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Full Show: Grass Roots Grow Against Greed
July 2, 2014
This Fourth of July weekend, as we celebrate our independence and democracy, we pay tribute to the champions of grassroots action fighting against the moneyed interests trying to buy and control government.
One of their most articulate spokesmen is writer and commentator Jim Hightower who travels the country preaching the gospel of populism. A former congressional aide and two-term agriculture commissioner of his native Texas, he is the author of several books and edits a newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown.
Hightower tells Bill, “There is a growing rebellion and an increasing awareness among different groups fighting different battles that they are connected… People are beginning to get together and see their common interest.”
Following Hightower’s conversation with Bill, a report from producer Karla Murthy spotlights the recent “Rising Voices for a New Economy” conference held in Washington, DC. Over 500 grassroots members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National People’s Action gathered to meet and to learn from each other, and to speak truth to the power of corporate America in Washington.
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