amber Hollibaugh: How Far Has the LGBTQ Movement Come?

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:31:13 +0000

Amber Hollibaugh of Queers for Economic Justice argues that though there's plenty to be proud of this Pride weekend, there's still a long way to go for the LGBTQ movement.

Leah Fried on Chicago Windows Factory Co-Op

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:07:40 +0000

Leah Fried of the United Electrical workers (UE,) talks with Laura Flanders about the decision by Chicago factory workers to purchase the plant they once famously occupied. Fried and Flanders spoke at Labor Notes 2012 in Chicago.

Larry Hanley: Transit Workers' Rights = Transit Riders' Safety

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:23:33 +0000

ATU president Larry Hanley talks to Laura Flanders about rising pressure on transit workers as transit cuts take their toll. The two talked at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago, 2012.

Peter Edelman: How Did America Get So Poor?

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:35:06 +0000

Is poverty such a problem in the US because poverty alleviation programs don't work, or because we have too many low-wage jobs? Peter Edelman of Georgetown University Law Center joins Laura Flanders to explain how we became a nation that fails to help its most needy citizens and what can be done.

Chicago Public High School teacher Jennifer Johnson at Labor Notes

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:18:59 +0000

Chicago teacher, Jennifer Johnson,addressed the Labor Notes conference in Chicago earlier this month. Johnson teaches history at Lincoln Park High School in North Chicago. Her father and grandfather were both teachers and she loves her job, but she’ll strike if she has to, she told Laura Flanders. It’d be “doing justice” to her pupils.

Terry Tempest Williams

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:36:28 +0000

Terry Tempest Williams' author of When Women Were Birds and Refuge, discusses silence, secrets and voice with Laura Flanders of GRITtv. What's all of this got to do with politics? Everything. Williams refuses to choose between the personal and the political, the practical and the poetic. On behalf of us all she demands the right to be whole.

Why Wisconsin's TAA Refused to Endorse (VIDEO)

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000

This Tuesday, as Wisconsinites voted in primaries to replace Governor Scott Walker and five other state wide office holders, the union of graduate students at the heart of the 2011 Capitol protests stood apart from their union fellows and refused to endorse any candidate. TAA co-president Adrienne Pagac explains why.

Chatting With Chomsky

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:10:49 +0000

Laura Flanders talks with MIT professor and author Noam Chomsky, to discuss his latest publication, OCCUPY, OWS, anarchism, racism, corporate power and the potential for a cooperative alternative. Recorded 4/24/12 for Free Speech TV

Rev. Jesse Jackson on Charging of George Zimmerman

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:52:07 +0000

George Zimmerman was behind bars Wednesday, 45 days after he went free after shooting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman now faces the possibility of life in prison, but Rev. Jesse Jackson tells Laura Flanders of GRITtv that the mobilizing shouldn't end.

Rural Women: Climate Bad, Corporate Pillage Worse

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:18:26 +0000

Fatima Ahmed, Director of Zenab for Women and Development in Sudan and Rose Cunningham, Director of Wangki Tangni, an indigenous women’s group in Nicaragua talk to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about what they face, courtesy of MADRE.

Women Say Climate Bad, Corporate Pillage Worse

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:36:50 +0000

Rural development experts, Fatima Ahmed, Director of Zenab for Women and Development in Sudan and Rose Cunningham, Director of Wangki Tangni, an indigenous women’s group in Nicaragua talk to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about what they face.

The Laura Flanders Show...coming soon!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:14:34 +0000

After three years in daily production, GRITtv is transforming into the Laura Flanders Show for distribution online and on public TV later this year.

Occupy, Indignados? Democracy's in Trouble

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:41:10 +0000

Economist Loretta Napoleoni, and advisor to Spain's Indignados, talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about Occupy Wall St., the crisis of western democracy and her newest book, Maonomics, Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists than We Do. (This clip was originally posted in October, 2011.)

Nobel Winner, Leymah Gbowee on sex, peace and the US at War

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:01:48 +0000

Nobel Paace-Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about sex as an organizing tool, the prospects for women in Eqypt and where NGOs - and the US - go wrong when it comes to making peace after war.

Housing Groups work with Occupy Wall St.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:17:38 +0000

Long time anti-homelessness activist Rob Robinson talked with Laura Flanders of GRITtv about Occupy Wall St and the December 6 day of national actions, #OccupyYourHomes. (http://occupyyourhomes.org)

Lou Reed at Occupy Lincoln Center

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:28:08 +0000

Rocker Lou Reed with Laurie Anderson joined Occupy Wall street and Philip Glass to protest for free speech and assembly and against colonial-style arts funding, after the last performance of Glass's "Satyagraha" opera at Lincoln Center Dec.1.