Stephen Colbert | Project Economic Refugee

18 Jan

Incendiary Political Rhetoric: Free Speech Empowers; But With Power Comes Great Responsibility

As you may have heardÂ by now, the right-wing radio and Fox [Republican] News hosts have been pushing back againstÂ theÂ rising criticism of theÂ violence in our political rhetoric in the wakeÂ of the Arizona shooting.Â In light of this,Â it’s been encouraging to see...
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11 Jan

Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert react to AZ shooting

Understandably, they want to take the higher groundÂ and make sure they don’t conflate the national dialogue even more with their own gut reactions, lest we take our freedom of free speech for granted and contribute to the degradation ofÂ our national...
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4 Oct

Stunning: Lou Dobbs Supports Higher Wages for Undocumented Farm Workers?

Video of Lou Dobbs on MSNBC's new show "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell and how it relates to AgJobs, Stephen Colbert, Meg Whitman, and The Nation report on Lou Dobbs hiring undocumented...
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25 Sep

Video of Colbert Testifying Before Congress on AgJOBS

Video of Stephen Colbert and history of how he came about getting involved with the AgJOBS bill for immigrant farm workers. Also features definition of what "AgJOBS" actually...
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10 Jul

Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 07/10/10

In light of President Obama's recent speech on immigration reform and the federal government's legal challenge to Arizona's authoritarian police law (aka SB 1070), mass grassroots mobilizations in support of the DREAM Act are taking place all over the country....
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