PBS - Bill Moyers Journal - December 18, 2009: Washington for Sale? | Steve Meacham and the Housing Crisis | Bill Moyers Book Picks of 2009

PBS - Bill Moyers Journal - December 18, 2009: Washington for Sale? | Steve Meacham and the Housing Crisis | Bill Moyers Book Picks of 2009

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1) WASHINGTON FOR SALE?
Amidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street's power over the federal government.

Watch video for this segment here:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12182009/watch.html

2) STEVE MEACHAM AND THE HOUSING CRISIS
The JOURNAL profiles Steve Meacham, a Massachusetts community organizer fighting to keep working people in their homes.

Watch video for this segment here:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12182009/watch2.html

3) BILL MOYERS READING LIST
Bill Moyers lists his pick of the best books of 2009.

Watch video for this segment here:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12182009/watch3.html

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Resources and links to related material

1) TVO - Big Ideas, September 26, 2009: A Crisis in Leadership (with Naomi Klein)

2) Building on Matt Taibi's and Robert Kuttner's points in this discussion, read this excellent piece to understand how the American political system really works, to understand American political history and the long, sordid history of the Democratic party and its long track-record of betrayals of the left, and to understand how crucial bottom-up grass-roots activism, existence of third parties and pressure from a strong left were in bringing about civilizing, social progress like civil rights and in forcing the Democratic party to push through progressive policies like the New Deal and the Civil Rights Act

3) Dennis Perrin - That Thing With Feathers

4) Sam Smith - Can We Talk About The Real Obama Now?

5) Adolph Reed, Jr. - Where Obamaism Seems to be Going

6) Chris Floyd - Miraculous Organ: Blair, Obama and the Narcissist's Defense

     Chris Floyd - Savvy to a Fault: Coming to Terms With Imperial Power

     Chris Floyd - Beyond Here Lies Nothing: Surging Further Into the Abyss

7) Chris Hedges - The Idiots Who Rule America

     Chris Hedges - Nader Was Right: Liberals Are Going Nowhere With Obama

8) Digby - Making Him Do It

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