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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Moyers: Fighting the Good Fight
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Fighting the Good Fight
November 15, 2013
Have you ever dreamed of quitting your day job to work on something you really believed in? Thats exactly what this weeks guests, Jill Stein and Margaret Flowers, did when they left their careers behind as medical doctors.
Both saw that holding political office largely depended on how much money you have, which in turn enabled injustices to be fashioned into law and public policy. Outraged and angry, they decided to stand up and take action.
When people ask me what kind of medicine are you practicing? I usually say, Im practicing political medicine because its the mother of all illnesses, Stein tells Bill. Flowers adds: Once you start speaking truth to power and standing up for the right things, its very empowering.
Stein and Flowers serve as the president and secretary of health, respectively, for the Green Shadow Cabinet, an organization offering alternative policies to the dysfunctional government in Washington, DC.
This week, Bill talks with them about their personal journeys fighting for policy change including arrests for acts of civil disobedience and the pressing challenges theyre focusing on, such as the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
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Bill Moyers: Fighting the Good Fight (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2013
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adirondacker
(2,921 posts)1. Kick to view later!
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)2. Kicked and recommended for tomorrow's viewing.
Thanks for the thread, marmar.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)3. Absolutely love Bill Moyers show.
I have all the respect in the world for Dr. Flowers.
k&r