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GRITtv: Shot in the Back: The Honduran Coup

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The response to the coup d'etat in Honduras went from tepid to swept under the rug completely, but Hondurans still live with the effects of the military removal of their democratically elected leader. In this video from Witness for Peace, we look at the ongoing human impact of the coup.

GRITtv: Jan. 27, 2010

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Obama's preparing for his first State of the Union speech, and we're wondering if once again he's going to try to be all things to all people. After all, on the campaign trail he dismissed talk of a spending freeze, only to adopt that language a year into his administration, and with the economic team he's still using, he's starting to remind us of the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton--who may have slashed the deficit, but did so on the back of his "welfare reform.

GRITtv: Nothing Resolved in Honduras

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The announcement that the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, would be returned to power in a power-sharing agreement seems to have come too soon. In this video from The Real News, we learn that the agreement seems to be doing more to legitimize the coup government than to get rid of it.

GRITtv: Nov. 10, 2009

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Jill Filipovic, Frances Kissling, Diane Archer and Eesha Pandit talk about strategies for responding to Stupak, and what activists, feminists, and allies can do to make Democrats understand that women are not bargaining chips. Emily and Sarah grew up in the shadow attorney William Kunstler, and join us to talk about the documentary they have made about their father. We check in with the situation in Honduras, with video from The Real News. We learn that the agreement seems to be doing more to legitimize the coup government than to get rid of it.

GRITtv: Under Siege in Honduras: Inside the Brazilian Embassy

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Andres Conteris of Nonviolence International and Democracy Now! en espa'ol is the only English-speaking media representative inside the Brazilian embassy with deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, and he thinks that the U.S. could be doing much more to ensure that democracy prevails in the Central American country. Though the administration has called for the reinstatement of Zelaya, it has not put actual pressure to bear, and Conteris urges GRITtv viewers to call their representatives in Congress and urge sanctions against the coup regime.

SourceCode: Community/The Stranger

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SourceCode looks at America's shifting demographics - how the institutionalized threat of terrorism combined with an uncertain economy has created a climate hostile to immigrants. The advent of the REAL ID Act, increasing restrictions on legal immigration, growing small-town xenophobia, and renegade self-appointed border patrols are, however, matched by grass-roots groups assisting immigrants, even at great personal risk. We'll take you undercover with the Minutemen, as well as on a rescue mission with No More Deaths.

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