Bill Moyers Journal: Frontlines of Foreclosure + US Torture and Consequences?

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Bill Moyers Journal
May 1, 2009

Frontlines of Foreclosure

The JOURNAL profiles Steve Meacham, a Boston-based organizer who’s trying to halt the tidal wave of evictions and foreclosures plaguing his community. Meacham works for an award-winning organization known as City Life/Vida Urbana, a group that’s pioneered new strategies to help working people hold on to their homes in the face of intense pressure from banks.

via Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

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City Life/Vida Urbana: Who We Are

officialclvu on Sep 26, 2012

CityLife/VidaUrbana executive director, Curdina Hill, speaks about the mission of CLVU and its work to build a movement to stop bank foreclosures and evictions. v3 9/20/12

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US Torture and Consequences?

A new debate followed the release of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel memos approving extreme measures of interrogation under the Bush administration. Bill Moyers sits down with Bruce Fein, former deputy attorney general under President Ronald Reagan and chairman of the American Freedom Agenda, and Mark Danner, who has been reporting on the US treatment and interrogation of detainees for the NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS.

via Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

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WEB EXCLUSIVE

Bruce Fein and Mark Danner continue their conversation with Bill Moyers.

via Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

see

Economy On The Ropes By Mike Whitney

Michael Hudson: The Financial Barbarians at the Gate (must-listen)

Dictatorial Powers Unchallenged As US “Enemy Combatant” Pleads Guilty by Andy Worthington

Torture Memos Expose Dark, Imperial Presidency By Robert S. Becker, Ph.D.

Michael Ratner: If Obama won’t prosecute, Spain will + Allegations include ’sexual abuse’ and ‘beating’

Spanish judge keeps Guantanamo probe alive + Waterboarded 183 Times + More revelations from Bush torture memos