election 2009
GRITtv: Moving Forward From Maine
Tuesday we looked at the Maine Equality campaign leading up to the election, watching volunteers from around the country working to help Mainers keep the marriage rights granted by the state legislature. In the second half of this video, from Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media, we see election day go from elation to heartbreak as Maine voted, by a thin majority, to revoke marriage rights from gay and lesbian couples. Reactions from volunteers range from defiant to determined, discussing accountability -- from national organizations, politicians, and especially President Obama and the DNC, who ignored the No On One campaign.
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.
GRITtv: Fighting for Equality on the Ground
In Maine, advocates of marriage equality suffered a setback in this past election, where voters overturned a decision by the state legislature to legalize gay marriage. Thousands of volunteers, both Maine residents and passionate out-of-staters, worked countless hours on the campaign, going door to door and making phone calls in an attempt to convert popular support in the state to votes. This video, from Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media, gives an inside look at the No On One campaign, from get-out-the-vote training to a rally and candlelight vigil the night before election day. Watch for Part 2 tomorrow!
GRITtv: Nov. 17, 2009
Economist Dean Baker and the Nation's John Nichols talk about ways to create good, meaningful, well-paid jobs and rethink the way Americans look at work. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg's new book collects his essays on the Obama generation. Though hopeful, Hertzberg offers criticisms of the way the health care reform fight and others have been conducted. Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media bring Part One of their inside look at the No On One campaign in Maine, where voters overturned a decision by the state legislature to legalize gay marriage. financial rating agencies and their future.
