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Video Nation Channel - Sean Penn: the truth about Chavez and Castro Author: videonation Keywords: sean penn venezuela hugo chavez raul castro nation magazine brett story cuba pat robertson fox news Added: November 24, 2008

Video Nation Channel - nation's youth go green for change Author: videonation Keywords: youth green jobs for all kristina rizga activism election vote brett story Added: November 20, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Ten antiwar Iraq veterans, along with five civilians, pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct this week in Hempstead, New York. The Hempstead 15, as they've come to be known, were arrested on October 15 for for leading a peaceful protest outside the final presidential debate at Hofstra University . One of the charged veterans, Sgt. Nick Morgan, suffered severe injuries after being forced to the ground and having his face crushed by a police horse. Morgan, visibly shaken after the arraignment, said police officers had violated a number of his constitutional rights in the course of the action. The 24-year-old veteran of the US war in Iraq was among a delegation of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) who had come to the Presidential debates in Long Island demanding that veterans' concerns be heard during the nationally televised event. Author: videonation Keywords: commentary analysis iraq veterans dissent fascism documentary Added: November 13, 2008

Video Nation Channel - As election results rolled in Tuesday night, putting Barack Obama over the 270 mark, millions of people around the world celebrated the end of the Bush era and the possibility inherent in an Obama White House. At the Nation offices in New York City, writers and editors reacted with excitement and resolve. In this video produced by Nation contributor Brett Story, we a peek inside The Nation's election night party and ask what comes next in the push for a progressive agenda. "Tonight we celebrate, said Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina Vanden Heuvel. "Tomorrow we go to work." Author: videonation Keywords: katrina vanden heuvel the nation magazine election night barack obama november 2008 gene seymour brett story news analysis Added: November 5, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Nation magazine columnist Naomi Klein speaks at a Nation/Brecht Forum event about the financial crisis. She offers some blunt advice to Barack Obama ("Larry Summers and Bob Rubin have got to go") and one big proposal: Nationalize Exxon. Author: videonation Keywords: The Nation Naomi Klein Brecht Forum financial crisis shock doctrine news analysis Added: October 20, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Mayors from across the country call on Senator Obama and Senator McCain to talk about cities in the final weeks of the election. Author: videonation Keywords: Election '08 Barack Obama John McCain Urban Cities Environment Economy Los Angeles Philadelphia Miami Boston Added: October 9, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Mayor Malloy talks about the effect of the current financial crisis on cities and discusses stimulus strategies for short-term recovery and long-term growth. Author: videonation Keywords: Dannel Malloy Stamford Connecticut financial crisis bailout cities economy Added: October 7, 2008

Video Nation Channel - On September 25, 2008, filmmaker Laura Hanna took her camera to Wall Street and captured protesters gathered to express their opposition to the proposed Wall Street bailout. The $700 billion bailout Bush endorses has been widely unpopular with the public, the lack of support reaching beyond party affiliation or ideological sympathies. No more "privatizing profits and socializing losses," declared one protester. "They live by the free market, let them die by the free market." Author: videonation Keywords: the nation news analysis us economy bailout Added: September 29, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Toronto Mayor David Miller discusses how Canadian cities have attracted the federal government's eye, lays out his plan for greening Toronto's apartment towers, and explains why government spending is more than spending...it's investment. Author: videonation Keywords: Cities Toronto David Miller Mayors Infrastructure Environment Added: September 24, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Mayor Nutter tells MayorTV why ignoring cities shows a failure of leadership (and warns Senator McCain not to fall into this trap), outlines his support for Senator Obama, and details Philadelphia's efforts to reduce criminal recidivism. Author: videonation Keywords: Mayor Michael Nutter Philadelphia Cities Election '08 Senator McCain Obama Recidivism Infrastructure Added: September 16, 2008

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Video Nation Channel - Amidst the excitement and spectacle of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, The Nation's Brett Story posed this crucial question: What issues must the Democrats champion in order to win in the general election in November? Featuring writer Roberto Lovato, Conor Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy, Lois Alsop of the Peaceful Wind Art Gallery, Paul Waldman of MediaMatters, and David Bryden of the Global Aids Alliance. Produced by Brett Story Author: videonation Keywords: Democratic National Convention Kerry Kennedy Roberto Lovato Brett Story U.S. Presidential election Media Matters Added: September 1, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Cutting through the spin and the stagecraft, Nation correspondents on the scene at the DNC worked all week to find the stories behind the carefully-scripted speeches. On the eve of Barack Obama's historic speech, Nation correspondents Katha Pollitt, Patricia Williams, and Richard Kim talk about the real significance of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, looking at what history was really made. Author: videonation Keywords: nation commentary analysis katha pollitt patricia williams richard kim Denver Democratic National Convention Brett Story Added: August 29, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Since 2004 when Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer deftly framed environmental issues as concern for the State's hunters and fishermen, a green/camo alliance has tantalized progressive strategists. At this year's DNC, the Wildlife Defense Fund sponsored an event unveiling their I Hunt, I Fish and I Vote campaign, an effort to marshal hunters and anglers towards supporting a progressive climate agenda. Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes goes inside. Produced by Brett Story Author: videonation Keywords: The Nation Democratic National Convention hunting fishing Wildlife Federation Davy Crockett Brett Story Chris Hayes commentary and analysis Added: August 27, 2008

Video Nation Channel - Nation Magazine Publisher Emeritus Victor Navasky is in Denver, CO this week covering the Democratic National Convention. In this interview with Nation correspondent Ari Berman, Navasky looks back fourteen conventions to his first time on the floor in 1956, offering lessons learned and reflecting on the significance of Obama's nomination in 2008. Produced by Brett Story Author: videonation Keywords: nation commentary analysis victor navasky democratic national convention ari berman denver brett story Added: August 26, 2008

Video Nation Channel - On the eve of the Democratic National Convention demonstrators gathered in Denver. Some were calling for an end to the war in Iraq; others demanding more open debates. Their promise was to "Recreate '68," but a relatively small turnout and an intensive effort by the Democratic Party to keep protesters out of the media eye raised the question of the efficacy and meaning of protest at the 2008 DNC. The Nation hit the streets to speak with demonstrators, exploring their goals for the convention and their thoughts on protest and dissent around the 2008 election. The Nation's Brett Story spoke with Cindy, an activist and writer from Vermont and Nick, a professor of Political Philosophy in New York along with other protesters from groups like Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Alliance for Real Democracy, the Recreate '68 Alliance and the immigrant coalition the We Are America DNC Alliance. Author: videonation Keywords: denver protest recreate 68 democratic national convention demonstration obama Added: August 26, 2008

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Video Nation Channel - By all accounts, the 2008 Democratic Convention will be a celebration for the ages, but the enormous scale of the parties in Denver will not merely be a reflection of Barack Obama's historic candidacy. In the face of increasingly stringent lobbying regulations, lobbyist-sponsored convention parties have become the primary sites for corporate influence-peddling within the Democratic Party. On the eve of the Convention, Nation political correspondent Ari Berman previews the behind-the-scenes wrangling that will occur at these closed-door affairs and highlights the conundrum they may pose for Barack Obama. Author: videonation Keywords: The Nation DNC Lobbyists Ari Berman Party Denver Barack Obama Added: August 22, 2008