religion dispatches
GRITtv: Sarah Posner: Conflicts and Questions at CPAC
The Conservative Political Action Conference is a good place, says Sarah Posner, to "put your finger on the pulse of the conservative movement" in the US. From straw polls for president--Congressman Ron Paul won that one--to tiffs over gay conservatives and Islamophobia, this past weekend at CPAC saw a lot of action, and Sarah was there to report, for Religion Dispatches and The Nation. Sarah joins us via Skype to give us a rundown of the good, the bad, and the unintentionally hilarious--from Ann Coulter's declaration of support for GOProud to Dick Cheney's run-in with a heckler or two. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Haroon Moghul & Samer Shehata: Egypt Outwaiting Mubarak
"Does Mubarak want to leave quietly or is it going to be a messy exit?" That's the only question left in Egypt, according to Haroon Moghul of the Maydan Institute. The protests continue, and Mubarak has announced that though he won't be running for reelection, he doesn't plan on stepping down. Haroon and Samer Shehata of Georgetown University join Laura to discuss the ongoing revolution in Egypt, the history behind it, the groups involved, and why US news outlets that are obsessed with the Muslim Brotherhood are missing the real story in their fearmongering.
GRITtv: Sarah Posner: Civil Rights For Fetuses at CPAC
At last week's Conservative Political Action Conference, the tea party ruled. "Saving freedom" was the theme of the conference, and the tea party mojo -- screeds against imagined socialist policies and the supposed tyranny of liberalism -- effortlessly overran old school small government conservatism to solidify the tea party's position as the movement's reigning force. ... But there is one piece of the old conservative coalition that is still trying to find its way in the tea party upheaval: the anti-abortion movement ... The tea party movement claims to want complete freedom from government intervention. To hitch their wagon to the tea party express, anti-abortion activists are claiming that it?s fetuses, not women, who deserve that freedom. Listen to Sarah Posner's full comment.
