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NGC-Don't Tell My Mother I'm In (2008).Venezuela.WS-PDTV.XviD.Ekolb

Category: Documentary
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Don’t Tell My Mother I’m In… (2008) Don't Tell My Mother I’m In… shows what life is really like in a war zone. In each episode, host Diego Buñuel (grandson of legendary surrealist cinema filmmaker, Luis Buñuel) goes on a behind-the-scenes journey through regions with bad reputations, including: Afghanistan, Colombia, Congo, Gaza, and North Korea. Venezuela Within 8 years, Hugo Chavez had transformed Latin American country into a true world power with oil barrel prices topping 100 dollars. On a trip to Venezuela, Diego discovers massive food shortages and cheap gasoline; sugar cane workers fight for land rights in San Felipe; a mobile library in the Andes. Format : AVI Length : 349 MiB for 47mn 0s 288ms Codec : XviD Source : PDTV Language : English Subtitles : None Genre : Documentary Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 893 Kbps Aspect : 560 x 336 (1.667) at 29.970 fps Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 131 Kbps Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Enjoy! Ekolb
Seeders: 15
Leeches: 5

Democracy Now! Friday, September 25, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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# Report: US-Initiated WTO Rules Could Undermine Regulatory Overhaul of Global Finance As the G-20 meets in Pittsburgh, a new report from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch warns that the World Trade Organization has long advanced extreme financial deregulation under the guise of trade agreements and could undermine the current push for increasing regulation. We speak to Lori Wallach, the director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division. [includes rush transcript] # Pitts-web-play G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh Highlights Economic Decline of Former Steel Capital Leaders and delegates for the G-20 arrived in Pittsburgh Thursday evening under the shadow of a police crackdown on protesters. The city is no stranger to protests and has a long history of labor uprisings. We speak to longtime Pittsburgh resident, historian, and labor organizer, Charles McCollester, on the changing face of this former steel capital. [includes rush transcript] # Wangari-play-web2 Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai: If US Moves Forward on Climate Change, Rest of World Will Follow A new overview of research on global warming has found climate change is happening faster and on a broader scale than scientists projected in 2007. The new findings come in a week where the issue of global warming is at the fore with a one-day UN summit on climate change and the G-20 in Pittsburgh. We speak with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who was chosen to speak on behalf of international civil society at the UN summit. [includes rush transcript] # Nuclear-web-play At Historic Summit, Security Council Passes Resolution to Limit Nuclear Proliferation The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a US-drafted resolution aimed at shoring up the international commitment to limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. But critics say it failed to include mandatory provisions that would have required nuclear states to take concrete disarmament steps. We speak to John Burroughs, executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy. He recently met with several UN missions of Security Council members regarding the nuclear vote. [includes rush transcript] Today's Headlines * Iran Admits Existence of New Uranium Enrichment Plant * UN Security Council OKs Nuclear Proliferation Measure * 5 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan * US Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan * Senate Finance Panel Rejects Curbs on Drug Costs * Jailed Suspect Charged in Terror Plot * Zelaya Rules Out Coup Regime Talks * White House Retracts Promise to Block Israel War Crimes Prosecution * Chavez Criticizes US-Colombia Base Deal * US Opens Burma Junta Talks * Study Warns of Global Temperature Rise * Patrick Appoints Interim Kennedy Successor * Thousands Protest Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes at California Schools Iran Admits Existence of New Uranium Enrichment Plant The New York Times is reporting the US is preparing to accuse Iran of building a secret underground facility to produce nuclear fuel. President Obama will reportedly make the announcement at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh later today. The alleged site is not yet operational. The Obama administration says it decided to make the allegations public after discovering Iran was aware Western intelligence agencies had monitored the site. Earlier today, European officials said Iran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency of a previously undisclosed uranium enrichment plant earlier this week. UN Security Council OKs Nuclear Proliferation Measure The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution to limit nuclear proliferation. The US-drafted measure calls for further efforts to achieve “a world without nuclear weapons.” But critics say it fails to include mandatory provisions that would have required nuclear states to take concrete disarmament steps. The resolution also lacks any call on states to halt production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. President Obama became the first US president to chair a UN Security Council summit, which also marked the fifth summit-level meeting of the council in its sixty-three years of existence. President Obama: “In the six-plus decades that this Security Council has been in existence, only four other meetings of this nature have been convened. I called for this one so that we may address, at the highest level, a fundamental threat to the security of all peoples and all nations: the spread and use of nuclear weapons.” 5 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, five US troops were killed Thursday in two southern provinces. Thirty-four US troops have been killed in Afghanistan this month. Last month was the deadliest month for the US, with fifty-one soldiers killed. US Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan In Pakistan, at least four people were killed Thursday in a suspected US air strike. The attack reportedly struck a town in the North Waziristan tribal region. It comes as the US Senate has approved a measure that would triple Pakistan aid to $7.5 billion over five years. Senate Finance Panel Rejects Curbs on Drug Costs The Senate Finance Committee has rejected a proposal that would have forced pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices for elderly Americans under Medicare. The measure would have saved Medicare beneficiaries more than $100 billion over ten years. The Obama administration had opposed the proposal because it would have undercut a secretive deal with pharmaceutical companies to back healthcare reform. Three Democratic senators-–Max Baucus of Montana, Thomas Carper of Delaware and Robert Menendez of New Jersey—joined with the finance panel’s Republican members to defeat the amendment by a 13-to-10 vote. Committee members meanwhile have put off debate on a public insurance option until next week. Jailed Suspect Charged in Terror Plot A Colorado man jailed since last week has been charged with conspiring to launch a bomb attack inside the United States. Twenty-four-year-old Najibullah Zazi is accused of acquiring and preparing explosive materials similar to those used in the 2005 London transit bombings. Prosecutors say Zazi bought chemicals from beauty supply stores and experimented with preparing deadly explosives. It’s unclear if authorities believe Zazi intended to attack a specific target. Zazi was initially arrested along with his father and a New York imam on allegations of lying to federal agents. On Thursday, both the father and the imam were freed on bail. The imam, Ahmad Wais Afzali, denied the allegations against him. Ahmad Wais Afzali: “As imam, it’s against Islamic law to hurt anybody, period. I am very much against this myself, very much against this. And the last time I saw Zazi was God knows how many years ago. That’s about it.” Zelaya Rules Out Coup Regime Talks In Honduras, the ousted President Manuel Zelaya says preliminary talks with the coup regime have gone nowhere. On Thursday, Zelaya said there is no chance of reaching an agreement with coup leaders and vowed to continue his attempt to return to office. Zelaya remains holed up inside the Brazilian embassy, surrounded by armed Honduran forces. In a separate interview, Zelaya accused the Honduran military of subjecting him and his supporters to toxic gases and radiation. White House Retracts Promise to Block Israel War Crimes Prosecution The White House is disavowing a top official’s promise to block a recent UN inquiry’s call that alleged Israeli war crimes be potentially referred to the International Criminal Court. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported this week a top White House official had made the promise in an off-the-record conversation with Jewish leaders. The official apparently said the administration would not allow the report’s recommendations to go beyond the UN Human Rights Council. A White House spokesperson later said the official had “misspoke.” Chavez Criticizes US-Colombia Base Deal Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was among the world leaders speaking Thursday at the UN General Assembly. Chavez invoked his 2006 speech in which he called former President George W. Bush a “devil” and said he now senses hope with President Obama in office. But Chavez criticized what he called the continued dominance of the Pentagon. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: “The Pentagon, that is the imperialists’ cave. The Pentagon does not want Obama. They don’t want him. They don’t want change. They want world dominance with their military bases, their threats, their bombs, their invading soldiers.” Chavez went on to criticize Obama’s recent UN address, saying plans for US military bases in Colombia contradict Obama’s stated commitment to peace. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: “He thinks of finding peace, his second pillar, with seven military bases in Colombia? Those seven bases are a threat to a possible peace in Colombia, if not peace in South America. We, the governments of South America, have reason to have expressed, in each our own way and intensity, our great worry over the installation of these seven American military bases on Colombian territory.” US Opens Burma Junta Talks The Obama administration has announced it’s begun direct engagement with the Burmese military junta in a push for democratic reforms. The US isn’t lifting sanctions, but says it will increase dialogue with junta members. The approach has drawn backing from leading Burmese democracy advocates, including the jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Study Warns of Global Temperature Rise A new study says global warming is increasing at a higher rate than previously thought. The United Nations Environment Program says researchers now predict the planet’s temperature will rise 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the most ambitious proposals to address climate change are enacted. The temperature rise is two times higher than what scientists have previously identified as the maximum humans can afford to avert a climate disaster. Patrick Appoints Interim Kennedy Successor Back in the United States, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has named former Democratic National Committee chair Paul Kirk to the Senate seat vacated by the death of the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Kirk was said to be the pick of Kennedy’s family. He will fill the seat until Massachusetts holds a special election in January. Thousands Protest Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes at California Schools And in California, thousands of professors, students and workers at all ten University of California campuses staged a protest Thursday against tuition hikes and cuts to education funding. Student tuition is set to rise as much as 32 percent over the next year. The statewide action came as most of the schools held their first day of classes.
Seeders: 68
Leeches: 12

Aljazeera - People And Power - Venezuela - 18-09-09

Category: Documentary
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Hugo Chavez has celebrated 10 years of power in Venezuela. But with slumping oil prices shaking the foundations of his socialist revolution Eric Campbell finds that a crumbling private sector and disaffected middle class means the president faces a tricky future.
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Leeches: 1

Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of The Four World War.

Category: Documentary
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This 76 min documentary examines the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalisation. The film shows the evolution of the popular movement in Venezuela from the Caracazo riots in 1989 to the massive actions that brought revolutionary president Hugo Chavez back to power, 48 hours after a U.S. led military coup in 2002. The main theme is how the Bolivarian Revolution, thanks to its incredible grassroots and networking power, is a Revolution that transcends the national frontiers of Venezuela and contributes with concrete alternatives to the fight against neoliberal capitalism. By Marcelo Andrade Arreaza & the Calle y Media collective www.calleymedia.org marcelo@calleymedia.org Duration 76 min Spanish (English subtitles) Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
Seeders: 1
Leeches: 1

Democracy Now! Monday, July 27, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Israel: All Options on Iran Are Still on the Table Cheney Wanted US Troops to Arrest Suspected Terrorists Inside US Teenager Held at Guantanamo May Face Civilian Trial Clinton Describes Zelaya’s Brief Returns to Honduras as “Reckless” Palin’s Farewell Message to the Media: “Quit Making Things Up” Obama Weighs In Again on Henry Louis Gates Controversy Court Demands Accounting for Indian Trusts US to Sign UN Convention on Rights of Disabled Bill Introduced to Restore Voting Rights to Former Prisoners House Bill Lifts Ban on Needle Exchanges Worldwide Rallies Condemn Iran’s Treatment of Opposition Protesters Veterans Commit Murder at Home After Return from Iraq 10 NYC Homeless Activists Arrested at Encampment Anti-Gay Singapore Prof Cancels NYU Stint Real Video MP3 Purchase DVD/CD More Formats… National Exclusive...Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Wife of Ousted Honduran President, Calls on US to Aid Her Husband's Return Home: "We Want Justice, We Want Peace, We Demand the Return to Democracy" After a failed attempt to return to Honduras over the weekend, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has complained that US condemnation of the coup against him is waning. Zelaya had tried to cross back into Honduras from Nicaragua on Friday but stayed for less than an hour. We speak with the wife of the ousted Honduran president, First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. She’s spent the past day trying to get to the border with Nicaragua, and she joins us now from the town of Jacaleapa. [includes rush transcript] Tensions Rise in Latin America over US Military Plan to Use Three Bases in Colombia The Colombian government has agreed to grant US forces the use of three Colombian military bases for South American anti-drug operations. The move has heightened tensions between Colombia, the largest recipient of US military aid in the Americas, and its neighbors, particularly Venezuela and Ecuador. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned that the US Army could “invade” his country from Colombia. [includes rush transcript] Parole Hearing to Be Held Tuesday for Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier The sixty-four-year-old activist has been in prison for thirty-three years and is now being held at the Lewisburg prison in Pennsylvania. Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. At his last hearing, the Parole Commission originally denied Peltier parole in 1993 based on their finding that he “participated in the premeditated and cold blooded execution of those two officers.” However, the Parole Commission has since said it “recognizes that the prosecution has conceded the lack of any direct evidence that [Peltier] personally participated in the executions of the two FBI agents.” Peltier has long maintained his innocence and is widely considered a political prisoner who was not granted a fair trial. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 60
Leeches: 47

Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 22, 2009 :: Cornel West

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines UN Reports $4.8B Shortfall in Meeting Humanitarian Needs Pakistan Opposes Expanded US Attacks in Afghanistan 16 Killed in Iraq; Maliki, Obama to Hold Talks Coup Regime Rejects Own Negotiator’s Proposal on Zelaya Return Venezuela to “Revise” Colombia Ties over US Bases Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Land Amnesty Criticizes Saudi Arabia on Crackdowns Admin Shuns Request to Disclose Health Exec Visits Execs, Top Earners Account for More than Third of All US Wages House Advances Measure Reducing Private Role in Student Loans Study: Teen Pregnancies, STDs Rose under Bush Cambridge Police Drop Charge Against Henry Louis Gates President Obama's Longtime Physician Opposes White House Health Plan, Advocates Single Payer Dr. David Scheiner was President Obama’s doctor from 1987 until he entered the White House. Today Dr. Scheiner is publicly opposing Obama’s health plan and is calling for a single-payer system. [includes rush transcript] Uninsured Travel from Across US for Free Healthcare from Relief Group Remote Area Medical As debate continues in Washington over healthcare reform, thousands of Americans in neighboring Virginia are preparing to line up this weekend to receive free healthcare provided by a relief organization called Remote Area Medical. We speak to the group’s founder, Stan Brock. Cornel West and Carl Dix on Race and Politics in the Age of Obama One week after the NAACP’s 100th anniversary celebrations, we speak to Princeton University professor Cornel West and Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party about the current state of Black America. West is a professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University and the author of numerous books on race. Dix is a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party and was one of six GIs in 1970 who refused orders to go to Vietnam and served two years in prison for his stance.
Seeders: 54
Leeches: 43

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - 2002

Category: Documentary
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (a.k.a. Chavez: Inside the Coup) is a 2002 documentary about the April 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt which briefly deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. A television crew from Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ happened to be recording a documentary about Chavez during the events of April 11, 2002. Shifting focus, they followed the events as they occurred. During their filming, the crew recorded images of the events that they say contradict explanations given by Chavez's opposition, the private media, the US State Department, and then White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. The documentary says that the coup was the result of a conspiracy between various old guard and anti-Chavez factions within Venezuela and the United States. Synopsis The portrayal of Hugo Chavez in the documentary has been described as that of a "colourful unpredictable folk hero", beloved by Venezuela's working classes and opposed to "a power structure that would see him deposed". The documentary portrays Chavez's first years as president before the coup and the support the government had among the working class and the poor, referencing educational plans, distribution of the oil revenue and grassroots democracy and participation of people previously excluded from politics as a key to this. It then explains the privately owned television channels, business and upper class opposition, who accuse Chavez of being an insane communist dictator. The documentary then moves to show how the media promoted demonstrations against Chavez and worked together with some military and big businessmen opposition to create an anti-Chavez climate leading to the day of the coup. On 11 April 2002, the opposition finally organised a big demonstration that went to Miraflores presidential palace to demand Chavez's resignation. But a huge crowd of Chavistas was waiting at Miraflores to support the president. The film shows Chavez's supporters being shot down by snipers, and then some controversial footage of Chavistas shooting back, which the private media channels then used to say the Chavez's supporters shot at the unarmed anti-Chavez crowd, when they were actually shooting towards an empty street with armoured vans from where the shots against them were coming. It then goes on to show an interview with a journalist claiming that he resigned from one of the privately owned TV channels after being forbidden to talk about any pro-Chavez demonstrations taking place at the time. Filmmakers Kim Bartel and Donacha O'Briain were inside the presidential palace on 11 April 2002 when Chavez was deposed and two days later when he returned to power, recording "what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état." The pivotal role of the media before and during the coup is highlighted throughout its 75 minutes, with emphasis in the importance that both Chavez government and the opposition who executed the coup gave to gaining control over channel 8, the only TV Channel owned by the state, shut down the day of the coup and recovered afterwards to communicate the news that the rest of the channels were not communicating, such as the fact that Chavez had not resigned but was actually being held as a prisoner and the fact that what was happening was not a democratical transition but actually a coup d'état. Directed by Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain Produced by David Power Cinematography Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain Editing by Ángel Hernández Zoido Running time 74 min Torrented by: www.paxmundi.info
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Leeches: 0

Democracy Now! Thursday, June 25, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines 72 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Iran Breaks Up Opposition Protests Probe: Insurers Force Consumers to Overpay Billions in Health Costs Ex-Cigna Exec: Insurance Companies “Dump the Sick” Obama Signs War Funding Bill Ex-Bagram Prisoners Report Gunpoint Threats UN Human Rights Chief: Prosecute Bush Admin Officials who OKed Torture Arab League: Peace Offer Conditioned on Israeli Withdrawal Report: US Sends Arms Shipment to Somalia US, Venezuela to Restore Expelled Ambassadors Poll: 75% Back Regulating Greenhouse Gases Report: “Jena 6” Teens Reach Plea Deal EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a "CMU" In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and will talk about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMUs. We also speak with Stepanian’s lawyer and a reporter covering the story. [includes rush transcript] Rite Aid Workers Fight for a Union Ahead of congressional debates on the Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA, we take a look at a long struggle of over 600 Rite Aid workers in California to form a union. The workers are based in Lancaster, California, at the Southwest distribution center for the nation’s third largest drugstore. After a two-year struggle, a majority of Rite Aid workers at the site voted to join the International Longshore Workers Local 26. The story has gained national attention and focused attention in the fight over the Employee Free Choice Act. We speak with a Rite Aid worker and with Ken Silverstein about his article in Harper’s Magazine, “Labor’s Last Stand: The Corporate Campaign to Kill the Employee Free Choice Act.”
Seeders: 86
Leeches: 16

Noam Chomsky - 12.06.2009 - Riverside Church NY - AVI - Godcanjudgeme

Category: Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky - 12.06.2009 - Riverside Church NY - Godcanjudgeme --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Noam Chomsky speaks at the historic Riverside Church in Harlem, New York City. Discussing the issues of the global economic crisis, US military intervention in the Middle East and South Asia, left-wing electoral and social movement upsurges in places like El-Salvador, Bolivia and Venezuela, and the election of Barack Obama. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Source : http://espanol.video.yahoo.com/watch/5295017/13964512 (Pt I + Pt II) Size : 291 MB Video : XVid - 381 kbps Resolution : 528x304 Framerate : 25 fps Audio : MP3 - 192 kbps - vbr - stereo - English Sample : 48000 Hz Subtitles : N/A Runtime : 01:07:09 --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please Seed x1/ x2 ..Keep Torrents Alive.. ..Godcanjudgeme..
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Michel Chossudovsky's Global Research News Hour - Week 24.2009

Category: Talks, Debates, Interviews
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Host: Stephen Lendman Monday, June 8th Michael Mandel is a Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario where he teaches international criminal law, constitutional law, and legal politics. His most recent book is titled How America Gets Away with Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity. It's as true under Obama as Bush, and that topic will be discussed. Tuesday, June 9th Henry C.K. Liu developed an interest in economics and international relations when he participated in interdisciplinary work on urban and regional development as a Professor at UCLA, Harvard and Columbia. He's now chairman of a private New York-based investment group. The global economic crisis will be discussed. Wednesday, June 10th Greg Wilpert lived in Venezuela for eight years and knows the country well. He's a Ph.D. sociologist, freelance journalist, former US Fullbright Scholar in Venezuela and current editor of Venezuela Analysis.com. The site covers news and information about Venezuela's social democracy and provides in-depth analysis of events and developments in the country. It serves academics, journalists, intellectuals, policy makers worldwide, and the general public. Current events in Venezuela will be discussed and Wilpert's recent book: "Changing Venezuela by Taking Power - The History and Policies of the Chavez Government." Thursday, June 11th Bob Chapman is a longtime market professional who for over 40 years has written articles and analysis on business, finance, economics, and politics and is currently the owner and editor of The International Forecaster, "a compendium of information on business, finance, economics, and social and political issues worldwide." He also speaks at and holds workshops at business conferences globally and is regularly heard and seen on numerous radio and TV programs. The global economic crisis will be discussed. Friday, June 12th Catherine Austin Fitts is an investment advisor, entrepreneur, former Assistant HUD Commissioner under GHW Bush, and former Managing Director and board member of the Wall Street firm, Dillon Read & Co., Inc. She's now the editor of Solari.com and runs Solari, Inc - an "online company focused on ethical investment and preservation of family wealth." She also hosts the 3-times a month Solari Report - a one-hour conference call by subscription that exposes how we're being "tricked" and what to do to protect ourselves. Fitts explains the game, how it affects our money, health and safety, and what actions to take. The Solari Report will be discussed - its purpose, specific issues focused on, and how subscribers can direct questions to Fitts for answers. --- (5x47min, no commercials)
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Leeches: 0