All Pieces for Making Contact

 
Drips of Change: Preserving Our Freshwater
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tom Ries in Cockroach bay, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food, Justice and Sustainability
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Michelle Obama’s plan to eliminate obesity includes partnering with major retailers like Walmart to bring affordable, healthy food to neighborhoods...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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How to Occupy the Economy, According to Richard Wolff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Deepa Vanra at Occupy Wall Street West, Credit: Lisa Rudman
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the mov...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies? (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rally in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act, Credit: creative commons Flickr user ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How to Change a System: Occupy and the Question of Non-Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A debate from Oakland, California between practitioners of non-violence, versus those who believe a diversity of tactics is what Occupy needs to mo...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Extreme Center"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tariq Ali in Madrid, Spain. , Credit: Flickr user: Cordoba 2016
As the U.S. prepares for another presidential election, journalist Tariq Ali says the ‘choices’ don’t present much in the way of options. On this e...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Inside the Syrian Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues, reporter Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to in...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Cornel West & Carl Dix: Pursuing Justice in the Age of Obama
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Melissa Harris-Perry: Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, Credit: Melissa Harris-Perry
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Gang Injunctions Arrive in London
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Gang Injunctions: Problem or Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Occupy: From Encampments to a Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jimmy Santiago Baca
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Ali Abunimah on ‘Delegitimizing’ Israel
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Veterans of Occupation: From Iraq to Wall Street
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Veterans Join Occupy Wall Street, Credit: Iraq Veterans Against War
On this edition, we bring you the voices of Veterans from Occupy Wall Street and a special report on veterans returning home from war and the strug...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Who Controls Black Women's Bodies?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Pro-abortion rally, Credit: Flickr user: ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Voices From The Diaspora: Resistance and Community
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Riots all over the world are calling on us to get involved in societal change. But what kind of action is needed, and how do we create real change?...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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