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Showing videos filed under: ACLU
Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?, Ben Bernanke's PR Blitz, and Greg Grandin on Honduras
July 27, 2009What if anything have we learned from the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates? Bill Fletcher, Jr., Ron Kuby, Dennis Parker, and Irene Monroe on race, class, and law enforcement in America. GREG GRANDIN reports from Latin America on Manuel Zelaya's attempts to return to power. Finally, DEAN BAKER of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on Ben Bernanke's PR blitz, healthcare, and the right to rent.Roundtable on Racism in America Today: Will the UN Report Make A Difference?
June 17, 2009The UN Special Rapporteur on Racism delivered his report today --and he didn't mince his words, "Racism and racial discrimination have profoundly and lastingly marked and structured American society. The US has made decisive progress... However, the historical cultural and human depth of racism still permeate all dimensions of life and American society." Joining us to discuss are Craig Mokhiber, Deputy Director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chandra Bhatnagar, Staff Attorney with the Human Rights Program, American Civil Liberties Union, Damon Hewitt, Assistant Council, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund and Kali Akuno, Director of Human Rights Education, U.S. Human Rights Network.Racism in America Today, Children of NOLA, and Alyce Myatt
June 16, 2009The UN Special Rapporteur on Racism delivered his report today --and he didn't mince his words, "Racism and racial discrimination have profoundly and lastingly marked and structured American society." Joining us are Craig Mokhiber, of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chandra Bhatnagar, of the ACLU, Damon Hewitt from the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund and Kali Akuno, with the U.S. Human Rights Network. Also, Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of NOLA's children, a new video from Mos Def and Alyce Wyatt on how the internet can help you fund your independent film.Above the Clouds: An Interview with Dave Glasser
November 13, 2008Jazz saxophonist Dave Glasser says that sound is an extension of yourself, your life, your person. Glasser’s influences are many and he has performed with the Clark Terry Quintet, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie All stars and others. His father, Ira Glasser, was head of the ACLU from 1978 to 2001 and Dave says that there is no better expression of freedom of speech than playing in a jazzDon’t Ignore the Constitution During Election Season
October 24, 2008This election season is an opportunity to think about what the Constitution has given us, as well as what we ourselves can do to make sure it survives—not just in letter, but in spirit. We can consider whether what’s been going on is consistent with the Constitution. We shouldn’t fall into the trap of “Well, it’s not me; it’s that awful other person who’s being tortured/spied upon/denied an attorney/discriminated against/harassed.” Any of us could be that person in the future.GOT DOCS? America's Family Prison
August 22, 2008In May 2006, the Department of Homeland Security opened the first immigration detention facility designed specifically to hold families - immigrant men, women, children, and infants, none of whom have a criminal past. The T Don Hutto facility in central Texas is administered by the largest private so-called corrections corporation in the U.S.Is America's Surveillance State Squishing Protest?
August 15, 2008There seems to be no limits to the hypocrisy of the Bush administration when it comes to telling the world how they need to address their human rights record. Who are they to talk? U.S. activists talk about the price of dissent.Policing Protest, the Iraqi Refugee Crisis, and Surviving MS
August 14, 2008Has the right to dissent - to critique and protest the actions of our government whether here or abroad - been meaningfully curtailed? Tonight's panel takes on protest in the surveillance era with Laurie Arbeiter of The Critical Voice, Dana Balicki, Codepink's Campaign Director, Aden Fine of the ACLU, and Heather Reddick, International Operations Director of Students for a Free Tibet.GRITtv Live at Noon: Policing Dissent
August 14, 2008Reps from the ACLU, The Critical Voice, CodePink, and Students For A Free Tibet on our streaming live noon panel. Catch the full show tonight at 8pm Eastern.GRITtv: What Will The Next President Do About Civil Liberties?
May 27, 2008Here is the full roundtable discussion on rolling back presidential powers. Do we expect the next resident of the White House to ditch the Patriot Act? Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and David Golove, Hiller Family Foundation Professor of Law at NYU School of Law discuss.
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