World War II
Remembering Chalmers Johnson and Frank W. Lewis
This weekend brought us two losses that will be felt throughout the Nation and GRITtv families. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Chris Hedges: The Death of the Liberal Class
"We have a choice," says Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges. "You can either be complicit in your own enslavement or you can lead a life that has some kind of integrity and meaning."
GRITtv: Andrew Bacevich: Sustaining Illusions of War
U.S. militarism isn't limited to one president. "It is a pattern, it follows a trajectory, it derives from a set of habits and we need to understand them," Andrew Bacevich reminds us. This pattern has led us on a dramatically different course from the countries that experienced firsthand the wars of the 20th century--Bacevich notes that the U.S. and Israel seem to be convinced of the rightness of using force to accomplish goals. In part two of our interview with Bacevich, he discusses U.S. interventions around the world, our lack of learning from history, and why the WikiLeaks information is different from the Pentagon Papers.
Gay USA: Feb. 26-Mar. 5 2010
Efforts to repeal the ban on out gays and lesbians in the military gains some steam; there is good news for gay and lesbian parents in Louisiana and California, though the victory in Louisiana is under attack and there is a threat to gay foster parents in Arizona; a gay BBC presenter, Ray Gosling, faces murder charges for the mercy killing of his lover with AIDS twenty years ago; an out lesbian speed skater wins gold at the Olympics--and we'll show you the LGBT Pride House in Vancouver. Then, Andy reviews "Yank!," a musical about gay soldiers in World War II and a new "site-specific" production of "The Boys in the Band" as well as "Romeo and Juliet" from The Acting Company. Gay USA is a weekly news-hour that offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community and features Ann Northrop and Andy Humm.
