Default: The Student Loan Documentary

Default: the Student Loan Documentary (Broadcast Version)




Default: the Student Loan Documentary chronicles the stories of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the student lending industry and their struggles to change the system. No matter when their loans were taken, many borrowers find themselves in a paralyzing predicament of repaying two, three or multiple times the original amount borrowed, with no bankruptcy protection, no cap on fees and penalties and no recourse to the law. The consequences are dire, with stories of borrowers in financial and emotional ruin.

This version was released on PBS late October 2011 and has since gone on to screen at over 142 public broadcasting stations, screened at over 200 college campuses and events, featured in over 200 media outlets including The Nation, Forbes, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

We are happy to release the documentary for free online, for anyone who wants to learn more about student debt and for groups who want to organize for change.

Golden dragon set to breathe fire on US Dollar?

In the third edition of Venture Capital, Katie Pilbeam explores the reasons why the world's largest producer of gold, China, is buying up the shiny commodity in record quantities. This sudden gold rush is igniting speculation that the country is getting set to create a new gold standard for its currency. Also, the Eurozone breathed a sigh of relief this week: It's officially out of recession, but for how long? And what does this mean for the countries in southern Europe still struggling with historically high unemployment rates? Plus, is Britain ready for a shale revolution to jump-start its sputtering economy, and what will be the implications for the UK environment? Find out the biggest Russian corporate news stories rocking domestic markets, and RT's in-house trader Sean Thomas just about manages to keep his shirt on.

Electromagnetic Pollution & Disease ~ Coast to Coast AM - August 18 2013

Coast to Coast AM - August 18 2013 - Electromagnetic Pollution & Disease



Coast to Coast AM Today Date: 08-17-2013 Coast to Coast AM Host: John B. Wells Coast to Coast AM This Week Guests: Dr. Samuel Milham Coast to Coast AM Topic: Electromagnetic Pollution & Disease

Release Date ( August 18 2013 ) Air Date ( August 17 2013 )
John B. Wells was joined by Dr. Samuel Milham, who discussed the frightening link between human disease and electromagnetic pollution. The remainder of the show featured Open Lines.

Webster Tarpley : New York City Should Tax Wall Street Parasites & Predators

Webster Tarpley ((Truth-A-Thon 2013, Unbound Radio)) Save the Date: Washington DC Sept. 24 Evening to Mark Arrival of Russian Fleet in 1863, When Tsar Alexander II Saved Lincoln








Webster Griffin Tarpley is a philosopher of history who seeks to provide the programs and strategies needed to overcome the current world crisis. As an activist historian he first became widely known for his book George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still a must read. Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and of a research Netzwerk of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. He is featured in the film, Zero: an investigation into 9/11 During 2008, he warned of the dangers of an Obama presidency controlled by Wall Street with Obama: The Postmodern Coup, The Making of a Manchurian Candidate and Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography. His interest in economics is reflected in Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide Through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human HistoryAgainst Oligarchy. He is currently completing a study of Pearl Harbor as an episode in Wall Street's war against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and FDR's economic bill of rights. His books have appeared in Japanese, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. From 1974 to 1984, he was a correspondent in central Europe, during which time he co-authored Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro (Who Killed Aldo Moro, 1978) a study of international terrorism. In 1979-80, he appeared as commentator for Teleradiosole, a television station in Rome. From 1984 to 1996, he was a correspondent in Washington DC. Tarpley is the co-author of George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), which has sold 30,000 copies and remains the only critical biography of the former President. In 1997 he published an anthology entitled Against Oligarchy: Essays and Speeches 1970-1996. These books can be consulted on the internet at www.tarpley.net. His 9/11 Synthetic Terror, the Bible of the 9/11 Truth Movement, has sold over 20,000 copies. His two books on Obama are virtually the only critical ones in print from a progressive viewpoint. Tarpley has lectured in numerous colleges and universities around the world. In 1995 he was named a consultant to the Universal Ecological Academy of Moscow. He holds an MA from Skidmore College and a Ph.D. in history from the Catholic University of America. Webster Tarpley's talk show World Crisis Radio is now broadcast on the Genesis World Report on GCNLive Free Internet Streaming Radio, Saturdays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern (1-3 Central, 11-1 Pacific), all 4 networks.

Useful Idiots

The phrase 'useful idiots' refers to Westerners duped into saying good things about bad regimes.

In political jargon it was used to describe Soviet sympathisers in Western countries and the attitude of the Soviet government towards them.

Useful idiots, in a broader sense, refers to Western journalists, travellers and intellectuals who gave their blessing -- often with evangelistic fervour -- to tyrannies and tyrants, thereby convincing politicians and public that utopias rather than Belsens thrived.

John Sweeney looks at Stalin's Western apologists and explores how present day stories of human rights abuses across the world are still rewritten.