Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America
We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.
Oct 26, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America
Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...
Oct 20, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America
Why is poverty invisible in the US?
Oct 17, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Creating a Progressive America Creating a Progressive America
In a collaboration between The Nation and On The Earth Productions, progressive luminaries discuss the current state of affairs, the potential for a national escalat...
Oct 12, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years
On September 17th, Chautauqua, Wisconsin will host its annual Fighting Bob Fest, a progressive, populist forum in the spirit of Wisconsin progressive hero Robert "Fighting Bob...
Sep 9, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a national concern after almost two weeks of the largest civil disobedience that the environmental movement has seen in decades.
Aug 31, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is a transformation of consciousness, a sudden revelation that something new must be done.It is the knowledge that there are two options: disrupt and change the ...
Aug 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity
In the United States, the richest 400 people own more collective wealth than the bottom 150 million. As Alperovitz puts it, this is quite literally medieval.
Aug 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor
Human rights activist and anti-poverty pioneer Cheri Honkala speaks about America's wealth distribution at this year's Democracy Convention.
Aug 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words
Protesters continued gathering outside of the White House as part of a 15-day effort to convince Obama to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Aug 23, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions