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Henry Giroux: Higher Education and the Politics of Disruption

Giroux: What has become clear is that the attack on the social state, workers and unions is now being matched by a full-fledged assault on higher education. Such attacks are not happening just in the United States but in many other parts of the globe where casino capitalism is waging a savage battle to eliminate all of those public spheres that might offer a glimmer of opposition to and protection from market-driven policies, institutions, ideology and values.

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Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch? Parts 1 & 2

[youtube=http://youtu.be/6ljSr7cqNKg]  democracynow  Published on May 30, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS broadcast of another film critical of him, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream," by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney. More

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Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch? Parts 1 & 2

[youtube=http://youtu.be/6ljSr7cqNKg]  democracynow  Published on May 30, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS broadcast of another film critical of him, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream," by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney. More

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U.S. Corps are no longer businesses…they’re extraction machines

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzWzLsUyXms&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Apr 3, 2012 Lynn Parramore, Contributing Editor-Alternet joins Thom Hartmann. Corporations in America used to care about the best interests of their communities and country - but their role in society has changed. How have corporations become a predatory monster - preying on Americans and their wallets? Join Us!  Subscribe to WAMMToday More

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Video> Wisconsin Solidarity Singers

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zXCwvq5Jw&w=420&h=315] bfealk   Daily Kos      January 13, 2012 In Wisconsin, every week day at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and on Fridays outside the Capitol, the Solidarity Singers sing for an hour.   Their first song every day is We Shall Overcome and the last verse is Walker Won't Be governor, some day More

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