A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
Hey fam,
As Cheryl mentioned, we’ll continue to post our massive cache of video, text and images from this amazing event. Sunday morning, I sat on a panel of some incredible folks talking about the upcoming inauguration. It was for GRITtv with Laura Flanders and taped at Busboys and Poets. Here’s the full show description with video below
Now that the inauguration is over and the pundits chatter on into the night, what did we witness? Obama’s campaign has already been analyzed from many angles but it was the President himself who said that we made it happen. So we’re the change we’ve been waiting for, so to speak. But how did we get to this moment? And what now?
GRITtv with Laura Flanders has been in D.C. for the last three days broadcasting live from Busboys and Poets cafe. On tonight’s show Davey D, Host of Hard Knock Radio, Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer at the Institute for Policy Studies, Nicole Lee, Executive Director of the TransAfrica Forum, writer and comic Baratunde Thurston, Steve Cobble, Co-Founder Progressive Democrats of America, and Kim Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) discuss Obama’s rise.
A report on how the people of Washington DC are marking MLK day. Finally, Code Pink welcomes the Obama express at Union Station.
This clip is just the 30 minute panel I was on. You can see the full 60 minute program and subscribe to GRITtv via iTunes and download the program to your iPod/Phone
Update Jan 26: I found the correct video embed.
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