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Free Speech TV invites citizen journalists from around the world to send us videos of actions in your community that support the 99% Movement. They'll be posted @ www.freespeech.org and some will air on DirecTV-348 & DishTV-9415 which reach into 35 million households across the USA. Check www.freespeech.org for more details on how to submit.
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Thom's blog
The recovery rooted in wiping out the last of the Middle Class – and that is not sustainable
The U.S. economy appears to be recovering. Not only did the economy grow at a 2.5% rate during the last quarter – but also GDP in America has finally reached the level seen before Bush’s Great Depression. But ask the average out-of-work American, or the average family that can’t afford soaring healthcare premiums – or to fill their car up with gas – and it sure doesn’t look like the economy is recovering.
The truth about this so-called economic growth is that it’s being fueled by debt. The typical hourly wage for the average worker has gone up only $1.23 in the last 36 years – while the price of everything else – from healthcare to college to energy – has skyrocketed. So you do the math – how are Americans keeping up – and spending money in our new economy? By using their credit cards or spending what little they have left of their savings.
So while it may seem like the nation is in recovery – it’s a recovery rooted in wiping out the last of the Middle Class – and that is not sustainable.
-Thom
(How long do you think it will last? Tell us here.) |
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... David Korten (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Daily Take: The 1% vs...the 1%
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Highlights Of The Upcoming Week ... Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2011
Monday
Hour Two: "Far-Left Teachers and NY Times Promote Lesson Plans on Occupy Wall Street" Kyle Olson, Education Action Group Foundation 
Hour Three: Don't Be Afraid of the Keystone XL Pipeline...The Canadian pipeline won't mean "the end of safe drinking water." Ronald Bailey, Reason magazine and Reason.com
Tuesday
Hour Three: Kickstarting the economy...the more radical the plan the better Ryan Streeter, Conservative Home USA
Wednesday
Hour Three: Why the flat tax is a bad idea
Thursday
Hour Two: Geeky Science Rocks
Friday
"Brunch With Bernie". Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT) takes your calls.
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read Chapter 23: Capitalists and Americans Speak Out for Community today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Hour Three: "Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!"
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Thom's Poll
The Gang of 12 put their deficit-cutting proposal - $3 trillion savings/$1 trillion new revenues/cuts to Medicare - will it fly?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Hartmann: Injured vet Scott Olson's roommate speaks out
Hartmann: Is the Tea Party joining OWS?
Hartmann: 12 yr old progressive Gavin Clarke says free speech is a "sham"
Hartmann vs. Gainor who claims lefty protests filled with anti-Americans?
Hartmann: 8 foot fiberglass LEGO man was found lying on the beach?
Hartmann: Have Democrats not learned their lesson yet?
Or watch the whole of The Big Picture show...
Full Show - 10/27/11. Roommate of Injured Occupy Oakland War Vet Speaks Out
The roommate of Scott Olsen, the war veteran who made national headlines after being injured by police in the Occupy Oakland Protest speaks out to Thom about Olsen's current condition.
Thom Hartmann on the News - Friday, October 28, 2011
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Show Info
Call Thom on the show at 1-866-987-THOM (8466) (0870 974 9686 from the UK, +1 503 796 2324 from outside the US or UK).
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 Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
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