Patti Smith wrote this song for Rachel Corrie in 2003. Thanks to Rachel's Words for video footage in this segment.

Kate Clinton on Michelle Obama's biceps, or at least what David Brooks thinks of them. And Ken Starr--he's back working on behalf of those who support Prop 8 in California. What are they going to do with the 1800 married couples? And what about Rush Limbaugh? A traitor? Should he be tried for treason?

An interview with Tommy McKearney, a former I.R.A. volunteer. McKearney says there is a deep reluctance to return to the violence of the past and that the recent killings in Ireland will derail progress made over the last decade. McKearney, who was arrested in 1977 and charged with the murder of Stanley Adams, is currently an organizer for the Independent Workers Union of Ireland and a freelance journalist.

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the killing of Rachel Corrie as she tried to defend Palestinian homes.

Progressive media is sounding the alarm on the AIG bonus scandal, demanding that policymakers stop repeating Bush administration mistakes and offering concrete solutions to the dire economic situation those missteps have created.

We have seen what happens to a society paralyzed by fear. As newly released documents reveal, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush's attorneys redefined human rights: legal interrogation and detention techniques became more or less whatever the US president approved. And it is likely that thousands of innocent people have been wrongfully detained.

Do anti-terror laws make us safe? Michael Ratner, Gareth Peirce and others on the impact of post-9/11 legal changes on civil liberties. Also, Tommy McKearney, a former I.R.A. volunteer reflects on recent violence in Northern Ireland. And we speak to Tony Benn about Great Britain's response to the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Last December, newspapers around the country covered the massive spill of toxic coal ash in Tennessee. Days later, it was gone from headlines. But for the communities affected, the story isn't over.

Every week on GRITtv we feature independent documentaries and documentaries in progress. This week's documentary is The Corporal's Diary. Since the Obama administration reversed the Bush adminsitration's ban on showing soldier's coffins returning stateside the public's been seeing pictures they haven't seen for years. But within the military, soldiers have been making video self portraits since the invasion began.

Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of Nickel and Dimed and This Land is Their Land, on the socialist moment. But will the Left be able to, well, capitalize? According to Ehrenreich what's happening now is not socialism but more corporate welfare.