Tim Robbins was scheduled to give a keynote address at NAB, the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. But when they read his prepared remarks, which begin as biting, sometimes profane (so use headphones if you're at work) satire and end with serious criticism, they asked him not to give it, but it was the audience that needed to hear it.
Earlier, Moore endorsed Edwards (and wrote about Iowa), but today he finally
endorses Obama (though like Tom Hayden who I recently saw speak, it is more the movement than the man).
Friends,
I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.
So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?
I haven't spoken publicly 'til now as to who I would vote for, primarily for two reasons: 1) Who cares?; and 2) I (and most people I know) don't give a rat's ass whose name is on the ballot in November, as long as there's a picture of JFK and FDR riding a donkey at the top of the ballot, and the word "Democratic" next to the candidate's name.
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president today in Pittsburgh, sending a message both to the state's primary voters and to undecided superdelegates who might decide the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Dan Pfeiffer, deputy communications director for the Obama campaign, confirmed that Casey would announce his support during a rally at the Soldiers and Sailors Military Museum and Memorial and that he would then set out with the Illinois senator on part of a six-day bus trip across the state.
Ofra Bikel's latest documentary looks at five of the 45 prisoners in Colorado who are serving life without parole for crimes they committed when they were juveniles.
Bikel's has done a series of documentaries on the criminal justie system for Frontline. Some of them have helped innocent people be freed from prison.
Even if you aren't wearing something now that was made in China, something in your closet probably was. This documentary introduces you to some of the women who make clothes and the conditions they work under.
Actually, many aren't even women. Some are as young as 14 and work up to 20 hours a day with no overtime. For about 6 cents an hour.
Boxer herself may post this, but she is asking people to sign a thank you card she'll present to him when he testifieds before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on March 21st
Frontline looks at the changes in traditional media and rise of new media. Markos is interviewed and there is footage of YearlyKos. The entire program will be online and there will be an extended transcript of the interview with Markos (I'll update with links later).
Lowell Bergman is the correspondent and Steve Talbot is the producer. They spoke on Jan. 11th at the Commonwealth (video and streaming audio).
Almost everyone who comes to this site has probably seen the ad for the Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (it is to the right as I write this), but I everyone who has HBO will watch it Feb 22nd or when it repeats many times through the end of March (it will be out on DVD in June for those who don't).
We've all read about Abu Ghraib and seen the photos, but this documentary puts it together with a stong narrative in a way that hasn't happened before.
The PBS Newshour is doing a segment Monday on "the race online" - from their media email newsletter:
The Internet is quickly becoming an important tool in political campaigning, and should have a strong role in the 2008 presidential election. The cause for this recent phenomenon is due largely in part to the rise of popular online video-sharing websites like YouTube.com, which have simplified the transfer and sharing of information through videos on the Internet. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton became the latest politician to utilize the Internet for a campaign by announcing her plans to run for president on Saturday through an online video on her website. She also plans to participate in three live online chats starting tonight.
On Tuesday, Oct, 10th (tonight), PBS is airing Frontline's The Enemy Within, an investigation of how possible domestic terrorism has been investigated by the FBI and other government agencies since 9/11.
Just as he did in 2003 in Chasing the Sleeper Cell, correspondent Lowell Bergman (who was the subject of The Insider and teaches at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism) takes a critical look at some of the terrorism cases that have been trumpeted by the Bush administration.
Before Al Gore had his own documentary, he was a judge at a film festival in Nashville. He liked the winning film, The Real Dirt on Farmer John so much, he gave Farmer John a tour of his own farm at introduced the film in San Francisco.
You can see it tonight, Tuesday, June 13th on many PBS stations (check local listings on this site which also has more on the show) as part of Independent Lens.
Sorry for the short notice on this, but the monthly Progressive Reading Series is happening tonight at the Makeout Room (details are at the link).
The readers include Markos, Jerome, and the amazing Michelle Tea. It is hosted by Stephen Elliot (pictured above) and the money raised goes to Jerry McNerney who will be there. He is running for California's 11th District against Richard Pombo.
Cindy Sheehan announced at a press conference in San Francisco she won't run against Senator Diane Feinstein in the Democratic primary.
She said if she thought running would end the war sooner she would have, but she doesn't think it is the best way for her to work against the war. She will work for anti-war candidates around the country.
She said that calls by Barbara Boxer and other not to run almost made her decide to become a candidate. She also said she had asked to meet with Feinstein many times.
It is a smart decision. When Medea Benjamin ran against Feinstein in 2000, she did get many votes.
