Episode #636 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during the period of July 15-21, 2017) includes:
"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)
Money media keep telling us that Trump voters are sticking by him, but are they? And what do so-called swing voters really want? Working America, the community organizing affiliate of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., took to the streets of Ohio to find out. Matt Morrison, the deputy director of Working America, shares the findings of the Front Porch Focus Group, and we hear from some of the canvassers who knocked on all those doors. Plus, why it’s business as usual for the Koch brothers in the states. Right wing funders know power shifts from the bottom up, not Trump-down. Sadly, the same can’t be said of our media.
"SB 562 - The Healthy California Act" (9.5 minutes)
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon singlehandedly killed the popular single payer healthcare bill, SB 562, which had been passed by the State Senate. On July 3, concerned citizens gathered at the Capitol. Media Edge was there to capture the event.
"Canada’s Largest Logging Company Wants to Sue Greenpeace Out of Existence" (4.5 minutes)
After receiving criticism from Greenpeace for its irresponsible practices, Resolute Forest Products (Canada's largest logging company) decided to sue Greenpeace Canada, and then years later also sued Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International. Three Greenpeace Forest campaigners who were individually named in the suits describe what this experience has been like. They also talk about their own connections to nature, the importance of the Boreal forest, and how a lawsuit against Greenpeace could end up endangering free speech everywhere.
"Fukushima: Living with a Disaster" (17 minutes)
Many years after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, an end to the disaster is not in sight. This short documentary tells the story of the people from Fukushima, forced to leave their homes without knowing if they could ever return, and explores the work that Greenpeace has been doing in the region since 2011.
"Catching Fire" (54 minutes)
Catching Fire tells a compelling story of how a small but committed group of local, tribal, state and federal land managers are bringing back the use of prescribed fire as a tool to protect communities and ecosystems across Northern California. It examines the use of fire by the Karuk Tribe of California, and the connection between the rise of megafires across the West and the last century of fire suppression. Drawing on interviews with fire scientists, tribal and federal land managers, and fire savvy residents from across the North State, this film provides insight on how our relationship to fire can be restored through strategic use of fire as a powerful management tool.