Bobby Bland's Stormy Monday

Bobby 'Blue' Bland was a blues and soul original that we lost in 2013. Here is his rendition of Stormy Monday.

Creating Gollum

Gollum is digital, and he may be the biggest star of the new Hobbit blockbuster. Here's how he was brought to life.

Movie: Divorce Corp

A stunning documentary of the appalling waste, and shameless collusive practices that are the inner workings of the $50 billion a year U.S. family law industry.

Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788. It was later set to the music of a folk song, sung here by Dougie MacLean, with English translation of the lyrics.
 

North Carolina: Battleground State

An extreme right-wing government vs. citizen protesters. Bill Moyers reports how the battle for control of American politics is likely to be fought for the foreseeable future: state by state.
 

Friday Nite Videos -- Jan 3, 2014

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Bill Moyers on North Carolina: Battleground State. Auld Lang Syne, with lyrics. The inner workings of the $50 billion divorce industry. How Gollum, star hobbit, was brought to life. Bobby 'Blue' Bland's Stormy Monday.

The Concept

Tom Toles - Washington Post amuniversal.com

Low-Wage Movement Strikes Fast Food Processing at Taylor Farms

Brian Tierney Counterpunch
Taylor Farms workers want more than a living wage. They want respect and dignity in the workplace. Instead, they endure unsafe working conditions and the company’s routine termination of workers who are injured on the job - So on a windy Thursday before Christmas, Teamster members in the region joined Taylor Farms workers and community allies in an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against the company.

The Latest Strike Against Academic Freedom

Clarence Lang Labor on Line (Labor and Working-Class History Association)
"The chief executive officer of a state university has the authority to suspend, dismiss or terminate from employment any faculty or staff member who makes improper use of social media...including but not limited to blogs, wikis, and social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. `Improper use of social media' means making a communication through social media" that directly incites violence or some other "immediate breach of the peace,"