GRITtv is away until January 6. In the meantime we're airing some of the best shows from the past eight months. Americans heard more about socialism and the Weather Underground during the last part of the Presidential Election campaign than most of us had heard in years. Today's show asks -- did '08 end an era - or revive one, politically speaking-- with former Weather Underground leader Bernadine Dohrn, Jamal Joseph, former

GRITtv is away until January 6. In the meantime we're showing some of the best episodes from the past eight months. Moving on from the crimes of the Bush administration is not possible, writes Scott Horton in the current issue of Harper's magazine. Not if we want to keep our democracy intact.

GRITtv is away until January 6. In the meantime we're airing some of the best shows from teh past eight months. Tonight, auto worker on the bailout and what it means for them. On GRITtv we speak to Brian Schneck President of UAW Local 259, Marissa Colon-Margolies a contributor to The Nation Magazine, Frank Hammer Former President and Chairman of UAW Local 909, James Theisen a truck driver for Chrysler, Wendy Thompson

Rev. Edwin Makue, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies on the Israeli siege of Gaza. Since the blockade began in 2006 it has become increasingly difficult for journalists and foreign aid workers to reach Gaza.

GRITtv is away until January 6. In the meantime we're showing some of the best episodes from the past eight months. Tonight a look at the global AIDS crisis. With the Bush administration on its way out there is hope that we might begin to think big about preventing and even curing AIDS.

GRITtv is away until January 10. In the meantime we're airing some of the best shows from the past eight months. Tonight we show part of our live election day coverage with Danny Schechter, the author of Plunder: Investigating our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal, Roberto Lovato, Associate Editor with New America Media, and Esther Armah, the co-host of “Wake Up Call” on WBAI.

The legacy of George Bush is "Clean up on aisle 5" so join us in a joyous symbolic spectacle of cleansing to ready the White House for its new occupants. To join the adventure send an email to kate@kateclinton.com.

After eight months, GRITtv is just getting started. This holiday season we are thanking you! Our viewers. Our supporters. Our colleagues. We'll need your support for our second season. Change is coming. And we'll be broadcasting it.

Radio icon and oral historian Studs Terkel once remarked that his epitaph would be: 'Curiosity did not kill this cat.'

GRITtv speaks to Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin about the recent crackdown on a human rights organization in Iran. In an earlier interview we also hear about Benjamin's recent trip to Iran with a group of peace activists and whether Obama's approach to the Middle East is markedly different from his predecessors.