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The Weekly Spin
March 13, 2009Fox news, not surprisingly, continues to spout misinformation about the Employee Free Choice Act. As that key issue approaches a certain battle in Congress we look at the media coverage so far. Also, the Republican Party makeover. Has it worked? And Jim Cramer versus Jon Stewart. Have we learned anything about the way the media cover business?Media Roundtable, Socialism in America, and The Corporal's Diary
March 12, 2009Our media roundtable looks at the best and worst of the past week. Barbara Ehrenreich on socialism in America. And this week's got docs, The Corporal's Diary takes a look at the inner lives of soldiers.The F Word: Will There Be A New Deal?
March 12, 2009Will there be a new New Deal? And what might that look like? That's one of the questions that is reverberating as long term unemployment soars. So called broad unemployment - which includes part time workers who want full time jobs and so called discouraged workers who have given up looking for work -- -- Broad unemployment stands at just under 15%.Women's Rights in Afghanistan
March 12, 2009The Afghan constitution contains eleven articles that address the rights of women one of which mandates that 25 percent of the lower house be female. Today, there are 91 female parliamentarians from all over the country. Nasrine Gross, President of the Roqia Center for Women's Rights in Afghanistan says that there are two battles being fought: one political and the other ideological.The Yes Men Fix the World
March 12, 2009The Yes Man, those impervious impersonators of the world's most toxic rich people, are up to their hijinks again. Word over the wire is that they're coming out with a new movie, The Yes Men Fix the World, but their funny-bone still seems to be intact: they promise that "this film has one of the very few underwater ballet scenes you will ever see in a political documentary." Take a look.The F Word: Van Jones gets his wish?
March 12, 2009Van Jones has been working hard for green jobs in a green economy. Now the Obama administration taps him to be the new "Green Jobs" Adviser.Does the Left Have a Plan?
March 12, 2009David Harvey, a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and the author of The Limits to Capital and Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, on the end (or future) of capitalism. Most everyone agrees that the financial architecture is changing rapidly. There are five large banks left. Job losses continue to mount and the foreclosure crisis is far from over.The End of Capitalism?, US Trade Policy, and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
March 11, 2009Today on GRITtv David Harvey, a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and the author of The Limits to Capital and Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, on the end (or future) of capitalism. Lori Wallach on US trade policy under Obama. And women's rights in Afghanistan.Does Durban II Matter?
March 11, 2009Recently, the Obama Administration announced that it would not participate in the April 2009 United Nations Conference Against Racism – a follow-up meeting to the 2001 Conference in Durban, South Africa.
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