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"Plantation" isn’t the word for Firestone. Think "state within a state." Firestone originally controlled one million acres—four percent of the country, or nearly 10 percent of arable land. The current government, under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, renegotiated the concession to encompass 100,000. The company runs the schools, provides housing and water and markets; it even operates the only hospital, one of the few in the country.With all that control, as Nicholas Jahr noted in The Nation, Firestone Tire has been able to run roughshod over workers' rights and health in Liberia, treating its workers, as Emira Woods of the Institute for Policy Studies notes, like slaves for the past 8 decades. But recent labor organizing has seen workers make some hard-won gains; Jahr and Woods join us to discuss.
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Video Length: 753
Date Found: August 05, 2010
Date Produced: August 02, 2010
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July 16, 2011
Now Grass Valley Television’s : Rural Counties Television Network is distributing news for Nevada, Butte, Placer & Yuba and will soon be in Plumas, Yolo, Sierra and others. GVTV NEWS is the only visual news show for Nevada County, California. We broadcast on Comcast Cable Public Access ...
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July 16, 2011
Now Grass Valley Television’s : Rural Counties Television Network is distributing news for Nevada, Butte, Placer & Yuba and will soon be in Plumas, Yolo, Sierra and others. GVTV NEWS is the only visual news show for Nevada County, California. We broadcast on Comcast Cable Public Access ...
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July 16, 2011
Don’t miss this Thursday night event that runs from 6-2-11 thur 9-1-11 each Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in downtown Grass Valley, California. Farmers market included you can get fresh grown and organic vegetables, fruits and many other things plus arts and crafts and entertainment. ...
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July 16, 2011
Now Grass Valley Television’s : Rural Counties Television Network is distributing news for Nevada, Butte, Placer & Yuba and will soon be in Plumas, Yolo, Sierra and others. GVTV NEWS is the only visual news show for Nevada County, California. We broadcast on Comcast Cable Public Access ...
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MEDIA AND COMMUNITY AND BECOME AN UNDERWRITER FOR THIS YEARLY EVENT. NCTV / Nevada County Digital Media Center & GVTV NEWS are co-producing "Thursday Night Markets Live" a 60 minute live broadcast from downtown Grass Valley in the City Hall parking lot every Thursday Night ...
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