http://blip.tv Recent Posts - Blip - Blip en-us http://blip.tv Thu, 05 May 2011 20:22:48 +0000 Thu, 05 May 2011 20:22:48 +0000 71B5A098-7755-11E0-BB5E-9E8E0C9FBD25 http://blip.tv/grittv/grittv-the-f-word-tony-kushner-denied-honors-over-palestine-5127255 lauraflanders 199335 grittv grittv GRITtv with Laura Flanders http://blip.tv/grittv http://a.images.blip.tv/Lauraflanders-picture679.jpg 5127255 5109559 file TV-UN 0.0 2011-05-05T20:22:48Z English Politics,Talk,News 0 1 1 1 8 News & Politics News & Politics 1 466 AYK4+TsC http://blip.tv/play/AYK4+TsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post5127255&skin=rss Lauraflanders-GRITtvTheFWordTonyKushnerDeniedHonorsOverPalestine418.png This week, the news hit that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, perhaps best known for his Angels in America, was being blocked from receiving an honorary degree from the City University of New York because of his views on Israel. Kushner, who also has an honorary degree from Brandeis University, told Salon&apos;s Justin Elliott that this was an &#8220;unprecedented and pretty ugly experience.&#8221; Distributed by Tubemogul. http://a.images.blip.tv/Lauraflanders-GRITtvTheFWordTonyKushnerDeniedHonorsOverPalestine418-739.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 talk&interview <iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/AYK4%2BTsC.x?p=1" width="720" height="433" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#AYK4+TsC" style="display:none"></embed> <br /> This week, the news hit that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, perhaps best known for his Angels in America, was being blocked from receiving an honorary degree from the City University of New York because of his views on Israel. Kushner, who also has an honorary degree from Brandeis University, told Salon&apos;s Justin Elliott that this was an &#8220;unprecedented and pretty ugly experience.&#8221; Distributed by Tubemogul. YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 5127255 http://blip.tv/file/5109559 Politics grittv grit tv laura flanders angels in america bard brooklyn college bruce kesler city university of new york cuny how does it feel to be a problem israel jeffrey wiesenfeld joel kovel justin elliott moustafa bayoumi palestine salon tony kushner Thu, 05 May 2011 20:22:48 +0000 grittv, grit tv, laura flanders, angels in america, bard, brooklyn college, bruce kesler, city university of new york, cuny, how does it feel to be a problem, israel, jeffrey wiesenfeld, joel kovel, justin elliott, moustafa bayoumi, palestine, salon, tony kushner http://a.images.blip.tv/Lauraflanders-GRITtvTheFWordTonyKushnerDeniedHonorsOverPalestine418.png grittv, grit tv, laura flanders, angels in america, bard, brooklyn college, bruce kesler, city university of new york, cuny, how does it feel to be a problem, israel, jeffrey wiesenfeld, joel kovel, justin elliott, moustafa bayoumi, palestine, salon, tony kushner <iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/AYK4%2BTsC.x?p=1" width="720" height="433" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#AYK4+TsC" style="display:none"></embed> GRITtv: The F Word: Tony Kushner Denied Honors Over Palestine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/