Brave Nation is a series that focuses on social change via the activism of imdividuals and social movements. This is the first episode in the series and features Carl Pope and Van Jones on the issues of environmentalism, the people's media, civil rights and the economy. (Time: 29:30)
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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.
Unnatural Causes is a multi-part series produced California Newsreel and Vital Pictures. The series examines how social inequality impacts health. Collateral Damage explores inequality and health issues in the Marshall Islands, and discusses the impacts of urbanization on the poor. (Time: 30 minutes.)
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.
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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
On Thin Ice. NOW. 4/17/09. Impacts of global warming focusing on the loss of glaciers and the impacts on water supply.
David Simon: An American Observer. Moyers Journal. 4/17/2009. Wide ranging interview addressing crime, poverty, the war on drugs, etc.
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.
The L-Curve: Income Distribution of the U.S.. David S. Chandler. 2/04/2007. The income distribution of the United States is far more unequal than most people realize. In fact it is so lopsided, it is hard to represent on a single graph. For more see http://www.lcurve.org
Rural Poverty and Gas in America. eweining YouTube. 12/01/2007
