Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); George Goehl and Heather Booth; Historian Howard Zinn

December 11, 2009

Earlier this fall, the JOURNAL traveled to Chicago to talk with protestors outside the American Banking Association's annual convention. Bill Moyers speaks with veteran organizers Heather Booth, director of Americans for Financial Reform, and George Goehl, executive director of National People's Action, about what progressive grassroots activists are fighting for and how they plan to achieve it. Renowned historian Howard Zinn chronicled centuries of people's struggles against oppression and economic exploitation in his A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE. Zinn joins Bill Moyers to discuss the voice of people living in the shadow of big interests' influence in Washington and a new film THE PEOPLE SPEAK for the History Channel based on his books. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.