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GRITtv: Rev. Billy & Savitri D Spread The Anti-Corporate Gospel: Earth-a-lujah!
Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials.
Email this pageGRITtv: Oct. 13 2010
If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker. Then, Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials. Rethink Afghanistan has been a stalwart force in raising awareness of and opposing the US war in Afghanistan which just entered its tenth year. We'll check in with them. And finally, the recent spate of hate crimes and bullying against LGBT youth has finally got the media talking but what can you do? Laura's F Word suggests you check out a project by Dan Savage entitles 'It Gets Better.'
GRITtv: Jeff Biggers Uncovers the Devastating History of Coal Mining
Writer and environmental activist Jeff Biggers' latest book, Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland, tells of his journey into his own family's history in the mountains of Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. He uncovers the devastating environmental destruction of those mountains taking place today, and exposes the truth about coal. In addition to being an award-winning author, Biggers is a contributing editor to The Bloomsbury Review, he regularly blogs for the Huffington Post and Grist, and is co-founder of the theater company, Coal Free Future Project.
