While Capital Says Get Back, The Workers of Guadeloupe-Haiti Said Fight Back!
with
. Elie Domota, General Secretary, General Union of Workers ofGuadeloupe (UGTG) & leader of the general strike there last
winter.
. Fignolé Saint Cyr, General Secretary, Autonomous
Confederation of Haitian Workers (CATH).

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Lies, Fibs and Anti-ReformersProduced by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films

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While Capital Says Get Back, The Workers of Guadeloupe-Haiti Said Fight Back!
with
. Elie Domota, General Secretary, General Union of Workers ofGuadeloupe (UGTG) & leader of the general strike there last winter.
. Fignolé Saint Cyr, General Secretary, Autonomous Confederation of Haitian Workers (CATH).

When the U.S. economy catches a cold the workers of the Caribbean suffer pneumonia – their unemployment skyrockets, as does the prices of goods and services and the legacy of racism is exacerbated. Facing these dilemmas more than 25% of Guadeloupe’s work force, 100,000 strong, went on strike for forty-five days, facing down riot police, and finally paralyzing the Island before the French government conceded to their demands. In Haiti, a country with historical and cultural similarities and ties to Guadeloupe, the unions are playing a major role in the struggle to restore democracy after the U.S. government removed democratically elected President Aristide and U.N. troops continue to occupy the country. Building Bridges brings you a rare opportunity to hear from leaders of the Guadeloupe-Haiti Tour USA, who didn’t give,
but rose up!
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Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Lies, Fibs and Anti-Reformers
Produced by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films

Town Hall Meetings have become a way for the Right to spew lies
about Health care reform drowning out any serious discussion. Now
US Senator Bernie Sanders responds to one such amalgamation of
distortions posted on TwitVid by Realman10000 . In his response,
Sanders corrects the record and tells us what health care reform is
really about.

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Round Two: Stella D’Oro Workers Fight Against Plant Shutdown
with
. Joyce Alston, President Local 50, Bakery Workers Union
. Mike Philipo, Shop Steward
. Eddie Morrero, Foreman Bakery Dept.

The Health Insurance Racket:Getting Rich by Denying Americans Care
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Robert Greenward and Brave New Films

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Round Two: Stella D’Oro Workers Fight Against Plant Shutdown
with
. Joyce Alston, President Local 50, Bakery Workers Union
. Mike Philipo, Shop Steward
. Eddie Morrero, Foreman Bakery Dept.

Days after a judge found Stella D’Oro Biscuit Co. guilty of labor law violations and ordered the company to reinstate more than 130 workers on strike since August, Stella D’Oro’s owner Brynwood Partners announced it would close the plant. The union charges that the decision
to shutter the plant is in retaliation against the workers strike and has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to block the shutdown and force the company to reopen negotiations. Last August Stella D’Oro workers refused management demands for wage
cuts by as much as $5 hour and slashes in health and pension benefits and have waged a militant strike which has received tremendous support from N.Y. area unions and the community.
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The Health Insurance Racket:Getting Rich by Denying Americans Care
by Robert Greenward and Brave New Films

What does UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Well, for starters, his nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in unexercised stock options might lose a few pennies on the dollar.

What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in Winsconsin who is physically incapable of eating and has had to be tube fed her entire life, have to gain from healthcare reform? The treatment she needs to live a normal
life.

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African American Unemployment Skyrockets
with
Algernon Austin, Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program,
Economic Policy Institute

Happy Forty-Fourth Birthday Medicare: A Successful Model for Health Care Reform
with
. Mikuak Rai, Organizer, Coalition of the Uninsured and Under-insured for Single Payer, Washington, D.C.
. Katie Robbins, Asst National Coordinator, Health-Care Now!

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African American Unemployment Skyrockets
with
Algernon AustinDirector of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program,
Economic Policy Institute

As the U.S. struggles with the highest unemployment rate in a
generation, African Americans are especially hard pressed to find
jobs. Overall unemployment in June reached a new high of 9.5%,
but white unemployment was 8.7%, while the African American
unemployment rate was a staggering 14.7%. African American
male unemployment was at "recessionary” levels even when the
overall economy had been strong. In 2006, for example,
unemployment was 3.9% among white men and 9.7% among
black men.
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Happy Forty-Fourth Birthday Medicare: A Successful Model for Health Care Reform
with
. Mikuak Rai, Organizer, Coalition of the Uninsured and Under-insured for Single Payer, Washington, D.C.
. Katie Robbins, Asst National Coordinator, Health-Care Now!

On July 30th the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care
will rallied centrally in Washington, D.C. with concurrent actions around the country to bring the message to Congress that the people, unions, health care workers and faith groups support a single-payer system based on the same principles as Medicare which has successfully provided care to seniors and people with disabilities for almost half a century. With little over 3% administrative overhead, we must look tothis solution to our health care crisis and not the crazy quilt, inadequate, expensive so-called reform built on our failed private insurance system that the Obama Administration is pushing.

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