Tag Archives: Bill Moyers
The Nation’s 2017 Progressive Honor Roll
“The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Here are some of the progressives who bent the arc in 2017.
Bill Moyers | A Poignant Poem That Encapsulates 2016
Bill Moyers shares “Starting with Black,” which addresses the “urgent political and moral crisis” that we currently face. Bill Moyers. (photo: PBS) By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers & Company RSN December 31, 2016 y friend Jim Haba, a fine poet in his own right, has done more than anyone I know to democratize the popularity […]
The State of the Current Prison System: in the news
These articles address the state of the current prison system in the United States taking on the concepts of innocence vs. a rigged system in the courts and likening the labor of prisoners to an American Slave System, the school-to-prison system, corporate-owned prisons for profit, and more.
▶ Bill Moyers | Maya Angelou: Facing Evil
In this second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late Maya Angelou, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Angelou attended a conference on “Facing Evil,” held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Evil was a topic about which Angelou, the victim of childhood rape and virulent […]
▶ Ursula Le Guin’s Viral Video: “We Will Need Writers Who Can Remember Freedom”
We are “letting commodity profiteers sell us like deodorant and tell us what to publish and what to write.”
Bill Moyers: Grassroots Pro-Democracy Movement Must Rise to Challenge Corporate Control
Ahead of final sign-off, veteran journalist tells viewers that reaching out to their fellow citizens and neighbors is the essential task in creating the transformation so desperately needed By Jon Queally, staff writer CommonDreams.org October 24, 2014 After more than four decades as a journalist working in the public interest, Bill Moyers might soon be “signing-off” […]
▶ Bill Moyers: Joseph E. Stiglitz Calls for Fair Taxes for All
“I think we can use our tax system to create a better society, to be an expression of our true values,” Stiglitz says. “But if people don’t think that their tax system is fair, they’re not going to want to contribute. It’s going to be difficult to get them to pay. And, unfortunately, right now, our tax system is neither fair nor efficient.”
▶ Bill Moyers interviews Charles Lewis: The Lies That Lead to War
Lewis details the deceptions and illusions that have caused “most Americans and their elected representatives to completely ignore facts, logic and reason in the rush to war.” A complicit partner, he says, is a media intent on preserving the status quo and never offending the ruling elite. Moyers and Company June 27, 2014 As the […]
▶ Chaos in Iraq: Bill Moyers interviews Andrew Bacevich
Let’s look at what U.S. military intervention in Iraq has achieved, in Afghanistan has achieved, in Somalia has achieved, in Lebanon has achieved, in Libya has achieved. I mean, ask ourselves the very simple question. Is the region becoming more stable? Is it becoming more democratic? Are we alleviating, reducing the prevalence of anti-Americanism? Moyers […]
▶ Moyers and Winship: Don’t Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise
Is Net Neutrality Dead? Democracy loses if the Internet’s sold to the highest bidder — and that may be exactly what’s about to happen. Full Show: Is Net Neutrality Dead? May 2, 2014 For years, the government has upheld the principle of “Net neutrality,” the belief that everyone should have equal access to the web […]
▶ Bill Moyers: The End of Democracy
This will be short, about 3:16 short. Bill Moyers has called it. Please watch this video. DailyKos.org So what got left out of the budget this year? 1. Unemployment Extension 2. Real infrastructure development/work relief actions 3. economy-stimulating alternative energy tax credits and subsidies 4. removal of fossil fuel subsidies 5. removal of tax loopholes […]
Henry Giroux: Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism
We blame the poor, homeless, unemployed and recent graduates suffocating under financial debt for their plight as if individual responsibility explains the ballooning gap in wealth, income and power and the growing state violence that supports it. Poor people end up in debtor jail for not paying parking tickets or their bills while the corrupt […]
[Video] Bill Moyers interviews Henry Giroux: book “Zombie Politics”
Published on Nov 22, 2013 In his book, Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, author and scholar Henry Giroux connects the dots to prove his theory that our current system is informed by a “machinery of social and civil death” that chills “any vestige of a robust democracy.” Subscribe or “Follow” us […]
Henry A. Giroux | The Ghost of Authoritarianism in the Age of the Shutdown
“For those who have refused to participate in the willful amnesia that marks the contemporary slide into authoritarianism, the totalitarian practices of the past few decades have been quite clear. Domestic spying; secret prisons; kill lists; military aggression; the rise of corporatism; the death-dealing culture of hyper-masculinity, drones and the spectacle of violence; and a […]
Bill Moyers: “Big Media is Ravenous. It Never Gets Enough. Always Wants More. And it Will Stop at Nothing to Get It. These Conglomerates are an Empire, and they are Imperial.”
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[Video] Glenn Greenwald> The Real Questions About the Boston Attack
Bill Moyers interviews Glenn Greenwald. April 24, 2013 Moyers & Company billmoyers.com With so few answers on hand about motives behind the Boston bombings, are we asking the right questions? Columnist Glenn Greenwald tells Bill that, if there is a connection between the perpetrators and radical terrorist groups, we need to investigate why “there […]
Chris Hedges> The Day That TV News Died
The Day That TV News Died “The lie of omission is still a lie. It is what these news celebrities do not mention that exposes their complicity with corporate power.” By Chris Hedges Posted on Mar 24, 2013 truthdig.com I am not sure exactly when the death of television news took place. The descent was gradual—a slide into the […]
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