GRITtv: August 26, 2008

Is this a Game Changer Convention? What does it take to move a single popular proposal onto the party platform. And on the night that Hillary Clinton takes the stage -- and we mark the passage of the 19th Amendment -- we ask can women's rights really be divorced from disarmament? All that and a report from the pepper sprayed streets of Denver. Here's the rundown: + The Nation's Chris Hayes and Dan Slater, Vice Chair of the Colorado Dems weigh in on the major shifts in the Democratic Party some see in Obama's candidacy, and take a look back at DNC conventions past. 1968? How about 1964? + American News Project producer Davin Hutchins was caught in a peaceful street protest that received violent treatment at the hands of Denver PD - his report on GRITtv tonight. + Can Grassroots Activists and Progressive Delegates make a Difference in the Direction in the Democratic National Committee? These grassroots progressives say YES - the platform had no strong agenda on health care and now they've included a plan for guaranteed healthcare for all -- How did that change? Norman Solomon , author of Made Love, Got War and founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy is an Obama Delegate. Michael Lighty represents the California Nurses' Association and Donna Smith, Co-Chair of the "Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign" and member of the Progressive Democrats of America says the healthcare crisis is not going to be solved with private insurance companies. You may recognize Donna from Michael Moore's Sicko - she also founded American Patients United . + Wednesday at the convention, the topic is Securing America's Future . What's that going to take? Barack Obama is promising he'll be laying out a major foreign policy plan. Tuesday night it's Hillary Clinton's moment. A lot of people attribute her defeat in the primary to her vote on the Iraq war. We can't have security for women and families as long as our society is as militarized as it is today. What's the relationship between family security, gender equality, and a national security plan? Our panel digs in: Kelly Dougherty of Iraq Vets Against War , , and Ann Wright, a Retired Army Colonel. + Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange and Code Pink lays out the relevance, the value, the imperative of street protest as key to our American political system.

Blip | August 26, 2008

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