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Banking “Technocrats” Undermine Democracy
Paul Jay, Senior Editor, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Washington. In September 2011, at a time when the sovereign debt raiders, as some …
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The Finger of Fate Upon You
The last ten years have been a festival of profit-taking for a small collection of people you will never meet.
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Everything Dies
Call me a convert, but I'm beginning to dig this whole let-the-marketplace-work-it-out capitalism thing.
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As Obama Picks Up Union Endorsements, a Debate on Labor’s Role in 2012 Campaign (2)
We host a debate on Big Labor’s endorsement of President Obama’s re-election between labor reporter Mike Elk and Arthur Cheliotes, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, a …
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Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell on Star Wars’ Mythological Influences
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell on Star Wars from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
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Rachel Maddow | Republicans Veer Right Alienating Party Moderates (2)
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Gordon Gekko Repents: Greed Is Bad
As critical as we’ve been of the government’s failure to prosecute those in the financial world who done us wrong, it’s only fair to acknowledge our nation’s G-men when …
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Author Walter Mosley on Writing Mystery Novels, Political Revelation, Racism and Pushing Obama
Today in a Black History Month special, we spend the hour with the award-winning author Walter Mosley, who many people were introduced to when Bill Clinton praised his book …
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How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 13, 2012. Film historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins …
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Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry (Video)
Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: From the combative, ferocious and vituperative field of politics, we repair to a quieter …