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Free Speech TV Are the threats to Yemen proof that American isn't learning its history lessons? Patrick Cockburn explains here.

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Patrick Cockburn explains how the threats to Yemen prove America hasn't learned the lesson of history; a federal judge dismisses all charges against Blackwater guards in Nisoor Square massacre; a new project ...
Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown
yes, a spoonful of sugar goes a lot farther than vinegar. as a species we need to move from war to peace and understanding. we are such a young animal on this planet. we can do better! less war and less money for war!
about an hour ago
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Free Speech TV Arms race in space? The youth-produced "The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors" explores both sides of the issue, with interviews w/ John Glenn and experts from the Air Force & the Center for Defense Information. From The Media That Matters Film Festival.

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Free Speech TV From Spinal Tap to The Simpsons, it's "Harry Shearer: Unwigged & Unplugged," a GRITtv special feature, streaming now (& every day) at freespeech.org.

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You may know Harry Shearer best as the voice of Ned Flanders or Mr. Burns on The Simpsons. Maybe your first exposure to him was in This Is Spinal Tap. You definitely know Harry Shearer. But did you know ...
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Free Speech TV A glimpse into the life of 12 year-old Palestinian refugee, growing up w/ the scars of war & occupation. Come meet him in "Hammoudi," a moving short from the Media That Matters Film Festival.

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Mohammad Hajj Mousa, 12, lives in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon and suffers post traumatic stress after being injured in a bomb blast in 2006. In "Hammoudi," he reflects upon his tragedy and life. ...
Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith Peoples Prescription: Remove chronically sick Healthcare Insurance system. Administer a tax premium to cover Medicare for all. Declare and make decease discrimination and denial of payments in all cases. Vaccinate all with prevention healthcare from birth to death.

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Free Speech TV A triumph of the spirit: 72-year-old Louis Harding rebuilds the community center he opened only a month before Hurricane Katrina hit. Fighting poverty and why heroes matter. "A Loud Color, from the Media That Matters Film Festival.

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"A Loud Color," directed and produced by Brent Joseph, follows Louis Harding as he rebuilds the community center he opened just one month before Hurricane Katrina hit and destroyed his work. Despite the setback, 72-year-old Harding refuses to give up on his mission to combat poverty in New Orleans. ...
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Free Speech TV Two special year-end reviews, from Democracy Now! and Gay USA, only on FreeSpeechTV.

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Democracy Now! looks back at 2009, including the Israeli assault on Gaza, Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration, Goldman Sachs and the AIG bonus scandal, the escalation of the Afghan war, drone attacks on Pakistan, the coup in Honduras, healthcare reform, the murder of Dr. ...
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Stuart Smith Happy New Years everyone at FSTV your public is very proud of your efforts.

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Best to you, too, Stuart. Look for more changes in 2010. Cheers, Leland/FSTV
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Free Speech TV At the end of 2009, the U.S. is now at war in five Muslim countries. Why? On Democracy Now! on Free Speech TV.

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Glenn Greenwald on the five wars the U.S. is fighting in Muslim countries; Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari and Prof. Ervand Abrahamian on Iranian crackdown on protesters; Haitian activist Jean Montrevil faces deportation from U.S. to Haiti. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Ronald G. Linville
Ronald G. Linville
Because if we try for number SIX, we'll need a draft, and then Obama can go hide with his banker friends while we fuck shit up
December 31, 2009 at 6:43pm
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Free Speech TV Ali Abunimah and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters on the Gaza march and Cairo protests. Only on Democracy Now!

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We look at the Obama administration’s handling of the aborted bomb attack and the media’s coverage with Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent; in Cairo, we talk with Ali Abunimah of Electronic ...
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Free Speech TV Recognizing a King: High school seniors work to pass a bill commemorating the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. in this inspirational short from the Media That Matters Film Festival, here on freespeech.org.

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"The Apollos," directed by Nick Parker and Jazmin Jones, tells a powerful story of the struggle of a high school senior class to pass a bill making the Rev. Martin Luther King’s birthday a nationally recognized holiday. ...
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Free Speech TV GRITtv looks back at the "OOs." Any good/bad stories to share about this decade?

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Maybe it's not technically the end of a decade. But with the switch from Bush to Obama, it seems as good a time as any to look back at the 2000's--whatever you call them. Whether Time is right that it ...
Becky
Becky
Well not very much good to speak of this last decade, and your video/panel covered most of the bad stuff. Love, love, love GRITtv and Laura Flanders! Keep up the good work!!
December 29, 2009 at 3:51pm
Ronald G. Linville
Ronald G. Linville
I think that the biggest story of the "aughts", at least potentially, is that the bank bailout/financial near-collapse put CAPITALISM "on the table" for the first time in almost a century...Predictably, the MSM has buried it again, but I believe the catis out of the bag again, and I wouldn't be surprised if the next decade saw the emergence of a ... See Moregenuine SECOND political party inthe US--an overtly socialist one. Ibelieve the GOP will continue it's role as the nascent fascist party, and the Dem.s will continue their slide into richly-deserved irrelevance, and become the Whigs of the 21st century.
December 29, 2009 at 9:16pm
Dave BraveRaven
Dave BraveRaven
Unrelated, but

Call the U.S. Embassy in Egypt to demand the release of those detained so that permission is granted for the March to cross into Gaza:
Telephone: (20-2) 2797 3300.Please re-post this alert and spread the word.
http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2009/12/breaking-us-citizens-attacked-by.html
December 29, 2009 at 9:23pm
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Free Speech TV On Northwest Indian News, a study shows why Native students do better in their own culture. On-demand on FSTV.

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students learn better when they are surrounded by their own culture; report on the “ATNI Winter Conference 2009”; British Columbia has seen steady production growth in the major motion picture and syndicated ...
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Free Speech TV On DN!, El Salvador activist murdered; Gaza protest denied; healthcare debate & climate-change lobbyists.

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Another prominent anti-mining activist, Dora “Alicia” Recinos Sorto, has been assassinated in El Salvador - Sortos was an active member of the Cabañas Environment Committee, which has campaigned against ...
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Free Speech TV Produced by 5th graders, "The Farm Sanctuary" profiles the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. If you love those furry critters, don't miss this wonderful short from the Media That Matters Film Festival.

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The Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, it has worked to expose and stop cruel practices of the factory farming industry through research ...
Jammer CoalCreek
Jammer CoalCreek
This is an inspiring video.
December 29, 2009 at 4:27pm