Advocacy & Activism

Host David Delk speaks with Indira Trejo, Global Impact Coorinator with the United Farmworkers Union. She talks about work conditions for dairy workers at farmer-owned Darigold cooporative. She notes that these conditions are industry-wide and includes information on how the viewer can help the workers in their struggles for better work conditions.

First broadcast December 7, 2014

Better Days Films - Day 21 -Nurturing Organic Peace

Better Days Films - is a series of episodes that fit in a one hour time schedule (58 minutes max). Each show is made of several progressive films.

This week's films are:

Five Films Produced by Michelle Moore

View these films and more at https://vimeo.com/user13912830/videos

Independent progrressive video programming.

Independent progressive video programming.

Our guest is David Cobb, chief spokesperson for Move to Amend, advocating for a 28th Constitutional amendment which declares that corporations are not people and money is not speech. David explains why we need such an amendment and why it needs to say both, rather than just one of these provisions. David notes that if we don't do this, we will not have an actual functioning democratic republic.

First broadcast November 16, 2014

"Tax Dollars at War" (4 minutes)

An excellent animated video, based on a radio interview about US military spending as a proportion of our national budget.

"Voices Across the Divide" (57 minutes)

In this powerful documentary and oral history project exploring the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, interviews with Palestinians in the United States are woven together with historical photos and footage to create an intimate picture of one of the most complex conflicts of our time.

"Carbon" (8 minutes)

A new short film narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, "Carbon" shows how we can keep carbon in the ground through putting a price on carbon.

"World Peace is a Local Issue" (16 minutes)

"The Fragile Promise of Choice" (57.5 minutes)

Through vignettes from cities and rural areas around the country, this documentary examines how restrictive legislation, in an atmosphere of harassment and violence, affects the lives of abortion providers and the women who seek their services. The film features interviews with community doctors, women seeking services, clinic directors, clergy, and counselors. Their stories illustrate the increasing number of situations in which legal does not necessarily mean accessible.

"Last Hours" (11 minutes)

“Last Hours” was written by Thom Hartmann and co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s father, George.  This short documentary leaps far ahead of immediate issues of oceans rising to take away coastland. Frequent extreme weather events are happening in unusual places, causing record breaking destruction.