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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Saving The Internet: How the Impossible Shifted to the Inevitable When President Barack Obama appointed venture capitalist and former Verizon and ATT lobbyist Tom Wheeler as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it sent shudders down the spines of anyone concerned with the concept of net neutrality. Last spring, it may have seemed an impossible task for activists and the Internet itself to defend net neutrality, but to date, they have.
Saturday, November 22, 2014Saving The Internet: How the Impossible Shifted to the Inevitable When President Barack Obama appointed venture capitalist and former Verizon and ATT lobbyist Tom Wheeler as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it sent shudders down the spines of anyone concerned with the concept of net neutrality. Last spring, it may have seemed an impossible task for activists and the Internet itself to defend net neutrality, but to date, they have.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Dear White People: Our State of Emergency As you know, a pre-emptive State of Emergency has been called in Ferguson, Missouri as the country waits to hear if officer Darren Wilson will be charged with the murder of Michael Brown. Let's focus on another State of Emergency for a moment. Like me, you are the beneficiary of unearned white privilege. I'm not going to insult your intelligence, nor should you insult other members of this club
Friday, November 21, 2014Dear White People: Our State of Emergency As you know, a pre-emptive State of Emergency has been called in Ferguson, Missouri as the country waits to hear if officer Darren Wilson will be charged with the murder of Michael Brown. Let's focus on another State of Emergency for a moment. Like me, you are the beneficiary of unearned white privilege. I'm not going to insult your intelligence, nor should you insult other members of this club
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Friday, November 14, 2014
Protestor Arrested During ISIL Hearing in Congress Code Pink activist Tighe Barry was arrested and charged with disruption of Congress today during an Armed Service Committee hearing on the subject of The Administration's Strategy and Military Campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Friday, November 14, 2014Protestor Arrested During ISIL Hearing in Congress Code Pink activist Tighe Barry was arrested and charged with disruption of Congress today during an Armed Service Committee hearing on the subject of The Administration's Strategy and Military Campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Friday, October 24, 2014
The Inextricable Link Between Social and Environmental Justice Erica Violet Lee of Idle No More in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV on the eve of the largest Climate Justice march in history.
Friday, October 24, 2014The Inextricable Link Between Social and Environmental Justice Erica Violet Lee of Idle No More in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV on the eve of the largest Climate Justice march in history.
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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Our Culture is a Crime | Acronym TV 019 Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement -- and how Code Pink started as an Environmental group- Then Howie Hawkins, as his momentum in the New York gubernatorial race is ramping up, talks about Green justice in the electoral arena.
Sunday, October 19, 2014Our Culture is a Crime | Acronym TV 019 Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement -- and how Code Pink started as an Environmental group- Then Howie Hawkins, as his momentum in the New York gubernatorial race is ramping up, talks about Green justice in the electoral arena.
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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Student Peace Activists and Teacher Are 'Inspiration To The World', says U.N. Sec. General Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of The United Nations, told Betsy Sawyer, her students and assembled guests at the JFK Presidential Library that their afterschool "peace club is an inspiration to the world." The occasion was the launch of world tour of the Big Book: Pages for Peace Project. A decade in the making, the book started when middle school students solicited and received original messages of peace from the likes o
Sunday, October 19, 2014Student Peace Activists and Teacher Are 'Inspiration To The World', says U.N. Sec. General Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of The United Nations, told Betsy Sawyer, her students and assembled guests at the JFK Presidential Library that their afterschool "peace club is an inspiration to the world." The occasion was the launch of world tour of the Big Book: Pages for Peace Project. A decade in the making, the book started when middle school students solicited and received original messages of peace from the likes o
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
The Green Shock Doctrine: a Decade of False Climate Solutions Anne Petermann is the Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. She is also the Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees; the North American Focal Point for the Global Forest Coalition; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014The Green Shock Doctrine: a Decade of False Climate Solutions Anne Petermann is the Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. She is also the Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees; the North American Focal Point for the Global Forest Coalition; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A Bold New Chapter in the Climate Justice Movement | Acronym TV 018 A day before the People's Climate March drove 400,000 people into the streets of New York City, Jill Stein sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr of Acronym TV and outlined what she sees as the coming green revolution. "The U.N. has sold us out," says Stein "The UN has become the apologists for false solutions (like) nuclear power, fracking, and so-called clean coal," says Stein. "The U.N. has sold us out, and it is really ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014A Bold New Chapter in the Climate Justice Movement | Acronym TV 018 A day before the People's Climate March drove 400,000 people into the streets of New York City, Jill Stein sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr of Acronym TV and outlined what she sees as the coming green revolution. "The U.N. has sold us out," says Stein "The UN has become the apologists for false solutions (like) nuclear power, fracking, and so-called clean coal," says Stein. "The U.N. has sold us out, and it is really ...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Confronting White Privilege in the Climate Justice Movement This interview is part of Acronym TV's expanded coverage of the NYC Global Climate Convergence. "The Convergence calls for a solution as big as the crisis barreling down on us -- an emergency green economic transformation, including full employment and living wages; 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030; universal free health care and education; food and housing security; an end to deportations and mass incarceration
Thursday, October 2, 2014Confronting White Privilege in the Climate Justice Movement This interview is part of Acronym TV's expanded coverage of the NYC Global Climate Convergence. "The Convergence calls for a solution as big as the crisis barreling down on us -- an emergency green economic transformation, including full employment and living wages; 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030; universal free health care and education; food and housing security; an end to deportations and mass incarceration
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Corporations Causing Climate Change Should Be Taken Over By The Public | Howie Hawkins Interview The richest 1% own the two major parties. It's time working people had one of our own. That's why I'm running for Governor. My name is Howie Hawkins. I'm a working Teamster and my running mate, Brian Jones, is a teacher and union member. New York has the greatest income inequality in the country -- and it has gotten worse under Governor Cuomo's tax breaks for the rich and spending cuts for the rest of us.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014Corporations Causing Climate Change Should Be Taken Over By The Public | Howie Hawkins Interview The richest 1% own the two major parties. It's time working people had one of our own. That's why I'm running for Governor. My name is Howie Hawkins. I'm a working Teamster and my running mate, Brian Jones, is a teacher and union member. New York has the greatest income inequality in the country -- and it has gotten worse under Governor Cuomo's tax breaks for the rich and spending cuts for the rest of us.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
"Unreasonable" Women for The Planet, Peace, and Justice | Medea Benjamin Interview Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, sits down with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV on the eve of the largest Climate march in history to discuss the climate justice. ""If you care about the planet, you care about people, workers, immigrants, and you care about whether we are destroying the planet whether by polluting or by polluting through war, says Benjamin, who went on to describe the founding of Code Pink as
Wednesday, October 1, 2014"Unreasonable" Women for The Planet, Peace, and Justice | Medea Benjamin Interview Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, sits down with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV on the eve of the largest Climate march in history to discuss the climate justice. ""If you care about the planet, you care about people, workers, immigrants, and you care about whether we are destroying the planet whether by polluting or by polluting through war, says Benjamin, who went on to describe the founding of Code Pink as
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
The U.N. is an Apologist for False Climate Solutions| Jill Stein Interview A day before the People's Climate March drove 400,000 people into the streets of New York City, Jill Stein sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr of Acronym TV and outlined what she sees as the coming green revolution. "The U.N. has sold us out," says Stein "The UN has become the apologists for false solutions (like) nuclear power, fracking, and so-called clean coal," says Stein. "The U.N. has sold us out, and it is really...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014The U.N. is an Apologist for False Climate Solutions| Jill Stein Interview A day before the People's Climate March drove 400,000 people into the streets of New York City, Jill Stein sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr of Acronym TV and outlined what she sees as the coming green revolution. "The U.N. has sold us out," says Stein "The UN has become the apologists for false solutions (like) nuclear power, fracking, and so-called clean coal," says Stein. "The U.N. has sold us out, and it is really...
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Save the Climate or Save Capitalism? | #FloodWallStreet Dispatch An exclusive Acronym TV dispatch from the Flood Wall Street day of action, featuring exclusive footage, analysis, and interviews with Adam Clayton Muller (Idle No More), Tim DeChristopher (Peaceful Uprising), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Arun Gupta (Counterpunch), and Flood Wall Street organizer Goldi Guerra.
Thursday, September 25, 2014Save the Climate or Save Capitalism? | #FloodWallStreet Dispatch An exclusive Acronym TV dispatch from the Flood Wall Street day of action, featuring exclusive footage, analysis, and interviews with Adam Clayton Muller (Idle No More), Tim DeChristopher (Peaceful Uprising), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Arun Gupta (Counterpunch), and Flood Wall Street organizer Goldi Guerra.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Parenting Without God When asked if the world would be better off without God, Dan Arel, the author of Parenting Without God does not pull punches. "The world would be better off without the idea of God,' Arel clarifies "the world is already without God." Even at a time when the popularity of chows like Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos, Arel's aggressive brand of atheism will not win many friends. In fact, a recent Pew Research survey showed that
Sunday, September 14, 2014Parenting Without God When asked if the world would be better off without God, Dan Arel, the author of Parenting Without God does not pull punches. "The world would be better off without the idea of God,' Arel clarifies "the world is already without God." Even at a time when the popularity of chows like Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos, Arel's aggressive brand of atheism will not win many friends. In fact, a recent Pew Research survey showed that
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Violence Against Women is a Necessary Outcome of the Athletic Industrial Complex | Dave Zirin Interview Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, talks with Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the one reason Roger Goodell will be forced out as NFL Commissioner, Violence in the NFL, Domestic violence.
Friday, September 12, 2014Violence Against Women is a Necessary Outcome of the Athletic Industrial Complex | Dave Zirin Interview Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, talks with Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the one reason Roger Goodell will be forced out as NFL Commissioner, Violence in the NFL, Domestic violence.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Calling for a Solution as Big as the Crisis We Face Timeka Drew of the Global Climate Convergence in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. The Global Climate Convergence is calling for AN EMERGENCY GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL
Tuesday, September 9, 2014Calling for a Solution as Big as the Crisis We Face Timeka Drew of the Global Climate Convergence in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. The Global Climate Convergence is calling for AN EMERGENCY GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL
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Saturday, September 6, 2014
Beyond The People's Climate March In two weeks the Peoples Climate March in New York, organized by 350.org, is expected to draw as many as 200,000 people. The march is to take place only days before a special UN meeting called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the November 2015 U.N. Climate Conference in Paris. Christopher Hedges has called this march a "last gasp of climate change liberals;"
Saturday, September 6, 2014Beyond The People's Climate March In two weeks the Peoples Climate March in New York, organized by 350.org, is expected to draw as many as 200,000 people. The march is to take place only days before a special UN meeting called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the November 2015 U.N. Climate Conference in Paris. Christopher Hedges has called this march a "last gasp of climate change liberals;"
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Slaughter the Planet or Exterminate Capitalism? Time To Choose. Question, and again, I am no expert on the subject, but is Capitalism compatible with the health and survival of all of the living things on this rock we call Earth?
Wednesday, September 3, 2014Slaughter the Planet or Exterminate Capitalism? Time To Choose. Question, and again, I am no expert on the subject, but is Capitalism compatible with the health and survival of all of the living things on this rock we call Earth?
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
They Turned Her Water Off. Now She is Fighting Back AtPeace Makita is a single mother of five, a life long resident of Detroit, and the Creative Director of the Detroit Water Brigade. She wants you to know that the push for the privatization of the water supply in Detroit could be coming to an area near you soon.
Saturday, August 30, 2014They Turned Her Water Off. Now She is Fighting Back AtPeace Makita is a single mother of five, a life long resident of Detroit, and the Creative Director of the Detroit Water Brigade. She wants you to know that the push for the privatization of the water supply in Detroit could be coming to an area near you soon.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Detroit Water Crisis - a Prelude to the Privatization of Water Atpeace Makita, a single mother of five children who turned to activism after her water was shut off by the Detroit Water and Sewage Department, talks with Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the Detroit Water Brigade and what it is like to living during the current push for the privatization of the water supply.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Detroit Water Crisis - a Prelude to the Privatization of Water Atpeace Makita, a single mother of five children who turned to activism after her water was shut off by the Detroit Water and Sewage Department, talks with Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the Detroit Water Brigade and what it is like to living during the current push for the privatization of the water supply.
