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Media Education Foundation (MEF) created this video as part of Screen Free Week 2011.

Too young to Work. On 101 East - Al Jazeera (English). Child labor in Bangladesh. 3/30/2011 25 minutes
"Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world.

To support their families, millions of children are employed to work, many of them in hazardous conditions.

Last year, the government came up with an ambitious plan to stop all children under 14 working by 2015.

It is a staggering task, when poor families have relied on child labour for generations.

Previous efforts to stop child labour have backfired. When the US introduced the Child Labor Deterrence Act in 1993, an estimated 50,000 Bangladeshi children lost their garment industry jobs overnight, leaving many to resort to more hazardous and exploitative jobs such as stone-crushing, street hustling and prostitution.

But social commentators claim that there are cultural reasons for widespread child labour in Bangladesh - including the belief it will train young people for work as adults and stop them becoming involved in crime.

On this edition of 101 East, we look at how Bangladesh is tackling the issue of child labour."

Matt Taibbi on DemocracyNow! 2/22/11. Why Isn't Wall Street In Jail?

Senator Sanders speaking in the chamber on the economy on March 3, 2009. Found on Youtube. Originally recorded from CSPAN2. (13:09)

The videos in this entry are from the NOW on PBS on November 12, 2009. The video is available in full at PBS. Elizabeth Warren (Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP) is interviewed.

Part 1 (9:35)

Part 2 (8:31)

Part 3 (6:02)

This is a clip from the Democracy Now March 3, 2010 program regarding "vulture capitalism" and a BBC documentary done by Greg Palast - includes interview with Palast. Vulture capitalism refers to investment companies (almost universally based in the United States) which purchase debt of poor nations for pennies on the dollar, and then collect at double or triple that amount.

This aired on 10/09/09 on Bill Moyers Journal, and is Moyers' essay on the revolving door of insurance and governement.

This discussion aired on 10/09/09 On Bill Moyers Journal. Speaking are Representative Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Simon Johnson professor of Global Economics and Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management/

This is an excerpted clip (2:36) of Andrea Mitchell interviewing Barney Frank on TARP on July 10, 2009. Full video (5:35) Partial transcript in extended entry.

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)

n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell

Bill Moyers Journal. Shown 6/05/2009. Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors (17:56)

Transcript in the extended entry

David Simon: An American Observer. Moyers Journal. 4/17/2009. Wide ranging interview addressing crime, poverty, the war on drugs, etc.

4/03/2009. Bill Moyers Interviews the I.F. Stone Award Winners. The first "Izzies," are awarded to Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman. Excellent discussion of the media and the role of journalism. approx 10 minutes

4/03/2009. Bill Moyers interviews William Black in CSI Bailout. It is a stunning discussion of the current financial meltdown. A must watch. (approx 20 minutes)

CNN Planet Peril : World Water Crisis. World water crisis CNN's Isha Sesay speaks with Dr. Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, about the world's water problems. 10/27/07 4:41.

Oil War' Rages in Niger Delta. NTDTV. 9/17/2008. (2:03)

The American Form of Government. Author and date unknown. Excellent 10 minute discussion of various forms of government.

The following video clip is from the March 20, 2009 Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel did an excellent piece on the deregulation that lead to the AIG blowup, and the larger mess. She does an excellent job explaining it.

On the March 12, 2009 Daily Show (Episode 14036), Stewart interviewed of Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money" on the media role in Wall Street excesses.

This PBS NOW video of Credit and Credibility - An investigation of the causes of the economic meltdown Nov. 21, 2008. (27 min)

This PBS NOW video frames Joseph Stiglitz discussing the financial crisis and bailout on Nove. 21, 2008.