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GRITtv: What is Obama's Position on Honduras?
Roberto Lovato, contributing associate editor at New America Media, and Andres Thomas Conteris, the founder of Democracy Now! en Espanol on the political impasse in Honduras and the US role in negotiations to reach a deal between the coup leaders and ousted president Manuel Zelaya. Obama may be paying lip service to the fact that the coup is illegitimate but the actions of the US State Department speak otherwise. Meanwhile, according to Lovato, the number of those who have been beaten, disappeared, and perhaps even killed continues to rise. Does the United States support Zelaya's return to power? More than 55 scholars and experts on Latin America have urged Obama to warn the regime against further violence in Honduras.
Email this pageGRITtv: July 1, 2009
Is Immigration Reform Dead, Radical Harlem, and The Uptake on Al FrankenImmigration reform is hardly the front page issue it was one year ago, even though thousands of immigrants end up in detention centers every year. More than 90 immigrants have died in detention in the last few years and the cost of maintaining these facilities is about $1.7 billion. The facts on the ground haven't changed, so where does the movement stand? And is there a real possibility for reform under Obama?Roberto Lovato, Associate Editor at New America Media, Mallika Dutt, Executive Director of Breakthrough, Ravi Ragbir who spent two years in immigration detention and is a member of Families for Freedom, and Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America's Voice on the state of immigration reform.Then, Jeffrey Perry on one of America's great black intellectuals and radical voices. In the first part of a two volume biography, Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, Perry examines the life of a forgotten radical activist, journalist, and public figure whose short life reveals much about early 20th century America. Finally, The Uptake’s Jason Barnett on the resolution of the Al Franken-Norm Coleman senate saga. What happened? And what does it mean? Thanks to Naomi Klein and Breakthrough for video in tonight’s show.
