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September 24, 2013
Rag Radio Interview with Thorne Dreyer
I very much enjoy talking with Thorne Dreyer, host of Rag Radio on KOOP-91.7 FM in Austin. This interview is from Friday, September 13th. Thorne and I talk about quite a few things, including money in politics and grassroots folks fighting the good fight. You can listen at http://archive.org/details/RagRadio2013-09-13-JimHightower.
Rag Radio Interview with Throne Dreyer
I very much enjoy talking with Thorne Dreyer, host of Rag Radio on KOOP-91.7 FM in Austin. This interview is from Friday, September 13th. Thorne and I talk about quite a few things, including money in politics and grassroots folks fighting the good fight. You can listen at http://archive.org/details/RagRadio2013-09-13-JimHightower.
September 11, 2013
Speech Fighting Bob Fest 2013
I had the privilege to go the 12th Fighting Bob Fest in Madison, WI this past weekend. It's a spirited gathering of grassroots folks, and I'm proud to be a part of it. Here's my speech from this year. I hope you enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI3XYHIKIOw&feature=youtu.be
July 1, 2013
Bill Moyers gives Hightower a shoutout on The Colbert Report
Big thanks to our friend Bill Moyers, who mentions Hightower's line of thinking from the June issue of the Lowdown: we shouldn't ask why people fall through the cracks, but why there are cracks to begin with.
February 7, 2013
The truth is our Postal System is profitable
When the US Postal Service announced it was eliminating Saturday delivery, our media repeated the myth that our Postal Service was broke.
To use Joe Biden's phrase: Malarkey.
Our Postal Service hasn't taken a dime of taxpayer money since 1971. In fact, it's quite profitable, which is why the privatizers can't wait to get their hands on it. To learn more, check out the March 2012 issue of the Hightower Lowdown at http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/2927#.URQhxqW5fHg.
June 15, 2012
VIDEO: Hightower at the Sydney Writers Festival
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September 14, 2011
Who checks the "fact" checkers?
Wow, so many "facts," so little insight.
I've been factoided! As might be the case with your newspaper, the Austin daily uses a feature that's quite the fad in revenue-strained papers, especially the chain operations (ours is a Cox product, based in Atlanta). The feature is called PolitiFact, which immodestly claims to be "sorting out the truth in politics."
March 23, 2011
July 15, 2010
Reassembling America's Democracy
On the Fourth of July, we celebrated Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Madison and all the other great men who created our democracy, right?
Not exactly. The Founders did create the framework for a democratic republic, but they didn't create much democracy. Indeed, in America's first presidential election, only 4 percent of the people were even eligible to vote.
Read the rest of this column on Creators.com
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