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Pete Seeger from The American Ruling Class
We are very saddened to learn that Pete Seeger has passed. We were lucky enough to work with him once upon a beautiful Fall morning in 2004 for our film, The American Ruling Class. He sang what I consider to be among his finest songs, Quite Early Morning, and he sang it movingly. Please enjoy the scene, and join us in honoring a man who never lost faith in the power of ordinary human beings to "make those freedom bells go ringing".
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The American Ruling Class Trailer
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The full length trailer for the movie The American Ruling Class.
Empire Falls from The American Ruling Class!
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A call to restore the Republic and dismantle the Empire from "The American Ruling Class", a dramatic-documentary-musical starring Lewis Lapham. To purchase American Ruling Class on DVD, please visit www.alivemindmedia.com/films/the-american-ruling-class/ Lapham edited Harper's Magazine for over twenty years and is currently the editor of the new history journal Lapham's Quarterly. In this "alte...
Nickel and Dimed from The American Ruling Class!
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Barbara Ehrenreich is featured in this musical excerpt from The American Ruling Class, a "dramatic-documentary-musical" starring Harper's Magazine editor emeritus Lewis Lapham. To purchase American Ruling Class on DVD, please visit www.alivemindmedia.com/films/the-american-ruling-class/ "Divine madness" says The Montreal Mirror. Visit TheAmericanRulingClass.org to order a DVD and for openings i...

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  • @jotsingh8917
    @jotsingh8917 11 місяців тому

    The same people vote one of the two parties who make surre it stays this way.

    • @abel3557
      @abel3557 10 місяців тому

      You mean the conservative party which wants to keep old traditions rather than innovation?

    • @gootubesucks9390
      @gootubesucks9390 8 місяців тому

      no he means both dum dum 2 different shit stains in the same toilet. @@abel3557

  • @markspeeps
    @markspeeps Рік тому

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  • @adriansrsa90
    @adriansrsa90 Рік тому

    sad

  • @jrcasselman
    @jrcasselman Рік тому

    Rest In Peace Barbara Ehrenreich.

  • @432hzlovefrequency-truthinside

    Barbara Ehrenreich, 'myth busting' writer and activist, dies ---- - Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, activist and self-described “myth buster” who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch" challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an American dream, has died at age 81. Ehrenreich died Thursday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, according to her son, the author and journalist Ben Ehrenreich. She had recently suffered a stroke. “She was, she made clear, ready to go,” Ben Ehrenreich tweeted Friday. “She was never much for thoughts and prayers, but you can honor her memory by loving one another, and by fighting like hell.” She was born Barbara Alexander in Butte, Montana, and raised in a household of union supporters, where family rules included “never cross a picket line and never vote Republican.” She studied physics as an undergraduate at Reed College, and received a PhD in immunology at Rockefeller University. Starting in the 1970s, she worked as a teacher and researchers and became increasingly active in the feminist movement, from writing pamphlets to appearing at conferences around the country. She also co-wrote a book on student activism, “Long March, Short Spring,” with her then-husband, John Ehrenreich. A prolific author who regularly turned out books and newspaper and magazine articles, Ehrenreich honed an accessible prose style that brought her a wide readership for otherwise unsettling and unsentimental ideas. She disdained individualism, organized religion, unregulated economics and what Norman Vincent Peale famously called “the power of positive thinking.” A proponent of liberal causes from unions to abortion rights, Ehrenreich often drew upon her own experiences to communicate her ideas. The birth of her daughter Rosa helped inspired her to become a feminist, she later explained, because she was appalled at the hospital's treatment of patients. Her battle with breast cancer years ago inspired her 2009 book “Bright-Sided,” in which she recalled the bland platitudes and assurances of well wishers and probed the American insistence - a religion, she called it - on optimism, to the point of ignoring the country's many troubles. “We need to brace ourselves for a struggle against terrifying obstacles, both of our own making and imposed by the natural world. And the first step is to recover from the mass delusion that is positive thinking," she wrote. “Positive thinking has made itself useful as an apology for the crueler aspects of the market economy. If optimism is the key to material success, and if you can achieve an optimistic outlook through the discipline of positive thinking, then there is no excuse for failure. The flip side of positivity is thus a harsh insistence on personal responsibility.” For “Nickel and Dimed,” one of her best known books, she worked in minimum wage jobs so she could learn firsthand the struggles of the working poor, whom she called “the major philanthropists of our society.” “They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high,” she wrote. “To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone.” Ehrenreich wrote for The New York Times, The Nation, Vogue and many other publications, and her other books included “The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed,” "Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War" and “Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class.”

  • @jusrarsh4109
    @jusrarsh4109 Рік тому

    *See what she said “You don’t understand this reality because your not living it”. That’s why the Rich don’t have the moral compass to emphasize with low wage workers.

  • @cloudambient
    @cloudambient Рік тому

    I recently read this. I thought it was pretty good. Outdated with inflation today, but still a very good read.

  • @peterdurkin8980
    @peterdurkin8980 Рік тому

    Bullcrap we were slowing under Clinton #nd term

  • @scottzaun8865
    @scottzaun8865 Рік тому

    Not every job is meant for people to live their entire lives. The nature of wait service is that it’s a temporary form of employment.

  • @geekmeee
    @geekmeee 2 роки тому

    “The comfort of the rich, depends on an abundance of the poor.” - Voltaire

  • @lostchaos7688
    @lostchaos7688 2 роки тому

    Who else was shown this in class- Just asking

  • @user-ji8xc8um1i
    @user-ji8xc8um1i 2 роки тому

    Nice baby 🥰

  • @braupaul
    @braupaul 2 роки тому

    Repeat after me...tax the churches!

  • @tracybrock9031
    @tracybrock9031 3 роки тому

    Great video and book. So glad my professor recommends it and the song got stuck in my head like she said. Education on this is a must for all. Lol

  • @ferrantepallas
    @ferrantepallas 3 роки тому

    beautiful ... thank you

  • @ViguLiviu
    @ViguLiviu 3 роки тому

    >All jobs take skill, and intelligence and experience. The first and third are correct, the second is half true because many jobs don't require that high of an intelligence (if you have an iq higher than 80 you can do it) and besides that most jobs like this one aren't done well because of cost benefit analysis for every many decisions that you take through out the day, but are based on mechanical memorization of patterns by just doing some tasks over and over and over.... so yeah, don't over dramatize the life of the "working" class in the big cities that can't earn a "livable" wage, you don't have to live in New York to be an american.

  • @jpgrumbach8562
    @jpgrumbach8562 3 роки тому

    Not appropriate. Whereas ehrenreich's book was impressive this music here is typical american kitsch the message being: Well, them might be poor, but fun they have. The real life, eh? And this nod of acknowledgement toward the first musician. There is hope, is there not? One human being connecting across the abyss... Oh hollywood...

  • @katherineseward7287
    @katherineseward7287 4 роки тому

    Is this available on dvd?

  • @MelissaPennyArcaid
    @MelissaPennyArcaid 4 роки тому

    Best Quote - old man in the hospital bed in response to refrain: "Oh, for christ's sake."

  • @ComicManGus
    @ComicManGus 4 роки тому

    BRILLIANT - THANK YOU!!!!

  • @CJE24
    @CJE24 5 років тому

    I relate to Jack

  • @mjverostek1278
    @mjverostek1278 5 років тому

    WHERE CAN I GET THE FULL DOCUMENTARY?????????

    • @jpgrumbach8562
      @jpgrumbach8562 3 роки тому

      Read ehrenreich's book. And then george packer's "the unwinding". And then neil postman "amusing ourselves to death", it is about the influence of politics via media. And david halberstam's "the powers that be".

  • @LuisGarzaHo
    @LuisGarzaHo 5 років тому

    It makes sense now, this why Azealia hates America (or she used to say it that) 😂 now she's a bussineswoman selling soap

  • @steventran2120
    @steventran2120 5 років тому

    DAMMMMMMMMM SON

  • @davidchmielecki2967
    @davidchmielecki2967 5 років тому

    The Corporate Motherfuckers,the top 10 percent would say:"They are happy as they are singing".That is what the slave holders said of their slaves who would sing.

  • @crimson_bread
    @crimson_bread 5 років тому

    LMFAO I am LIVING for Kidzealia!!!

  • @mikefatah
    @mikefatah 5 років тому

    This is an outstanding clip! Thanks.

  • @cathytalbott4124
    @cathytalbott4124 5 років тому

    peoplestribune.org/pt-news/2018/10/socialism-not-just-a-good-idea-a-necessity/

  • @andrewwilliamson9244
    @andrewwilliamson9244 6 років тому

    This is all just leftist propaganda. Class is mostly about behavior, and wealth is about attitude. You cannot control what you have or what you are born into. You CAN control how you behave along with your attitude. If the poor are going to smoke, drink, play the lottery, and squander away so much time watching TV or playing video games, who is to blame for their behavior? If they have the mindset based on other people around them that they can never do better in life and that they are destined for mediocrity, then who is to blame for their attitude? Probably the LEFTISTS and SOCIALISTS who want to keep the poor as poor as they are so they can get them dependent on the government, use the government to control them, and keep buying their votes with more "entitlement" programs. All while taking someone else's taxpayer money and redistributing wealth, thus shrinking the overall economic pie in the name of social justice. Everyone is given more opportunities in the USA compared to other developing countries. You can take the horses to the water, but you cannot make them drink. Change your behavior and attitude, reject socialism, become disciplined, and improve your MARKET LEVERAGE by providing a good or service that is in demand. Your life will change for the better, and you may even turn around and wonder why you felt differently in your previous life of poverty.

    • @cathytalbott4124
      @cathytalbott4124 5 років тому

      When you're thrown in the streets because you can no longer afford the rent, and the robot has taken your job (eliminating the market for your labor or reducing your value to near zero), despair sets in and the self-medication is often the easy choice to numb the pain. Good luck with your individualistic screw everybody else mentality!

  • @Remembering-rq6si
    @Remembering-rq6si 6 років тому

    Plebes art trapped into poverty and squalor, because of poor decisions. Giving is volitional. The American underclass gives nothing. Let them have their beer, cigarettes, lottery tickets and meth. I admire those who make better investments.

    • @danieldoucet9121
      @danieldoucet9121 5 років тому

      You make a valid point, as long as you remember that NOT ALL IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE MAKE POOR DECISIONS. Ever hear of medical problems that are present since birth ? Ever hear of the ACE study ? Yes there are millions in the US (and here in Canada) who piss their money away and fry their brains. Ever wonder why ? Not everyone is CAPABLE of rising above the REASONS why they do stupid things. My mother was born in '45 to honest, hard working parents in NYC and COULD NOT AFFORD college after high school. There were no student loans back then. She enlisted in the US Marines in '64 while many able bodied MEN high-tailed it to this country. She was honourably discharged in '68 AFTER MAKING FIRST LIEUTENANT for medical reasons. As far as investments go, the GM shareholders who aren't satisfied with a 10 % return after my government GAVE them billions in the last decade still pulled the plug on 2500 jobs in Oshawa. Their bullshit story of "investing in electric vehicles" as their reason doesn't hold much water since the Volt has or is being discontinued. This is all about greed. I believe in capitalism : it does work, and you can't have it without SOME socialism (and don't confuse Socialism with State Capitalism like in Russia and China). When a government gives 700-800 Billon dollars to corporations, THAT IS SOCIALISM. Again, there lots of people doing stupid things to keep themselves poor but NOT ALL OF THEM.

  • @ducttape6425
    @ducttape6425 7 років тому

    One of the he greatest movie ever made.

  • @Yourismouter
    @Yourismouter 7 років тому

    I've seen "The American Ruling class" its worth a view, this was my favorite part, and I can't recommend Barbara Ehrenreich's book enough "Nickled and dimed".

  • @Yourismouter
    @Yourismouter 7 років тому

    funny isn't Harper's magazine owned by Rupert Murdoch?

  • @ClarenceDoskocil
    @ClarenceDoskocil 8 років тому

    Good 'ol 'Skull and Bones' Jack!

  • @SpYx626
    @SpYx626 8 років тому

    LMFAO AZEALIA. I'm done

  • @xGeishaLTBx
    @xGeishaLTBx 8 років тому

    A z e a l i a ♥

  • @12321074
    @12321074 8 років тому

    Azealia 💖💖

  • @Jay_R_
    @Jay_R_ 8 років тому

    LOL Azealia, "I GOT MY HOUSE BACK!!"

  • @jaymthegenius
    @jaymthegenius 9 років тому

    One of the many reasons America isn't worth fighting for. Let the rich die for their own damn oil profits and supply side philosophy. Rand Paul and Scott Walker are big fans of Ayn Rand, but guess what? So was Anton Levay founder of the Church of Satan. At least he could be a Libertarian without being a hypocrite. The so-called "Christians" who look down on welfare people and poor people in general have the very Pagan attitude that Spartans and Egyptians had, survival of the fittest and the wealthy being favored by God over poorer classes than they do with Jesus. I know Socialist Wiccans and Atheists who are more Christlike than those hypocrites. Sheldon Anderson, a Jew, likewise has more in common with pharaohs and Ahab (an Israeli king who is portrayed in a negative light and denounced by prophets for mistreating and cheating the poor) than he does with any of the prophets who shamed the rich for lacking empathy and charity for the poor.

  • @ianbills1229
    @ianbills1229 9 років тому

    Still waitin fer that free Bubble Up and Rainbow Stew.

  • @nickkondek706
    @nickkondek706 9 років тому

    You don't need money to live

  • @edgegalcom
    @edgegalcom 9 років тому

    what do I think? Raise wages to living wages and tax the top 1%

    • @edgegalcom
      @edgegalcom 8 років тому

      Long over due. Time to Vote out 1% supporters!

    • @sexyjew1997
      @sexyjew1997 6 років тому

      Honest question, why should we tax the top 1%?

    • @Remembering-rq6si
      @Remembering-rq6si 6 років тому

      @Em You can't even control the number of calories you consume each day, and yet you have all the answers, right? What a contemptible hypocrite you are!

    • @icedcoldkilla
      @icedcoldkilla 5 років тому

      the 1% pay 80% of the total taxes in the United States. Try again.

    • @matthewdemello
      @matthewdemello 4 роки тому

      @@icedcoldkilla no the hell they don't!

  • @ANeonTiger
    @ANeonTiger 10 років тому

    Can we end poverty with a universal basic income already?

    • @slowlydrifting2091
      @slowlydrifting2091 9 років тому

      ANeonTiger Try telling that to china. we already have it its called the federal minimum wage.

    • @ANeonTiger
      @ANeonTiger 9 років тому

      ross tonji That's not a basic income...

    • @jaymthegenius
      @jaymthegenius 9 років тому

      ross tonji I'd gladly support a worldwide basic universal income, that way incentive to outsource is reduced to nothing, especially combined with outsourcing taxes.

    • @thugnugget2888
      @thugnugget2888 8 років тому

      +ANeonTiger Thats stupid because why would anyone pay to go to school knowing that they would get the same income as anyone else. You can't end poverty because if everyone had the same income, the same job, not everyone would have a job at all. Its been like that ever since, no matter what you try to change. People like you need to understand that life isn't going to hand you everything, you need to work for it.

    • @ANeonTiger
      @ANeonTiger 8 років тому

      Thug Nugget People wouldn't pay to go to school. We would have subsidized education, leading to a more educated populace. We wouldn't all have the same income, nor job. People like you need to educate themselves and realize that a UBI isn't "hand[ing] you everything". That's ignorance.

  • @sockluvaz
    @sockluvaz 10 років тому

    Azealia Bankssssss !!

  • @Zoerapss
    @Zoerapss 10 років тому

    Tumblr brought me here.

  • @RihannaChristina
    @RihannaChristina 10 років тому

    AZEALIAAAAA

  • @TerryGreiss
    @TerryGreiss 10 років тому

    This is the kind of stuff that gets me up in the morning. Boy we'll miss him.

  • @CameronKyle
    @CameronKyle 10 років тому

    Omg azealia banks is in this!

  • @cuzins9
    @cuzins9 10 років тому

    no comments in a year ? what happened to you all ?

    • @pequodexpress
      @pequodexpress 8 місяців тому

      They're all grown up now and busy managing their investment portfolios.

  • @imaginativelads
    @imaginativelads 11 років тому

    Until we demand more at the polls, we will always get what we think we deserve. The only solution to the propaganda wars is relentless class warfare. Threaten to increase social security benefits and stop retreating. Bill O Reilly is right, you can't beat Santa Claus!