Beyond the Headlines of the Ferguson Story | Link TV
Beyond the Headlines of the Ferguson Story
This week on the "The Laura Flanders Show" we talk about making movies about systems, not gunshots with one of the directors of the documentary "Whose Streets?" As the news cameras left Ferguson, Missouri, after the police killing of Michael Brown, Sabaah Folayan and her team stayed on to document what happens to people subjected to police violence as a matter of routine. And an F Word from me on surveillance. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention and if you are, well the feds know about it.
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After Maria: Puerto Rican Self-Determination
What's in store for Puerto Rico's future? More disaster capitalism, or solidarity economics?
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This week Laura is at the Progressive Caucus Center Strategy Summit in Baltimore talking to progressive democrats and their friends about what comes next in the Trump era.
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Women Lead On Screen: Helen Clark & Gaylene Preston
This week, we speak with New Zealand's former prime minister, Helen Clark and filmmaker Gaylene Preston regarding their documentary about Clark's foiled bid to become the United Nation's first female Secretary General.
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Laura Flanders speaks with two pairs of young activists about their work in favor of rural regions and racial literacy.
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Laura Flanders Show
Individuals can protect themselves from surveillance intended to control and police people of color, women, and immigrants by securing their exposure on their cell phones. This tutorial shows you how.
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Laura Flanders Show
Some connecting threads stand out in recent mass shootings. Not because they are more important than others but because they weave so relatively quietly through the news accounts.
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Laura Flanders Show
Societies traumatized by disaster accept things they’d normally reject, whether socially-minded or opportunistic.
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Laura Flanders Show
Black Lives Matter has emerged organically as one of the most important movements of this era.
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Laura Flanders Show
Ten years post-Katrina, Laura Flanders explores the race, class, and gender outlines of New Orleans' recovery.
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This week, Laura Flanders speaks with SEIU International President, Mary Kay Henry (of Service Employees) and labor journalist Sarah Jaffe about worker wins, challenges, and some new models for organizing. Then, a conversation with Palak Shah and Michelle Miller on a new online platforms that's helping labor activists cooperate and win.
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