Because It Is [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7dVF9xylaw&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Greta Thunberg World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2018
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The Powell Memo Revisited
Justice, it seems, is hard to find. Thousands of grassroots organizations across the country seek justice for their concerns. In the US, over 13,785 nonprofits … The Powell Memo RevisitedRead more
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Know Thine Enemy
The Congressional decision to prohibit railroad workers from going on strike and force them to accept a contract that meets few of their demands is part of the class war that … Know Thine EnemyRead more
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Are you a communist?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhnCrHZkgNk&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956
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The Struggle to Wrest Back Control of Our Democracy
Frances Moore Lappé On Contact
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Untold Radical Life of Civil Rights Icon Mrs. Rosa Parks
I was contacted by my co-director, Johanna Hamilton, who had connected with Jeanne about the book, and was quite astonished that a full-length documentary film … Untold Radical Life of Civil Rights Icon Mrs. Rosa ParksRead more
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The Barber and the Rev
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yiCB5nhtd0&rel=0&feature=relmfu] This is the first in a series of short documentaries exploring Martin Luther King through a different lens. Nelson Malden was King’s barber … The Barber and the RevRead more
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Writing on War
As this century began, I was writing War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, my reflections on two decades as a war correspondent, 15 … Writing on WarRead more
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Reading Proust in War
During the war in Bosnia, I worked my way through the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time.” The novel, populated with … Reading Proust in WarRead more
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People Do Have Power
With the midterm elections four weeks away, we spend the rest of the hour with the sociologist, the activist, the legendary Frances Fox Piven. She … People Do Have PowerRead more