ReThink Interview: Philippe Diaz — Can Obama Help End Poverty?

On 11/18/09, I interviewed Philippe Diaz, the writer/director/cinematographer of the new documentary, THE END OF POVERTY?, at Cinema Libre Studio in Canoga Park, CA. The film traces modern poverty back to 1492 when Europe began an aggressive and brutal expansion into the southern hemisphere, taking the land of the indigenous people and transforming their diversified natural economies into monocultures designed to supply the countries of the north with cheap raw materials. Even after these countries were granted their independence, high-interest loans, debt, and unfair trade policies effectively kept them slaves.

In this clip, Diaz explains any efforts by Obama to help end poverty will be thwarted by the largely conservative Congress unless regular people pressure him to do it.

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For more about THE END OF POVERTY? visit http://www.theendofpoverty.com/

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[hccowboy]

People understand that our wallets are stollen from daily. That does not mean we want to give the thieves in Washington yet another reason to take from our wallets. We want health care for the old (got that) Health care for those in military (got that) We dont want free shit for those who can and should work! We dont want yet more free shit for illegals! We think, we know that many Americans are lazy ass free loaders just looking for a free ride off our hard work! So suck lazy fat guy