Category Archives: Saturday Afternoon TV

You Can’t Take It With You

With all the renewed attention to issues of income inequality in America, I have decided to pluck some classic films for Saturday Afternoon TV. Here is Frank Capra’s take on the financial industry and the 0.01%. Made in 1938, You … Continue reading

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The Tribal Mind

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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Gods of our Fathers

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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Escaping From History

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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The Bomb Under the World

Gwynne Dyer’s surprising documentary on patriarchy, militarism, and feminism starts this excellent 1994 documentary series, The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads.

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War: the Lethal Custom Part 4

Episode Four, The Deadly Game of Nations

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War: the Lethal Custom Part 3

Episode Three, The Profession of Arms

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War: the Lethal Custom Part 2

Episode Two, Anybody’s Son Will Do

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War: the Lethal Custom Part 1

Episode One, The Road to Total War

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Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

At Netroots Nation 2010, a lone blogger set out to ask attendees of the largest conference of online activists and bloggers in the world whether their organizations had ever taken a check from George Soros. “The left” turns out to … Continue reading

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Winter Soldiers

Fourth in a series of half-hour documentaries about progressive organizing, “Winter Soldiers” is an inside look at a frozen Thermopylae for the peace movement. In front of the White House on December 16, 2010, Veterans For Peace led the way … Continue reading

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