Click here to watch this UVM student-produced documentary film.

And catch it at the Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier in March.

Thanks to University of Vermont students Nishani Kessler and Meghan Nanan for researching and producing this documentary.  Download their bios/film discussion guide here at the bottom of our VT-LIT Media Power Tools page.

We hope their film provides useful insights into one 21st century Vermont community as our “brave little state” becomes more racially diverse and more culturally cosmopolitan.

Raise your glasses to Black History Month and our 2nd Vermont Republic!

February 2, 2018

Black History Month @ Vermont – “Raise A Flag Of Revolution” (#BlackLivesMatter)

Click here to watch this UVM student-produced documentary film. And catch it at the Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier in March. Thanks to University of […]
January 29, 2018

The Post (Truth) World: When “Freedom of the Press” Becomes Hollywood Propaganda (CELLULOID SECESSIONIST)

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” – A.J. Liebling, U.S. journalist For decades, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg has served as […]
January 29, 2018

Plan V-TV/29: Our Conversation with Richard Watts, Director of UVM’s Center for Research on Vermont

   
January 29, 2018

NET NEUTRALITY: Join The Fight To Protect a Free and Open Internet, Vermont! (WHAT THE FCC?)

Individual states are challenging the FCC/Feds on “Net Neutrality.” (VI backstory here). “When Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order Monday, the state of Montana […]
January 23, 2018

Vermont Legalizes Cannabis! FAQs Answered! 2VR Hemp Flags! Now What? (HEADY VERMONT)

Thanks to Vermont Governor Phil Scott for signing common sense cannabis bill H511 into law. Next step? Vermont should move as thoughtfully and aggressively as possible to […]
January 20, 2018

Extinction Anxiety, Plan ‘V,’ and a 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR)

  “The future is a blank canvas for our imagination. Who knows what is going to happen?” In order to talk about extinction anxiety I first […]
January 17, 2018

Plan ‘V’ – Fair Taxation For Our 2nd Vermont Republic

Publisher’s Note: Thanks to one astute Vermont neighbor who passed on this suggestion for more equitable taxation as part of our Plan ‘V’ vision for our […]
January 13, 2018

MLK DAY 2018: Would Martin Be A Secessionist In Today’s US of Empire?

Enjoy our Plan V-TV/28 interview with the Big Picture Theater’s Claudia Becker on her 15th annual MOUNTAINTOP MLK Day Film Festival, streamed on our brand-new Vermont […]
January 12, 2018

The World & the US Presidency: Renegotiating the  Deal (GREEN MOUNTAIN POLITICS)

Publisher’s Note: Burlington-based journalist Greg Guma is one of Vermont’s most astute veteran journalists and progressive thinkers. We’d only add two observations to his essay here: […]
January 7, 2018

Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s 2018 “State Of Our Once And Future Republic” Address (PLAN ‘V’, Anyone?!)

Publisher’s Note: Sandwiched between a mythical celebration of Vermont’s independent origins and Vermonters who won the so-called Civil War for the “Union,” Governor Scott delivers a […]
January 2, 2018

Free Mary Jane, Free Vermont – Cannabis Reform Advocates To Assemble At Statehouse on January 9 (Grassroots Networking)

Publisher’s Note: Vermont Independent has championed a legalized, regulated, taxed hemp and cannabis economy in the Green Mountains for several years now. Highlights: 1-Watch our recent […]
January 1, 2018

Vermont Legislature Declares January “Vermont Independence Month” – Here Are TEN Ways To Support Our 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR) !

In 1777, Vermonters established Vermont as an independent country and sovereign republic – “the only state of 50 that self-constituted itself as an independent republic,” according […]