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GRITtv: June 23 2010
In Holder vs. Humanitarian Law project, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional law that it is illegal to “knowingly provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” overturning multiple lower court rulings that the law was too broad or vague.
Email this pageGRITtv: Shayana Kadidal: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid
In Holder vs. Humanitarian Law project, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional law that it is illegal to “knowingly provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” overturning multiple lower court rulings that the law was too broad or vague. This terror-inducing “material support” and “resources” includes, but is not limited to humanitarian aid and non-violent resistance tactics. Under this law, humanitarian assistance on the recent Freedom Flotilla to Gaza could feasibly be legally charged and President Jimmy Carter’s quest for Middle East peace, which involved some communication with “terrorists,” could have quite possibly landed him behind bars. Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Shayana Kadidal joins us in the studio to describe the less-reported repercussions of the recent court decision.
Gay USA: Apr. 23-29 2010: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Protests
This week, detailed coverage of the LGBT discharged soldiers and sailors who have been protesting the Obama administration's slow repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell; an elderly couple were abused by a Sonoma County hospital even after Obama's memo compelling hospitals to recognize same sex couples' right to make medical decisions; the employment non-discrimination act may be headed for the House of Representatives; Georgian prom occurred without incident; details on the latest gay rights/freedom of speech case heard in the Supreme Court; the latest on the Vatican and Mike Huckabee; and Andy reviews plays and a potentially trans-phobic Glee episode. Gay USA is a weekly news-hour that offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community and featuring hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests.
SourceCode: Patriot Act/Criminal Justice
The people's rights are under attack! Jim Hightower explains why corporations are more human than you. Bernie Sanders explains why he voted against the Patriot Act. Head to a prison in California, the front line of the battle over rights for youth, the poor, and communities of color
SourceCode: Packaging/Truth
Are we going to let them define reality for us? SourceCode looks at reality construction: John Nichols from the Nation interviews Russ Feingold, Tom Hayden and Robert Greenwald; Jerry Landay brings you the right's strategy to take over media, higher ed, and social consciousness in the Powell Memo; Activist group Free Press on the struggle to keep the Internet public - and what you can do; and inside the Howl Festival on the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's revolutionary poem.
Keynote: Bill Ayers and Ward Churchill
Bill Ayers and Ward Churchill address the University of Colorado-Boulder prior to Churchill's trial.
