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Showing videos filed under: alexander cockburn
Alexander Cockburn & Vince Warren: Prosecuting WikiLeaks
December 9, 2010"It's the ruling class talking amongst itself," notes Alexander Cockburn of the information that WikiLeaks exposes and governments want to suppress. Meanwhile, Julian Assange is being held without bail, and online it's 4chan versus Mastercard, Xipwire versus PayPal in the fight to keep WikiLeaks open and funded as quickly as the government and corporate entities can shut it down.Prosecuting WikiLeaks, Jamie Court and Cancun Climate Talks
December 8, 2010"It's the ruling class talking amongst itself," notes Alexander Cockburn of the information that WikiLeaks exposes and governments want to suppress. Meanwhile, Julian Assange is being held without bail, and online it's 4chan versus Mastercard, Xipwire versus PayPal in the fight to keep WikiLeaks open and funded as quickly as the government and corporate entities can shut it down.Tariq Ali & Alexander Cockburn: War and Taxes
September 17, 2010We've had a lot of talk this week about the Left: where is it? Why does the media ignore it? What can we do to rebuild it? And whose fault is any of this? The mainstream media might ignore voices from the Left, but here on GRITtv those are just the voices that matter--and today, we welcome two you may have heard of: Tariq Ali and Alexander Cockburn.Tariq Ali & Alexander Cockburn, and Mary Bottari
September 16, 2010We've had a lot of talk this week about the Left: where is it? Why does the media ignore it? What can we do to rebuild it? And whose fault is any of this? The mainstream media might ignore voices from the Left, but here on GRITtv those are just the voices that matter--and today, for a special feature, we welcome two you may have heard of: Tariq Ali and Alexander Cockburn.The F Word: Accepting Defeat in Iraq
September 2, 2010Everyone is spinning the Iraq mission's so-called end but no one seems willing quite to accept defeat. Republicans are complaining that the president didn't mention George W. Bush often enough in his speech announcing the end of combat operations. In fact, he did, quite a bit, and in an over-generous way, most sane people agree. As GRITtv commentator Bill Fletcher, Jr. put it Wednesday, "Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally and handled wrong from the start."Live at Noon: Reinventing The Neoliberal Social Order & Antonino D'Ambrosio
November 18, 2009After the meltdown, what next? We continue our discussion by featuring David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn on reinventing the neoliberal social order. At CUNY not long ago, these two independent thinkers sat down with Laura to discuss possibilities for real, radical change, and we have a special look at that for you.Alexander Cockburn and David Harvey: Does the Left Have a Plan?
April 14, 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.David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn, US Trade Policy, and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
April 13, 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. Lori Wallach on US trade policy. And Nasrine Gross, President of the Roqia Center for Women's Rights in Afghanistan, talks about the role of women in Afghan politics.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.
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