movements
GRITtv: Paul Rogat Loeb: Soul of a Citizen
Social justice movements take more than clicking a link on an online petition, says Paul Rogat Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Trying Times. Making change requires getting out in the streets, going door-to-door, and talking to other people face to face. Loeb came to see us in studio to talk about the new edition of his book, about Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, cross-movement alliances and how the Left can reach out to the tea party crowd.
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The California Nurses Association and other nurses' unions were some of the strongets voices for real healthcare reform, continuing to call for single-payer Medicare for All even now. But with the birth of the new National Nurses United, the nurses are fighting battles on all fronts for healthcare--from a strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia to struggles with Massachusetts' program. Joining us from Boston to talk about the nurses' union, patient care, and what's next after this healthcare bill is Karen Higgins, co-president of National Nurses United, who says that any fight on behalf of patients is their fight. Social justice movements take more than clicking a link on an online petition, says Paul Rogat Loeb, author of "Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Trying Times." Making change requires getting out in the streets, going door-to-door, and talking to other people face-to-face. Loeb came to see us in studio to talk about the new edition of his book, about Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, cross-movement alliances, and how the Left can reach out to the tea party crowd. The nation's attention may be focused on the mine explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, but around the country, 16 people die every day from preventable injuries and accidents in the workplace. This video from Brave New Films looks at the regulations that exist--and new regulations that would help Hilda Solis's labor department better protect working people in the U.S. Finally, the Wikileaks tape showed soldiers treating human lives like characters on a video game--but is that just how war works? And what's wrong with that?
GRITtv: Imagining Radical Change with David Harvey & Alexander Cockburn
The word "Change" has been used so much lately that it often seems almost meaningless. What's change really? Is it having Barack Obama in the White House, talking about withdrawing from Iraq, a stimulus bill that spends some federal dollars on infrastructure? David Harvey, author of "A Brief History of Neoliberalism," and Alexander Cockburn, author of "End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate," don't think small when it comes to change. They aren't afraid to think about significant, even radical changes to the social order we've grown so used to, whether it's requiring full employment, reimagining urban living or repudiating credit-card debt and abolishing Wall Street speculation. Cockburn and Harvey joined Laura for an event at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture & Politics, and we bring you part of that discussion today.
