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GRITtv: Sept 28 2009

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Bill Quigley breaks down the week's G20 events in Pittsburgn, queer cartoonists, new climate change strategies from Sarah Van Gelder and a look at Topaz Adizes's "Americana," and all the news.

GRITtv: F Word: All Pledge, No Punch in Pittsburgh

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The G20 summit wrapped up in Pittsburgh Friday with pledges but little punch. Except in the streets. On climate change, world leaders vowed "strong action," and on the economy, "balanced economic growth." Around 200 people were arrested during the two-day Pittsburgh summit. Heavy policing seems to be the only plan world leaders have come up with for shutting reality out. There is one part of the economy that seems actually to be getting stimulated: Policing. If ever civil society finds a voice and decides actually to wield it, they'll be ready.

GRITtv: CCR's Bill Quigley on the G20 Protests in Pittsburgh

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Last week world leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit and delivered - as usual - lots of talk but little promise for action. There was definitely lots of action on the city's streets as security forces clashed with protesters. Bill Quigley, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and author of "Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice" is just back from Pittsburgh to break down the week's events for us.

GRITtv: September 22, 2009

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The banks are booming on public cash, and Wall Street bonuses are soaring again while workers’ wages flat line. Is this the future of capitalism? Are we living it right now? Or is there another way? Another future? Grittv's Laura Flanders moderates a panel about the crisis now with Counterpunch co-editor and Nation columnist Alexander Cockburn and CUNY professor and author David Harvey.

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