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Tag Archives: economy
Occupy Sound! Vol 2 is out. It goes boom-boom.
This is a follow-up to the successful PopWork USA/Rebuild the Dream collabo project featuring songs of struggle and beats that let you can get your march or rally on properly. This volume includes suggestions by online listeners and participants on the Rebuild the Dream website. From Steve Earle to the Temptations, Black Flag to Phil Ochs, M.IA. to N.E.R.D (see full playlist at www.popwork.org). For those of you with original songs or recent songs inspired by OWS, send in those MP3s! Send to popworkusa@gmail.com. One special podcast soon will featur Continue reading
Posted in About Music, Occupy Thangs, Uncategorized
Tagged black flag, bob marley, chris rock, economy, fela kuti, jimmy cliff, joe henry, justice songs, k'naan, kanye west, m.i.a., michael hill bluesland, n.e.r.d., occupy, occupy hip-hop, occupy music, occupy musicians, occupy songs, occupy sound, occupy the hood, occupy wall street, ows, phil ochs, protest songs, protests, rebuild the dream, soundtrack, steve earle, the temptations
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The Streets Are Alright: Actor Mark Ruffalo Goes to Occupy Wall Street and Frames it Just Right
We’re just going to let this one speak for itself because he lays it out so well. If only more Oscar-nominated actors (or other high-profile celeb awardees of anything for that matter) were willing to stick their necks out and … Continue reading
Posted in Celeb Watch, Uncategorized
Tagged About Film, celeb, current tv, economy, impact, mark ruffalo, occupy, oscar, speak out, wall street
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Fast Draw Guys Fun on Corporate Cash
For a while now, the Fast Draw guys have been using their brand of comedic “whiteboard animation” to tell all kinds of stories on CBS Sunday Morning television show. Here, they take a look at the stockpile of capital in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Videos To Peep
Tagged alan greenspan, animation, business, capital, cartoon, cbs, cbs sunday morning, comedy, comic, debt, economy, fast draw, josh landis, mitch butler, whiteboard animation, whiteboard uses
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“Twilight” director makes “A Better Life”: a story about immigration, work, love and family
This is a great story from a major studio that will stoke conversation about immigration reform and the struggles of immigrant families shot entirely in LA. At a time when everything from ICE raids to Dream Act legislation is frontpage … Continue reading
Posted in About Film, Blog Blog and More Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged a better life, About Film, chris weitz, economy, family, immigrant rights, immigration, jose julian, movies, social justice, work
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