Jesse LaGreca: Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Driven By Anger
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/07/Blueprint_for_Accountability_Truth_and_Consequences Prominent Occupy Wall Street activist Jesse LaGreca argues that in a stale economy, working-class Americans are being forced to make big sacrifices while major Wall Street players have still not been held accountable for the economic downturn they h... Read more
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- -: Jesse LaGreca: Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Driven By Anger
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/07/Blueprint_for_Accountability_Truth_and_Consequences Prominent Occupy Wall Street activist Jesse LaGreca argues that in a stale economy, working-class Americans are being forced to make big sacrifices while major Wall Street players have still not been...
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- -: Iran Election: Guns are More Powerful than Twitter
August 20, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/01/Tweeting_The_Revolution Jeffrey Goldberg describes the "diabolical" tactics the Iranian regime used to break up post-election protests that were organized through Twitter. He argues that the unseen snipers were more effective than a visible military r...
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- -: Iranian Revolution? Aslan Says Don't Hold Your Breath
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/01/Islamic_Identity_in_the_US_Reza_Aslan "If you are looking for a new revolution in Iran, you can stop holding your breath now because it's not going to happen," says religious scholar and author Reza Aslan. However, Aslan does predict dramatic politica...
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- -: Social Media vs the Dictator - Clay Shirky
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody New media theorist Clay Shirky demonstrates how protesters are using flash mobs and communication tools like Twitter to take collective action against oppressive governments. He cites a passive protest that took place ...
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- -: Was Obama's Response to Iranian Protests Appropriate?
November 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/20/Uncommon_Knowledge_Robert_Baer_and_Victor_Davis_Hanson Former CIA Operative Robert Baer and syndicated columnist Victor Davis Hanson weigh President Obama's decision to refrain from actively supporting Iranian opposition groups in the wake of that cou...
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- -: Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Finding Context in Iranian Tweets
January 4, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/05/Twitter_and_the_Iranian_Democracy_Uprising Protesters in Iran have been leveraging social media to broadcast their plight since sharp dissent erupted back in June 2009 after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In this clip, Al Jazeera's R...
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- -: The Iranian Revolution That Almost Wasn't (Tweeted)
September 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/07/Short_Messages_Big_Impact_Twitter_Founders_Biz_and_Ev And you thought you were inconvenienced by Twitter's server maintenance? Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams discuss how the Iranian election riots nearly weren't broadcast over Twitter du...
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- -: Technology's Role In the Arab Spring Protests
July 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/nextwork_conference_2011 Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas, elaborates on the role Twitter and other social media tools have played in the Arab Spring demonstrations and protests. "Technology accelerates everything," says Cohen. ----- The Engine of ...
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- -: Glenn Greenwald: Elite Media Biased Against Occupy Wall Street
November 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/salon_presents_glenn_greenwald Journalist and author Glenn Greenwald argues that media coverage of Occupy Wall Street has ranged mostly from critical to non-existent, thanks to mainstream media journalists who are now part of the elite class the movem...
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- -: Michael Moore on Student Debt: 'The Boot on Your Neck'
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/02/Michael_Moore_Here_Comes_Trouble Filmmaker Michael Moore argues in support of Occupy Wall Street protestors angry about high student loan payments. "What a wonderful thing to do to twenty-two-year-olds," says Moore, sarcastically. "Send them out into ...
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