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GRITtv: Oct. 28, 2010
Barack Obama hit the Daily Show on Wednesday night, and made the unfortunate comment that Larry Summers had done a "heckuva job" running the economy. Robert Scheer of Truthdig notes that Summers was the chief architect of Clinton-era policies that created the economic crisis in the first place, and that Obama's appointment of him to get us out of it was never going to result in anything but more money being thrown at Wall Street.Scheer visited the GRITtv studios to talk about Summers, Bill Clinton, Obama, and why there are a few Tea Party candidates he wouldn't mind seeing win this election cycle."It's a bizarre idea to fix a global capitalist crisis by breaking a long-term promise," notes Richard Wolff, economist and author of Capitalism Hits the Fan of the "austerity" measures rocking Europe's social democracies at the moment. Governments across Europe are implementing drastic cuts to social safety nets, raising retirement ages, all in the name of fiscal responsibility, and people have taken to the streets--in France, between 1.3 and 2.9 million people have come out in protest, a percentage that Wolff notes would be equivalent to between 6.5 and 14.4 million.So what's going on in Europe, and what are the lessons we can learn from the European left? Wolff joins us along with Inez McCormack, Chair of the Participation and the Practice of Rights Project in Ireland, to talk us through the crisis, the lessons, and the ongoing struggle.Finally, Laura remembers former president Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, who fought banks, the IMF, and the remains of the military dictatorship to return his country to prosperity.
Email this pageGRITtv: The F Word: Kirchner Fought Banks and Won
In the run up to this country's looming elections, a lot of people of feeling wistful for progressive leaders who will fight for their voters and better than that -- win. While Barack Obama was on Comedy Central, uttering the cringe-worthy phrase "Yes we can, but...", in Argentina and around the world, people were mourning a man whose epitaph could well read "He did. No ifs, ands or buts about it." Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: South of the Border
Latin America has seen rapid changes over recent years, most significantly with the rise of left-leaning leaders who are willing to fight massive corporations and even stand up to the massive presence of the US in their countries. ; Director Oliver Stone decided to go to Venezuela to meet Chavez for himself, but when he got there, Chavez pointed out that the story was much bigger than just him.Stone and his screenwriter Tariq Ali met seven Latin American leaders and shot an amazing film, South of the Border, and they met with Laura this week in New York to talk about the film, the American left, Obama, the BP disaster, and more.
GRITtv: June 25 2010
Latin America has seen rapid changes over recent years, most significantly with the rise of left-leaning leaders who are willing to fight massive corporations and even stand up to the massive presence of the US in their countries. Director Oliver Stone decided to go to Venezuela to meet Chavez for himself, but when he got there, Chavez pointed out that the story was much bigger than just him. Stone and his screenwriter Tariq Ali met seven Latin American leaders and shot an amazing film, South of the Border, and they met with Laura this week in New York to talk about the film, the American left, Obama, the BP disaster, and more. The US Social Forum is still ongoing this week in Detroit, and activists young and old from across the country have gathered, each bringing his or her own causes to the mix.
The Fourth World War
The airwaves are crowded with talk of a new world war, narrated by generals and filmed from the noses of bombs. "The Fourth World War" tells the human story of this global conflict, bringing together the images and voices of the war on the ground in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine and Korea, from Seattle to Genova, and the war on terror in New York, Afghanistan and Iraq. "The Fourth World War" is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war. Directed by the makers of "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" and "Zapatista," "The Fourth World War" was produced through a global network of independent media and activist groups.
