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United Supreme Koch

LauraFlanders — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:17:44 +0000

I'm just checking that everybody saw this. I particularly like the musical selection. Says Josh Bolotsky of The Other 99%: "On the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision, we joined together with the Backbone Campaign to bathe the Supreme Court building with giant dollar signs. The video turned out great, and has received a pretty incredible reception." “The Kochs and their kind are engaged in a hostile corporate takeover of our nation’s political system,” said John Sellers, co-founder of The Other 98%. “We’ve come to the scene of the crime today – the U.S. Supreme Court – to tell the justices exactly what we think of the infamous Citizens United ruling that made that takeover possible.” Enjoy.

This Video is Absurd as Corporate Personhood

LauraFlanders — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:36:59 +0000

What will it take to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United? Perhaps a viral video! Here is “It’s Viral,” with The Nation’s own Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jim Hightower and more. Exec produced by the We the People Campaign. Think it’ll work? And while you're thinking, repost! For more on citizens' opposition to Citizen's United, read the full post at TheNation.com.

Up With Chris Hayes Nov 19: Where OWS Goes, Will Cameras Follow?

LauraFlanders — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:16:02 +0000

As the Occupy Wall St Movement enters a new phase, will the money media follow? A coordinated effort by conservative politicians, media and mayors is attempting to tar OWS as dirty, dangerous hippies with no coherent message. That's what makes the media so important: will they focus only where the flashing lights and drama are - or follow the movement-building work the OWS is also doing - in court-rooms, foreclosure sites, workplaces and Board of Education meetings? Watch this clip from Up With Chris Hayes Nov. 19 and send us your videos of OWS in action. We'd love to see. Upload to the web and send a link to GRITtv@GRITtv.org.

Nov 17 Day of Action

LauraFlanders — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:02:47 +0000

On Thursday November 17th, the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the call went out for the 99% to participate in a national day of labor / community rallies, direct action and celebration. This stream comes from the The Other 99, on Ustream.

Laura Flanders with Van Jones on the NYPD and OWS: The Ed Show

LauraFlanders — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:59:25 +0000

Laura Flanders appeared with Van Jones on the Ed Show on MSNBC Tuesday night, after a police raid and eviction of the the Occupy Wall St protest in New York's Zuccotti Park. Will the raid make the movement stronger? You bet, say both. And no amount of smearing is going to stop it.

Live Stream From OCCUPY WALL STREET

LauraFlanders — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:32:48 +0000

GRITtv is giving over our main page - again - to Global Revolution - and the live stream video coverage from independent journalists on the ground at nonviolent protests around the world. The team includes members of Mobile Broadcast News, Glassbead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia and the alt.media ninjas that brought you Terrorizing Dissent and Democracy 101 documentaries. Currently broadcasting from #OccupyWallStreet protests in NYC that began on Saturday, Sept 17, 2011. Please donate to equip their live video team: http://tinyurl.com/occupywslive

Angela Davis at Occupy Wall St., NYC

LauraFlanders — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:26:59 +0000

Author, activist, Angela Davis spoke at Occupy Wall St. in Washington Square Park on Sunday October 30. Thanking the OWS movement for transforming politics in the universe, she spoke to the brutal police crack-down on the Occupy encampment in her home town of Oakland and supported the call for a national strike on November 2 in response to that violence. She also spoke to the perils of language, calling on the movement to transform the meaning of the words occupation, democracy and unity. Speaking through the "people's mic," Davis drew particular attention to questions of inclusion and urged the movement to embrace a "complex unity" within the concept of "99 percent." Quoting African American lesbian poet Audre Lorde she said: "How can we come together in a unity that is complex and emancipatory? Differences must not be merely tolerated but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which poles creativity can spark like the dialectic." Asked about the coming US election, Davis responded: "The two-party system has never worked; it does not worked now, and we clearly need alternatives. Personally I believe we need a powerful, radical, third party. In the meantime, this movement, which is not a party, can accomplish much that political parties are unable to accomplish and so it would seem to me, that the best way to exert pressure on that corrupt two party system is to continue to build this movement and to demonstrate that it reaches not only across the country but across the ocean."

Flanders on Ed Schultz on Oakland Crack Down

LauraFlanders — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:01:21 +0000

Whose servants? Whose safety? Whose space? The extreme violence of the Oakland police underscores the critical questions the Occupy movement is raising. Just what is the place of the public in the privatized state? Good for Ed Schultz, alone in prime time, for leading with this story Wednesday night.

Wallace Shawn at Occupy Wall St

LauraFlanders — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:28:05 +0000

Wallace Shawn, renown actor, author, playwright and thinker, tells Laura Flanders why he cares about Occupy Wall St: "I don't know about other people but I only have one life, and I don't want to live it in a sewer of injustice." Enough said.

Global Green USA Launches Global Warming “I AM” Campaign

LauraFlanders — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:04:45 +0000

Green USA has launched the I AM Campaign to raise awareness about the serious threats Americans face from rising sea levels, and challenge citizens to take action in their communities. Joined by actors, athletes and musicians including: Mark Ruffalo, Adrian Grenier, Orlando Bloom, Serena Williams, James Cameron, Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Kevin Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick among others, I AM highlights coastal cities in the U.S. and the world from New Orleans to New York City, from Tokyo to Jakarta, from San Francisco to Boston; that are in danger due to sea level rise.

The I AM Campaign asks people to send in a photo of themselves with a sign of the city or community they love that is threatened by global warming due to sea level rise, floods, droughts or more severe storms. All photo submissions will be featured on Global Green’s website with the caption “I AM…New Orleans,” or “I am…Miami,” etc. Along with their photo submission, people are asked to state what they are doing to reduce their global warming impact, stating "I AM taking a step today to reduce my carbon footprint by…” whether this is carpooling,, replacing light bulbs, or starting a community recycling program. Submissions will be entered into a chance to walk the Green Carpet at Global Green’s annual pre-Oscar party in Hollywood.

Actors, athletes and musicians taking part in the I AM campaign include: Mark Ruffalo, Adrian Grenier, Orlando Bloom, Serena Williams, Ed O’Neil, Walton Goggins, James Cameron, Nia Vardalos, Billy Morrison, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Mark McGrath, Ed Begley, Jr