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Showing videos filed under: Roberto Lovato
Gearing up for Battle on Immigration Reform
March 26, 2010Last weekend's 200,000-person-strong march on Washington for justice on immigration was spared from too much violence and anger because the press was largely focused on health care reform. But as that bill was signed into law Monday, immigration will again find itself at the top of the list for political action--and the passions that it inspires are certain to flare.Eliminationist Rhetoric, Immigration, and Jamie Leigh Jones
March 25, 2010After the passage of the health care bill, windows shattered in the offices of Congressmembers across the country, and Congressmen like Bart Stupak received death threats. Meanwhile, Sarah Palin and others encouraged opponents of the bill to "reload" and "take aim" at health care supporters.Week in Review: Latino in America but Ignored in the Media
October 25, 2009This week, our media panel focused on those ignored issues, from the Basta Dobbs! campaign to the general strike in Puerto Rico, the continued standoff in Honduras and the way the mainstream media equates "Latino" with "immigrant." Joining us are Roberto Lovato of Presente.org and New America Media, Erica Gonzalez of El Diario/La Prensa, and Cathy Areu of Catalina magazine and the Washington Post magazine.What is Obama's Position on Honduras?
July 21, 2009Roberto 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.Hydraulic Fracturing and the Natural Gas Bonanza, Obama's Moral Failing on Honduras, and the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza
July 20, 2009Will natural gas solve our energy problems? The oil and gas industry has been making their case that natural gas is a clean alternative to fossil fuels, that it will reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and create jobs. What the industry doesn’t mention is the highly controversial practice required to extract the oil known as hydraulic fracturing. Josh Fox and others on the other side of the story. Roberto Lovato and Andres Thomas Conteris on political turmoil in Honduras and why the US isn't doing more to resolve the standoff. And the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza.Is Immigration Reform Dead, Radical Harlem, and The Uptake on Al Franken
July 1, 2009What are the possibilities for immigration reform under Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on the state of the movement. The life of Hubert Harrison, voice of Harlem radicalism. And The Uptake's Jason Barnett on Minnesota Supreme Court's rejection of Norm Coleman's argument.GRITtv Live at Noon: Is Immigration Reform Dead?
July 1, 2009Immigration reform is hardly the front page issue it was one year ago even though thousands of immigrants end up in detention facilities every year. The facts on the ground haven't changed, so where does the movement stand? And is there a real possibility for reform under Obama?A Memo To Sheriff Arpaio
March 3, 2009In Arizona, several thousand people marched on Saturday to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Program’s (ICE) sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants.Looking Ahead with Obama, Looking Back To Women of the Civil Rights Movement, and Composer David Amram
November 6, 2008Tonight on GRITtv part four of our live election day special coverage with Danny Schechter, the author of Plunder: Investigating our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal, Roberto Lovato, Associate Editor with New America Media, and Esther Armah, the co-host of “Wake Up Call” on WBAI. Then an interview with David Amram.
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