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GRITtv: Bill McKibben: Growing Global Movements
The environmental and climate justice movement isn't just about saving polar bears from melting ice, argues writer and 350.org founder Bill McKibben. It's about rebuilding connection and community, changing the way human beings live, and working in solidarity with human rights organizations across the world to improve all of our lives. And the biggest stumbling block to the growth of a global climate justice movement? It's right under our noses: our own Congress.Bill McKibben is a recipient of this year's Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, and he joins us in studio for a special one-on-one chat with Laura about the state of the climate justice movement, the Cancun talks, Obama's failure to act, and what we can do to change things before it's too late.
Email this pageGRITtv: Tina Gerhardt: Reporting from Cancun
Though there is little hope for a binding international agreement from the current round of climate talks held by the United Nations in Cancun this week, there is something different about the conversation. Tina Gerhardt reports that countries who are in attendance at the talks aren't talking about future consequences of global climate change, but instead talking about the crises they are suffering right now. From drought to floods, weather patterns are shifting and across the world, people are feeling the pain. Tina is reporting from the Cancun talks this week for The Nation, and she joins us to give us an update on the situation, who's there, who's not, and what, if anything, we can hope for as a result of the talks. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: Greg Grandin: Media Whiteout of Latin America
A massive workers’ struggle in Panama resulting in week-long strikes and fatal clashes with the police? Drug cartel wars leaving twenty-two dead in a single day in Mexico? Does any of this sound familiar? Most likely not, seeing as how it appears to be a complete mass media whiteout on these topics in America. Since the American media seems to think that omission means non-existence, we asked our Latin American correspondent Greg Grandin to enlighten us on the actual goings-on in Panama, Mexico, and the American media’s harsh critique of Oliver Stone’s recent exposé on South America and exploitation, South of the Border.
GRITtv: Venezuela: Revolution From the Inside Out
"Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out" is a documentary that manages to break through the media spin on Venezuela in a big way and really gets at the heart of what is important to these misunderstood people. You can find out how to order a copy from our friends at PM PRESS.
GRITtv: A Media Blackout in Honduras
News from Honduras has been in short supply even though the standoff between ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti continues. July 30 marked one of the bloodiest days since the military coup and efforts to achieve some kind of power sharing agreement between the two parties and ensure Zelaya's return have failed. So what's happening on the ground? And why aren't we hearing about it? Rick Rowley, independent journalist and founder of Big Noise Films, has just returned from Honduras and Sandra Cuffe, a correspondent for The Dominion in Honduras, discuss recent political developments in the country.
GRITtv: July 8, 2009
The cost of healthcare in this country is unsustainable. There's no way around it. Some projections estimate that healthcare costs will equal 20 percent of Gross Domestic Product in the next decade. So what are the economics of reform? Is a public option the answer? And is congress willing to make the necessary changes to overhaul the system/ Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Reed Abelson, healthcare business reporter for the NYT, and Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy at the New School on the real cost of healthcare reform.
GRITtv: Real News Network: Coup in Honduras
In 2002, Venezuela successfully rebuffed a military coup. Since then, Latin America, hadn't seen another military takeover until last week in Honduras. Will the coup there succeed? The Real News Network spoke to Honduran Bertha Oliva, founder of the Committee of the Disappeared, about life on the ground in Honduras.
GRITtv: Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out
"Venezuela: Revolution from the Inside Out" is a small independent documentary that manages to break through the media spin on Venezuela in a big way and really gets at the heart of what is important to these misunderstood people. You can find out how to order a copy from our friends at PM PRESS by heading to pmpress.org.
GRITtv: SourceCode: Capitalism vs Environment
Today SourceCode asks, is another economy, an environmentally sustainable economy, possible? Hear from Hunter Lovins on natural capitalism;.an economy that attempts to take everything of value into account; including human resources and living systems. Then, what would you do if a toxic factory set up shop in your backyard? One group of local activists is taking on the multinational company CEMEX. Artist Roxy Paine and critic John Yao present an installation piece addressing industry's devastating impact on land And first, SourceCode brings you an exclusive report from the recent World Social Forum in Venezuela where indigenous people are fighting international coal companies, and where Chavez is promising to shift the oil wealth to the people
