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Showing videos filed under: Flanders
The F Word: Iron Lady: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don't Need
January 5, 2012In the new bio-pic, Margaret Thatcher's iron isn't just rusty, it's melted down into something depoliticized and personal. The Iron Lady give us Thatcher -- The ABBA Version. It's the last thing we need.Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee on Sex, War & Invisible Heroes
December 31, 20112011 Nobel Paace-Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about sex as an organizing tool, the prospects for women in Eqypt and where NGOs - and the US - go wrong when it comes to making peace after war.What a Difference an Occupation Makes
December 11, 2011Community groups worked to combat foreclosures for years before Occupy Wall St came along. Five hundred helpers makes a "world of difference" says anti-homelessness activist and GRITtv regular Rob Robinson.The Maldives Face Rising Waters and Despondancy at Durban Climate Conference
December 2, 2011The lowest country on the planet the Maldives Islands face possible extinction caused by rising sea levels. The Vice President of the Republic talks to Laura Flanders about why action on climate change can't wait.Mark Ruffalo: Thank God for Fracking (And Josh Fox)
September 17, 2011Actor/Director Mark Ruffalo hails Emmy Award winner Josh Fox (Gasland) and talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about the impact of Hurricane Irene on the Catskill region where he lives -- and where big energy corporations want to "frack" for gas.No More Gag Rules; Let's Spark a Movement that's Pro-Voice!
July 25, 2011Talk may not heal all that ails us - and our politics - but it's certainly true that where abortion's concerned, we could do with less grandstanding about "gag rules" and more honest listening - and talk.DeMoro: It's Not About A Paycheck
July 17, 2011The lobbyists and their pals in the media would have us believe the big corporations will leave this country if asked to pay their fair share. We've heard that story before.Safety First: Texas Terminations Put Patients at Risk
July 15, 2011To hear the debate over union rights in Washington, you'd think workers' rights had nothing to do with people's safety, only profits and threats to the same. The struggle of seven nurses in Brownsville Texas puts a different spin on things.America's Not Broke but our Healthcare System is
June 24, 2011For how long have we said that women are the canaries in society's coal mine? It's still true. Mostly ignored in the money media, nurses, like teachers, and other female-dominated professions are feeling the pain that Wall Street and the Beltway are blocking out.Walmart: Too Big to Sue?
June 21, 2011Familiar with "too big to fail?" Welcome now to "too big to sue". Workers everywhere took a hit with the Supreme Court's gift to the biggest businesses.
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