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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.

Left Forum 2009: What Superhero Would You Like to Be?

GRITtv — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:00:37 +0000

When the Indyvideo and Paper Tiger video collectives got together to film this year's Left Forum, they decided to cover the conference a little differently. They interviewed participants about everything from where they got hope for political change to what superhero they'd like to be. Here's a short with some of those super answers.

USA for Affluence

GRITtv — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:00:23 +0000

We don't normally run fundraising pitches on GRITtv but we made an exception for these folks since they seemed so, well, desperate. The richest people in America need you....

Save the White House!

GRITtv — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:30:17 +0000

What wise person wouldn't want to clean out the White House after eight years of George W. Bush and friends. Kate Clinton is heading to Washington on January 19th to make sure that the White House is ready for new occupants.

The legacy of George Bush is "Clean up on aisle 5" so join us in a joyous symbolic spectacle of cleansing. Bring cleaning products. Let's have some fun.

To join the adventure send an email to kate@kateclinton.com and in the subject line write: I'm In! to join our SAVE THE WHITE HOUSE mailing list. Please include your name, email, and snail mail address.

Watch for more details of our spontaneous, ingenious spectacle. Save the White House!

Christmas Without Pressure

GRITtv — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:00:03 +0000

Gift Giving Thoughts,
With Love from
The Stop Shopping Choir.

Thanks to Irreverent Films for this video.

Check out our interview with Reverend Billy and Savatri D. of The Church of Stop Shoppinghere.

Tactical Ice Cream Unit

GRITtv — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:30:02 +0000

A civics lesson, and fruit pops.

This report on the Center for Tactical Magic's Tactical Ice Cream Unit comes to us from Santa Barbara Community Television.

Rev. Billy: First Amendment Karaoke

GRITtv — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:00:37 +0000

A public service announcement from The Last Televangelist. Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir's First Amendment Karaoke. Their weekly series on Free Speech TV starts on Thanksgiving Day.

The Last Televangelist is a Deep Dish Production with Reverend Billy and the Choir - and Reverend Billy will be joining us here on GRITtv the day after Thanksgiving, known in retail circles as Black Friday. Around here, we call it buy nothing day.

Kate Clinton's Phone Is Ringing Off The Hook

GRITtv — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Kate Clinton on Prop Hate: GO TO CITY HALL ON SATURDAY!

GRITtv — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:57:44 +0000

Join The Impact is coordinating City Hall protests across America on Saturday November 15 - for the equal rights of lesbian gay trans bi queer folks. Take it to the streets!

The New York Times To Run 'Portraits Of Grief' For 30 Years

GRITtv — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:38:40 +0000

From yesterday's special edition of the New York Times:
"Corrections: For the Record."

Portraits of Grief:

From September 14 to December 31, 2001, the New York Times published "Portraits of Grief" daily obituaries of the victims of the September 11 attacks. We are proud of this coverage, which won several awards. Tomorrow, the Times begins part two of the series with obituaries of the civilians and soliders killed between 2001 and today in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two soldiers, and one hundred civilians will be very briefly memorialized each day, adding a full fold-out page to each edition. The series will continue for thirty years. "

And another:

Special Interests:

The Times has in the past used the term "special interests" to describe unions environmentalists, and even whole ethnic groups and has used the word "pandering" when politicians take those groups' concerns into account. We have typically not, however, used "pandering" to refer to politicians catering to the interests of corporations. The Times regrets that our use of such language may have given the impressions that the interests of corporations are more important than those of citizens.

If only.

This special edition of the New York Times comes to us from an army of political pranksters, including Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men who joins us here.