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2010 TAX DAY TEA PARTY
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On Thursday, April 15, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered in the nation’s capital to protest what they percieved to be egregious increases in taxation under the Obama administration, despite taxes having actually been lowered for 98% of working Americans. The usual nativist rhetoric and and praise of [...]
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THE TEA PARTY & THE CIRCUS – Final Healthcare Reform Protest
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On March 16, 2010, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered (in disappointing numbers) in front of the Capitol building for their final protest against health care reform. Also in town, appropriately, was Barnum & Bailey’s actual circus. The protestors voiced their usual conspiratorial concerns about healthcare reform: that [...]
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TEA PARTY CONVENTION – Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz, Interviews with Participants
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. In February 2010, the group Tea Party Nation organized the first Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN, a for-profit event. Some 600 people paid $550 to attend, and Sarah Palin was reportedly paid $115,000 to the be the keynote speaker. After criticism of the convention’s cost, for-profit status, and [...]
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SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING – Interviews with Supporters
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, OH as part of her book signing tour for “Going Rogue.” When her supporters were asked broad questions about why they why they thought she should be president, the responses were vague: She’s “real.” She’ll “stick up for America.” THERE ARE [...]
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NO ON ONE – The Campaign to Protect Marriage Equality in Maine
PART ONE: PART TWO: PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. In May, 2009, the Maine Legislature extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. As expected, opponents of equality, led by the National Organization for Marriage and the Catholic Church, petitioned to have those rights put to a vote by referendum. This film chronicles [...]
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NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH w/ Interviews – (Cleve Jones, Lt. Dan Choi, more)
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On October 11, thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight people who support full equality in all 50 states marched on Washington. Many of them were part of a new generation of activists who reject the ping-pong, state-by-state fight for rights after Proposition 8 passed last year, and [...]
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A Response to Rep. John Boehner: I’m an American, and I support a Public Option.
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On October 1, House Minority Leader John Boehner said in a press availability, “I’m still trying to find the first American to talk to who’s in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration… I’ve not talked to one, and I get to [...]
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9.12 DC TEA PARTY – Interview B-Roll
Some interview footage that didn’t make it in our original 9.12 DC Tea Party film, linked below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y&hd=1 This NEW LEFT MEDIA film was produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviewer) and Erick Stoll (camera operator). JOIN OUR HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA NOW! FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119471885988 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: You can make a [...]
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9.12 DC TEA PARTY – March Footage with Interviews
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On 9.12.2009, we went to Washington DC to document the Tea Party protests against, well, a lot of things, including health insurance reform, the IRS, abortion, global warming, and our “socialist/communist/fascist/Nazi/Muslim ” president, Barack Obama. Some of them called for a return to McCarthyism, while others called for Glenn [...]
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Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants