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Nicolas Rossier: Talking with Jean-Bertrand Aristide

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:14 +0000

It's not a year since the earthquake rocked Haiti and destroyed homes and cities, leaving people in desperate situations. And now as elections are approaching, Haitians face a cholera outbreak on top of everything. Nicolas Rossier, an award winning independent filmmaker and reporter whose latest films include American Radical and Aristide and the Endless Revolution, spoke to exiled former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide about the situation in his country and brought us an exclusive first look at his two-hour conversation.

Rossier joins Laura in studio to discuss the situation in Haiti, Aristide's enforced exile in South Africa, and why his party, still popular in Haiti, isn't allowed to participate in the upcoming election.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Nicolas Rossier and Jean-Bertrand Aristide

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:00:58 +0000

"Average people must look at the screens and see the disconnect—it's not left vs. right, it's top-down. It's establishment vs. people." So says Katrina vanden Heuvel of the average TV news show. She joins us, of course, here on GRITtv for our weekly partnership with The Nation magazine to bring you a different kind of political TV show.

Katrina and Laura discuss the impending end of unemployment benefits for millions of Americans out of work, the members of Congress who will continue the fight for the people, real progressive taxation, and what Obama can do with his executive power to get around a gridlocked Congress.

Finally, this weekend saw the loss of two men who were important parts of the Nation family: anti-imperialist author and thinker Chalmers Johnson, and codebreaker and crossword puzzler supreme Frank W. Lewis. Laura has some words in remembrance.

Norman Finkelstein: Too Far This Time?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:16 +0000

Recently, we featured the documentary American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein, a documentary about scholar and professor Norman Finkelstein's struggles with the larger intellectual community--and the U.S.'s Israel policy.

Finkelstein joins us in studio today to talk about the film, the current state of U.S./Israel relations, and his new book. Published by OR Books, This Time We Went Too Far explores the possibility that the December 2008 invasion of Gaza has caused a significant shift in the international community--including the American Jewish community--opinion of Israel.

Stephanie Miller, Norman Finkelstein & Queer the Census

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:15 +0000

Are we, maybe, possibly, going to see an end to the endless health care debate this weekend? With recent reports saying Dennis Kucinich has decided to vote for the bill, signs are pointing to yes. But without a public option, is this really health care reform we can believe in?

Here to discuss--and make us laugh at--the fate of the bill, financial reform, and who the members of Congress are that we can count on to keep fighting for better reform is Stephanie Miller, host of The Stephanie Miller Show.

Kate Clinton is back with a serious call: to fill out your census form and show America that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are diverse, live all over the country, and have families. Check out our Take Action link for more!

Finkelstein joins us in studio today to talk about the film, the current state of U.S./Israel relations, and his new book. Published by Or Books, This Time We Went Too Far explores the possibility that the December 2008 invasion of Gaza has caused a significant shift in the international community--including the American Jewish community--opinion of Israel.

Finally, Laura discusses the real "femivore's dilemma."