SouceCode - Classism

Private Prison Update

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:21:24 -0700

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Corruption and collusion are nothing new for private prisons, but with the "immigration scare" boosts from the Department of Homeland Security, the stakes are getting higher. SourceCode looks inside the private prison business - at the the buys offs and backroom deals that deliver profit for a few, and pain for many. Policy analyst Judith Greene, PCI Field Organizer Frank Smith, and legislators Buffie Mcfayden and Bob Ingles give you the Download.

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Silja Talvi with the Sentencing Project

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:55 -0700

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There is a growing bi-partisan movement to repeal the unfair and racist mandatory sentencing guidelines that have filled U.S. prisons to overflowing, creating a market in bodies-in-beds that pays big for private prison corporations. Join In These Times reporter Silja Talvi and Michael Mauer from The Sentencing Project to find out more.

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Grassroots Success in Memphis

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:05 -0600

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project models how you can do the same in your neighborhood.

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools, and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project is a model of what you can do in your own neighborhood.

Producer/Author:
Malia Bruker

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Private Prisons: Commerce in Souls

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:37:18 -0700

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Corruption and collusion are nothing new for private prisons, but back-room boosts from the Department of Homeland Security, are raising the stakes. SourceCode looks inside the private prison boom, and at the growing opposition to this state-administered slavery. In These Times reporter Silja Talvi talks with The Sentencing Project, and Grassroots Leadership shares their success story in Memphis. Plus, a multi-media community arts project where former inmates create moving images while they tell their stories.

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El Inmigrante

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:59:51 -0600

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EL INMIGRANTE is a documentary film that examines the Mexican and American border crisis by telling the story of Eusebio de Haro a young Mexican migrant who was shot and killed during one of his journeys north. Check out this short excerpt below and visit www.elinmigrantemovie.com for more info.

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Humanitarian Aid is not a Crime

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:56:26 -0600

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The No More Deaths campaign is a movement of persons and organizations of faith and conscience who have come together to stop migrant deaths in the desert. They take action to save lives, and fight for changes that will end the horrific, daily loss of life on our southern border. But 2 of their members are awaiting trial for the crime of medically evacuating 3 people in critical need of attention. If they are found guilty, they could face 15 years in prison.

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Students unite in LA

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:00:38 -0600

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As the immigrant community stands up in the streets for their rights, the youth of the community is following the call and taking the lead on marches of their own. Daffodil Altan of New America Media reports on the recent high school walkouts in LA.

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Immigration Emergency?

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:59:15 -0600

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Politicians across the country are calling for an "immigration emergency." And the Department of Homeland Security is ready to round people up - the US has retrofitted train stations to serve as detention camps, and Halliburton subsidiary KBR is ready to set up 'temporary' detention facilities. Their plan to detect, detain and deport immigrants is shocking. joe richey reports.

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Politicians across the country are calling for an "immigration emergency." But what does it mean, and what will happen if one is declared?

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Natural Capital w/ Hunter Lovins

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:52:02 -0600

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Natural Capitalism is an economic theory that claims to take �everything valuable into account,� not just the bottom line. SourceCode's Tom Henwood talks to alternative economist Hunter Lovins about how the way we have created wealth since the Industrial Revolution, no longer applies�.

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Hunter Lovins on �natural capitalism��.an economy that attempts to take everything of value into account � including human resources and living systems.

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Latin America's Economic revolution

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:52:43 -0600

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SourceCode brings you an exclusive report from the recent World Social Forum in Venezuela, where indigenous people are fighting international coal companies, and where Chavez is promising to shift the oil wealth to the people�..

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Hugo Chavez, Medea Benjamin, and the Venezuelan attendees of the World Social Forum in Caracas. Topic: economics.

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Capitalism vs Environment

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:58:57 -0700

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Is an environmentally sustainable economy, possible? Hear from Hunter Lovins on �natural capitalism��.an economy that attempts to take everything of value into account, including human resources and living systems.
Then, what would you do if a toxic factory set up shop in your backyard? One group of local activists is taking on the multinational company CEMEX.
Artist Roxy Paine and critic John Yao present an installation piece addressing industry�s devastating impact on land
And first, an exclusive report from the recent World Social Forum in Venezuela where indigenous people are fighting international coal companies, and where Chavez is promising to shift the oil wealth to the people�..

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Get Pombo Out Now

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:02:39 -0600

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Richard Pombo is at the top of many groups' lists.....as the 21st century's most dangerous enemy of the environment. Not only is he pro-enterprise at the cost of the environment, he's pro-business at the expense of the people in his own district. Kelpie Wilson wants you to be able to put a face to the man who is single-handedly trying to dismantle the environmental protections that took 30 years to put in place.

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BuzzFlash: War/Live

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:55:09 -0700

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Scott Vogel of BuzzFlash.com on military recruiting.

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Help secure human rights!

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:06:03 -0700

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secure human rights and civil liberties!

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POCLAD is a collaboration of nine writers, educators, activists, former elected officials, directors of environmental, labor and human rights organizations, union organizers, and researchers scattered around the country. They work with politically active citizens, historians, lawyers, and others to explore the historical relationships between corporations and citizens, why citizen resistance has not curbed corporate power, and what we can do to change this.

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author, Jim Hightower calls himself America's number one populist. He has spent has spent the last three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Check out his latest commentary at jimhightower.com

Rights/Exception - sc205

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:41:32 -0700

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Since 9/11 the bush administration has created a State of Exception, where the Constition and human rights are being suspended "in order to save them". Jim Hightower, Richard Grossman - activist and author, Rachel Meerapol from the Center for Constitional Rights talk about rights; meet John Graham who found himself on a terrorist list; the Ella Baker Center; Bernie Sanders.

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Art of Resistance: Minutemen

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:58:54 -0600

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Filmmaker Jeremy Levine goes undercover on a human hunting trip with the renegade Minutemen, in this excerpt from his documentary "Walking the Line".

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Activist Nation: No More Deaths

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:59:05 -0600

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NO MORE DEATHS works rescuing those lost at the border. They put humanitarian concerns above everything else. Join them.

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Dangerous Ideas: Rufino Dominguez

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:59:14 -0600

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Native people from Mexico, Central and South America are doubly estranged when they enter the United States. In this segment, Eduardo Stanley interviews Rufino Dominguez for an update on the Oaxacan community.

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Help Fight Environmental Racism!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:48:48 -0700

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Help Fight Environmental Racism!

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AMIRI BARAKA
Wise I

WHYS (Nobody Knows
�� The Trouble I Seen)
�� Traditional

If you ever find
yourself, some where
lost and surrounded
by enemies
who won't let you
speak in your own language
who destroy your statues
& instruments, who ban
your omm bomm ba boom
then you are in trouble
deep trouble
they ban your
own boom ba boom
you in deep deep
trouble

humph!

probably take you several hundred years
to get�
out!

Visit AmiriBaraka.com

Art of Resistance: Chris Chandler

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:10:24 -0700

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Spoken word artist Chris Chandler responds to Hurricane Katrina

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Katrina: Survivor Stories

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:42:36 -0700

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Hurricane Katrina Survivors share their stories, a week after the disaster.

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They fled as fast as they could, if they could. Hear what happened to the people caught in the worst disaster in American history. Natural or man-made.

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Download: Sacrificial Zone?

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:42:58 -0700

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Call for opening a national dialog on Racism and Classism in America, after Hurricane Katrina.

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Join longtime activists Malik Rahim, Amiri Baraka, Damu Smith, Dr. Beverly Wright as they help frame a national dialog on race and class in America.

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New Orleans/Sacrificial Zone: sc206

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:20:42 -0700

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Accusations of racism and classism in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina demand we open these issues to public debate. Join Amiri Baraka, Damu Smith, Dr. Beverly Wright, Malik Rahim, Food Not Bombs, and many survivors.

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