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GRITtv: Dec. 3, 2009
Esther Armah, Michael Bronner, and Jamal Dajani fill in the blanks and provide some alternative viewpoints to MSM media coverage of the Afghan escalation. The Nation's John Nichols reminds us that the Constitution actually gave Congress the power to make war. Antonino D'Ambrosio is back, exploring the tradition of activism through art and music in "Let Fury Have the Hour," using the Clash to look at the ways artists influence and educate. And Sebastian Doggart talks about "Courting Condi," about the Secretary of State during the Bush years.
Email this pageGRITtv: Nov. 18, 2009
Since last fall's financial collapse, we've heard more honest discussion about capitalism's failings than in years. Yet real change is still hard to find. David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn don't think small when it comes to change, as you'll see here during a discussion with Laura for an event at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture & Politics. Antonino D'Ambrosio, author of "A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears," dispells some myths about the Man in Black and connect him to the folk-protest tradition. Plus, in the studio, a new cover of a Cash protest song.
