Full-Length Talk
Filmed at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley , MA
October 23, 2003
39 minutes • VHS Video

       Known as “America’s most popular populist,” Jim Hightower is a nationally-syndicated radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the New York Times bestseller THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES: THEY'VE STOLEN OUR COUNTRY AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT BACK. Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be—consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.

      Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top.

      His daily radio commentaries are broadcast on more than 100 commercial and public stations. His newspaper column is carried in more than 75 independent newspapers, magazines, and other publications. Each month, he publishes a populist political newsletter, “The Hightower Lowdown,” which now has more than 100,000 subscribers and is the fastest growing political publication in America.

      In this hard-hitting yet humorous talk, Hightower discusses the threats to American democracy from the corporate, media, and political establishments and how people can empower themselves to fight this through grassroots movements.

      For more information, contact: www.jimhightower.com

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