http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/corporations 2008-07-20T14:33:49Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46126-ny-case-seeks-millions-from-corp-for-apartheid-in-sa 2008-07-20T14:33:49Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2MTVjUUcsD8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2MTVjUUcsD8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46126-ny-case-seeks-millions-from-corp-for-apartheid-in-sa"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53948" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Landmark Case Returns to NY Seeking Millions from Corporations that Profited from South African Apartheid</p> <p>A landmark case is returning to a New York district court that seeks millions of dollars in reparations from corporations that supported and profited from South African apartheid. The suit is filed on behalf of thousands of apartheid victims under the Alien Tort Claims Act. It seeks damages from the companies for doing business with the apartheid government despite international sanctions and boycotts. The companies include the oil giants BP and ExxonMobil, banks such as Citigroup and UBS, and the car giants General Motors and Ford Motor. We speak with South African poet and activist, Dennis Brutus. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46126-ny-case-seeks-millions-from-corp-for-apartheid-in-sa">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45179-woody-guthrie-s-i-ain-t-got-no-home 2008-07-09T13:46:57Z Tim McMullen <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1E-nCipeewQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1E-nCipeewQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45179-woody-guthrie-s-i-ain-t-got-no-home"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52035" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Woody Guthrie's song about the displaced, the homeless, the migrants. Although this was an attack on capitalists and corporations during the depression, in this age of uffettered corporate control of society and government, in this age of anti-immigrant and anti-worker hysteria whipped up by the discredited but still dominant corrupt corporate media, with home and farm foreclosures at an all-time high, Woody's words were never more true for millions of Americans and immigrants.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45179-woody-guthrie-s-i-ain-t-got-no-home">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44092-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-18-07 2008-07-01T09:01:54Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iRx_ryqo_Js&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iRx_ryqo_Js&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44092-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-18-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50439" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Rindge, NH 11/18/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT <br />MCCAIN: "I will oppose any tax breaks or good deals for the gas and oil industry also." </p> <p>LABEL: JM NH 11-18 (JC#6) AJKHZZ - Clip C</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/8knx0xs84k</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: "https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/syimd15mo4 <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/5z8cob6gcc"</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44092-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-18-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43948-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08 2008-07-01T00:52:24Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CaRGrJ1kiMU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CaRGrJ1kiMU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43948-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50288" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Round Rock, TX 02/29/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "American corporations pay the second-highest taxes of any nation in the world. The highest tax corporate tax system in the world are paid by in Japan. That's not exactly the role model, obviously. </p> <p>"So sometimes businesses and corporations leave the United States of America, take them those corporations and they take workers and jobs and business with them. So we need to cut the corporate tax rate in America. It's not a very sexy kind of thing, but it's real, because we want to keep jobs and corporations in the United States of America."</p> <p>LABEL: JM TX 2-29 (JC#114) CGZZ - ClipB</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/kp5lleq048</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/owmm1x94wc</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43948-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43943-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08 2008-07-01T00:52:12Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/duQ2z5limKM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/duQ2z5limKM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43943-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50283" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Round Rock, TX 02/29/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />AUDIENCE MEMBER: "...I understand globalization and I understand the benefit we get from it. But what would be wrong with giving the corporations here in the United States some good tax incentive so they can have the globalization without layoffs?"</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: "I'm totally in favor of it, sir. I'm totally in favor of that. We have to, we are in global competition and we have to incentivize corporations not only to remain here in the United States but also hire, and train, and equip workers so that we are competitive throughout the world. It is not just an opinion of mine, but it's a fact, a scientific fact, that the most productive workers in the world reside in the United States of America. We should make sure that we maintain that..."</p> <p>LABEL: JM TX 2-29 (JC#114) CGZZ - ClipF</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/9odjdbg0sg</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/owmm1x94wc</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43943-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43854-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08 2008-07-09T19:00:45Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u62V9P3Tso0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u62V9P3Tso0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43854-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50192" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Youngstown, OH 04/22/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "Reckless conduct and the abuse of power must be called to account on Wall Street, in Washington, or any place else. I've got a few ideas about Washington in particular. My plan for reform starts with a top to bottom review of the departments of every department and agency to make sure that Federal money is going to essential priorities like job training, the security of our citizens, and the care of our veterans.</p> <p>"We're also going to put an end to the 10s of billions of dollars squandered every year on special favors and corporate welfare. At a time when many working families can hardly afford their mortgage, their groceries, and gas for their car or truck, we need to close the door firmly on corporate lobbyists. My friends, I have a reputation of low tolerance for the wasteful, abusive and occasionally corrupt ways of business as usual in Washington. </p> <p>"I hope I've earned that reputation because it's exactly the spirit we need in the White House today and we need it badly, my friends. And you're gonna get it."</p> <p>LABEL: JM OH 4-22 (JR#54) WG-ClipB</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/u9rdcyzkg0</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/l89994akg8 <br />AND <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/xxfshby80o</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43854-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43630-john-mccain-town-hall-6-11-08 2008-06-30T22:53:15Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/geTnrnD0RQg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/geTnrnD0RQg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43630-john-mccain-town-hall-6-11-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49968" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Philadelphia, PA 06/11/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />[...] <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "It's a great privilege for me to have had the opportunity to serve but could I just ask all of our veterans to stand so we can all thank them. Thank you for, thank you for your service, than you for being here, thank you very much, thank you and god bless, thank you."</p> <p>QUESTIONER: "Can I first say that it was a humbling and very exhilarating experience to go down to South Carolina and volunteer for your staff down there. It was probably the five best days of my life."</p> <p>MCCAIN: "Thank you"</p> <p>QUESTIONER: "I would like to ask you, when you will finally have Barack Obama show up to a town hall meeting to have a conversation, will you just please do me one favor and remind him of what Ronald Reagan reminded of us decades ago; corporations collect taxes they do not pay taxes. And I'm sick and tired of hearing about these windfall taxes cause it's going to be my mother, my grandmother, my Aunt Bobs, my family members, my friends, who really can't afford it, to pay more."</p> <p>[...]</p> <p>MCCAIN: "There are executives of corporations that are giving the free enterprise system a bad name. Ok. There's people that have taken too generous of a package to say the least. Sometimes obscene and was not reflected by the performance of the corporation that they headed or played key roles in. If there's been speculation, and if there's been misbehavior, then there should be full and complete investigations and those people should be penalized for whatever laws they have broken or rules and regulations they have broken. But know let me talk to you about corporate taxes for a second. The corporate tax level in the United States of America is 35%. It's the second highest in the world. I was just told by John Chambers, who as you know does business, Cysco does business all over the entire globe. How many employees? 65 thousand employees. Now John Chambers mentioned to me that in Ireland the corporate tax is 11. Ours is 35%, Ireland is 11. Ireland is a beautiful country, as you well know. So businesses and corporations sometimes will go to those other countries and set up operations there because of the lower tax rates. Now ours is the second highest in the world, only Japan is higher and obviously the Japanese economy has not been a model for ours. So I've advocated lowering the corporate tax from 35 to 25%. I don't view that as a quote break for corporations, I view it as an incentive for them to stay in the United States of America, hire people, have jobs, have their headquarters here. So the next time that you hear this bit about loopholes for corporations ect. If they're loopholes then I want them closed, but if it's a matter of corporate taxes then I want lower taxes so we can do exactly what I just described to you. Thank you."</p> <p>LABEL: JM PA 6-11 (GR#87) SGIAT - Clip D</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/lhm8m5bcog <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/2oepr3nk0k</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43630-john-mccain-town-hall-6-11-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43591-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-03-03-08 2008-07-10T18:38:00Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xWmdCyji3fc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xWmdCyji3fc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43591-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-03-03-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49929" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Waco, TX 03/03/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "My friends, we have to have corporations in America pay lower taxes. A lot of people don't know that corporations in America pay the second highest taxes of any country in the world. The only country that pays more is Japan. We have to do that. Obviously, we need to do that. But I also wanna, and we also need to have depreciation and we need to have the stimulus package move out..."</p> <p>LABEL: JM TX 3-3 (JC#115) AGKTZZ-ClipE</p> <p>If you'd like to acquire a high resolution version of this clip, email videoprogressivemedia@gmail.com. (more)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43591-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-03-03-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42385-groups-rally-for-single-payer-health-care-in-allentown-pa 2008-07-25T02:40:44Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fiv-pcChWD4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fiv-pcChWD4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42385-groups-rally-for-single-payer-health-care-in-allentown-pa"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47853" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>From coast to coast, Americans rallied for single-payer health care on the National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Corporations, June 19th, 2008.</p> <p>Enjoy this video from one such rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Other such rallies at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/42385-groups-rally-for-single-payer-health-care-in-allentown-pa">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39050-authors-google-daniel-brook 2008-06-16T18:40:38Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DtanFNfg2Ik&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DtanFNfg2Ik&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39050-authors-google-daniel-brook"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44084" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to enjoy what were once considered middle-class comforts. Thousands are afflicted with a wrenching choice: take up residence on America's financial and social margins or sell out. And it's not just impoverished teachers and social workers, struggling to pay their rent, who are hurt. From the activist who works to give others a living wage but isn't paid one himself, to the universal health-care advocate who becomes a management consultant for Big Pharma, The Trap presents a damning indictment of the economic and political landscape that traps young Americans. It examines the struggles between passions and paychecks.</p> <p>Daniel Brook is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Slate, Harper's, Dissent, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boson Globe, among other publications. Brook was a finalist in the 2003 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists and won the 2000 Rolling Stone College Journalist Competition while a student at Yale. He lives in Philadelphia. Visit his website at <a href="http://www.daniel-brook.com">www.daniel-brook.com</a> </p> <p>This event took place on May 8, 2008, at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Ca, as a part of the Authors@Google series.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39050-authors-google-daniel-brook">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38749-david-cay-johnston-a-history-of-government-subsidies 2008-06-10T10:40:07Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DTyavVD3s1A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DTyavVD3s1A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38749-david-cay-johnston-a-history-of-government-subsidies"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43745" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete Video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_Lunch">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author David Cay Johnston discusses the history of government subsidies for companies and corporations in the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporting skills to explore the murky waters of tax law, Some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."</p> <p>Johnston will detail how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans. As tax season draws to a close, come find out who is getting a free lunch and who is picking up the bill - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>David Cay Johnston was an investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation. He accepted a buyout offer from the Times in April 2008 and is now an independent reporter. </p> <p>He most recently published Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. It follows Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestseller. Johnston received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting "for his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms." He also won the Book of the Year award from Investigative Reporters & Editors.</p> <p>Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38749-david-cay-johnston-a-history-of-government-subsidies">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38734-david-cay-johnston-are-government-subsidies-unfair 2008-06-09T18:35:24Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xqqoXY4kEY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xqqoXY4kEY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38734-david-cay-johnston-are-government-subsidies-unfair"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43730" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete Video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_Lunch">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author David Cay Johnston discusses the history of government subsidies for companies and corporations in the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporting skills to explore the murky waters of tax law, Some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."</p> <p>Johnston will detail how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans. As tax season draws to a close, come find out who is getting a free lunch and who is picking up the bill - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>David Cay Johnston was an investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation. He accepted a buyout offer from the Times in April 2008 and is now an independent reporter. </p> <p>He most recently published Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. It follows Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestseller. Johnston received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting "for his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms." He also won the Book of the Year award from Investigative Reporters & Editors.</p> <p>Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38734-david-cay-johnston-are-government-subsidies-unfair">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30917-now-fighting-over-forests-1-of-2 2008-06-15T21:29:56Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Izkx6Q3cNro&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Izkx6Q3cNro&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30917-now-fighting-over-forests-1-of-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33311" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>02/28/08</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30917-now-fighting-over-forests-1-of-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30916-now-on-pbs-fighting-over-forests-2-of-2 2008-06-15T21:29:55Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f2DHivR9L84&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f2DHivR9L84&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30916-now-on-pbs-fighting-over-forests-2-of-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33310" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>02/22/08</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30916-now-on-pbs-fighting-over-forests-2-of-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30427-preview-of-interview-with-christine-arena 2008-06-10T03:30:46Z cmnpenryn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81yf4oHVsjg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81yf4oHVsjg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30427-preview-of-interview-with-christine-arena"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32771" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com for the full interview FREE!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30427-preview-of-interview-with-christine-arena">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28669-bushenomics 2008-06-11T21:29:43Z bucklaw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTWqyn52_W4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTWqyn52_W4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28669-bushenomics"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30835" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Big Corporations win again...MAYBE..</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28669-bushenomics">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28059-ben-stein-does-america-lack-a-sense-of-community 2008-06-06T15:36:42Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VE6XDVXeSxI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VE6XDVXeSxI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28059-ben-stein-does-america-lack-a-sense-of-community"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30177" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Ben_Stein_on_How_Not_to_Ruin_Your_Life">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein laments what he feels to be America's lack of community values.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.</p> <p>You may know him best for his deadpan delivery in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, or his offbeat game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money." But this active thinker is also a major contributor to current discussions and understanding of business, ethical and social issues in the world of finance, and the political and social content of mass culture. Come hear this polymath speak about the many economic, political and social issues confronting us today - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Ben Stein is a lawyer, economist, and commentator on finance (and a well-known actor and Hollywood personality).</p> <p>Stein served as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has been a longtime contributor to Barron's and a columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written extensively about finance for New York magazine and the Washington Post.</p> <p>In addition to writing for Yahoo! Finance, he currently writes a biweekly column on economics and finance for the New York Times and appears weekly on the Fox News network commenting on finance and economics.</p> <p>He is the author of several personal finance books, including How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich, Financial Passages, and - with Phil DeMuth - the best-sellers Yes, You Can Time the Market, Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor, and the forthcoming Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably.</p> <p>Stein is Honorary Chair of the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and lives in Los Angeles, Calif.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28059-ben-stein-does-america-lack-a-sense-of-community">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27386-michael-parenti-is-bush-a-failure 2008-07-09T17:36:07Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OQv7oNdAYhg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OQv7oNdAYhg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27386-michael-parenti-is-bush-a-failure"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29441" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/01/17/Michael_Parenti_Discusses_Contrary_Notions">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Progressive author Michael Parenti argues that the popular liberal perception of a "failed" Bush Administration may not be accurate.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Michael Parenti discusses Contrary Notions.</p> <p>Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Covering a wide range of subjects, Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years. Here is a rich buffet of his deep but lucid writings on real history, political life, empire, wealth, class power, technology, culture, ideology, media, environment, gender, and ethnicity - along with a few choice selections drawn from his own life experiences and political awakening.</p> <p>Parenti serves on the board of judges for Project Censored, and on numerous advisory boards as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought. He is the author of twenty books - Cody's Books</p> <p>Michael Parenti received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.</p> <p>Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Censored, the Caucus for a New Political Science, the city of Santa Cruz, New Jersey Peace Action, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and other organizations. In 2007 he was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee.</p> <p>During his earlier teaching career he received grants or fellowships from the Louis Rabinowitz Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Brown University, Yale University, State University of New York, and the University of Illinois. For several years he was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>He now serves on the board of judges for Project Censored, and on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network, Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation; as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27386-michael-parenti-is-bush-a-failure">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25544-behind-henry-kravis-buyout-of-accuride 2008-06-07T16:40:19Z Brave New Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mo1QU4eRzo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mo1QU4eRzo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25544-behind-henry-kravis-buyout-of-accuride"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27563" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://warongreed.org/facts.php</p> <p>KKR made $79.8 million on the buyout of Accuride. Jeff Faux, author of The Global Class War, explains.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25544-behind-henry-kravis-buyout-of-accuride">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25507-the-nation-of-dick-s-big-corporate-smile 2008-01-19T15:33:58Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25507-the-nation-of-dick-s-big-corporate-smile"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/27532" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/business/20invest.html?_r=1&amp;amp;hp=&amp;amp;oref=slogin&amp;amp;pagewanted=print">Everything is going so well</a>, President (sic) Bush says. Of course it is, George:</p><blockquote><p><strong>The surge of foreign money has injected fresh tension into a running debate about America&rsquo;s place in the global economy</strong>. It has supplied state governors with a new development strategy &mdash; attracting foreign money. And it has reinvigorated sometimes jingoistic worries about foreigners securing control of America&rsquo;s fortunes, a narrative last heard in the 1980s as Americans bought up Hondas and Rockefeller Center landed in Japanese hands. </p></blockquote><p>And who wants to do something about it?</p><blockquote><p>With a <strong>growing share of investment coming from so-called <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sovereign_wealth_funds/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about sovereign wealth funds.">sovereign wealth funds</a> &mdash; vast pools of money controlled by governments from China to the Middle East</strong> &mdash; lawmakers and regulators are calling for <strong>greater scrutiny</strong> to ensure that foreign countries do not <strong>gain influence over the financial system or military-related</strong> technology. <strong>On the presidential campaign trail, <em>the Democratic candidates have begun to focus on these foreign funds</em>, calling for international rules that would make them more transparent</strong>.</p></blockquote><p>I&#39;m sure that George&#39;s overwhelming <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3213089.ece">$800</a> in &quot;America&#39;s pocket&quot; will go a long way to paying for those medical bills, house payments, rent, food, and--what&#39;s that other big one again?...oh yeah--gasoline. </p><blockquote><p><strong>The weak dollar has made American companies and properties cheaper in global terms</strong>, particularly for <strong>European and Canadian </strong>buyers. Even as <strong>Americans confront the prospect of a recession</strong>, economic growth remains strong worldwide, endowing oil producers like <strong>Saudi Arabia and Russia and export powers like China and Germany with abundant cash.</strong> </p></blockquote><p>And the forecast?</p><blockquote><p>But even <strong>if political tension increases, so will the flow of foreign money, </strong>some analysts say, for the simple reason that businesses need it. </p><p> &ldquo;<strong>The forces sucking in this capital are much bigger than the political forces</strong>,&rdquo; said Mr. Garten, the Yale trade expert. &ldquo;<strong>If there is a big controversy, it will be between Washington on the one hand and corporate America on the other. In that contest, the financiers and the businessmen are going to win, as they always do.</strong>&rdquo;</p></blockquote> <p>Somewhere, The Nation of Dick is smiling.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24344-sen-edwards-answers-questions-from-community-leaders-pt-1 2008-07-25T04:34:10Z dchin <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fa74dxE2orc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fa74dxE2orc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24344-sen-edwards-answers-questions-from-community-leaders-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26343" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator John Edwards answers questions from grassroots community leaders at the Iowa Heartland Presidential Forum on December 1st, 2007. (part 1)</p> <p>Did he answer the questions well? What did you like or dislike about his responses? Tell us what you think!</p> <p>For more coverage of the Forum including articles, video highlights, discussion, and more, visit the Movement Vision Lab Blog at www.movementvisionlab.org/blog.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24344-sen-edwards-answers-questions-from-community-leaders-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22510-john-edwards-will-not-negotiate-with-health-insurance-corporations 2008-01-12T20:45:19Z jgilliam <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22510-john-edwards-will-not-negotiate-with-health-insurance-corporations"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/24043" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>In response to the <a href="../blog/22440-justice-delayed-is-justice-denied">death of Nataline Sarkysian</a>, a &quot;visibly angry&quot; John Edwards <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/21/politics/fromtheroad/entry3641451.shtml">vowed</a> he would not negotiate with the health insurance <strike>terrorists</strike> corporations: </p><blockquote><p>Are you telling me that we&#39;re gonna sit at a table and negotiate with those people?&nbsp; </p><p>We&#39;re gonna take their power away and we&#39;re not gonna have this kind of problem again. </p></blockquote><p>Both Clinton and Obama <em>will</em> negotiate. </p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22447-john-edwards-fighting-greed-in-washington 2008-06-13T15:32:40Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NfX5zk5amK0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NfX5zk5amK0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22447-john-edwards-fighting-greed-in-washington"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23976" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Newsweek is out with a <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/78238">John Edwards cover</a>, and Agit-Pop is out <a href="http://www.moneydontvote.com/">with their latest campaign</a> supporting Edwards and his fight to <a href="http://johnedwards.com/issues/govt-reform/">cut the greed out of Washington</a>.</p><p>Oh, and his <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&amp;amp;pid=262502">poll numbers are surging</a> in Iowa and New Hampshire.&nbsp;</p><p>We&#39;ll see what happens caucus night, January 3rd.&nbsp; Live coverage with Brave New Films, the Young Turks, and all your favorite bloggers will be at <a href="..//">bravenewfilms.org</a>.&nbsp; See you there!&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/22447-john-edwards-fighting-greed-in-washington">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22230-hightower-gifts-for-a-happier-new-year 2008-07-25T04:19:06Z jimhightower <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c4FwapiYgko&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c4FwapiYgko&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22230-hightower-gifts-for-a-happier-new-year"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23750" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at www.hightowerlowdown.org! Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22230-hightower-gifts-for-a-happier-new-year">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21737-henry-kravis-makes-51-369-per-hour-spanish-subtitles 2008-07-08T05:33:26Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-tZmnB-Uh_U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-tZmnB-Uh_U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21737-henry-kravis-makes-51-369-per-hour-spanish-subtitles"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21474" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Henry Kravis is a billionaire, the 57th richest person in America. He acquired this wealth by purchasing public companies with borrowed money. To pay off the debt, he cuts benefits at the company, sells its assets, and lays off employees.</p> <p>This get-rich-quick scheme made him $450 million last year. Meanwhile, his tax rate is lower than teachers, firemen, nurses, even his own cleaning staff!</p> <p>Yet everyday we hear another story, we live another experience, we see another example of the horrific economic pain our country is being devastated by.</p> <p>It's time all of us started a WAR ON GREED. <a href="http://warongreed.org/">warongreed.org</a> (more)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21737-henry-kravis-makes-51-369-per-hour-spanish-subtitles">Watch the video</a>