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Maxine Waters: Self-Determination and Debt-Canceling in post-earthquake Haiti

Recently returned from a devastated Port-au-Prince, the South LA Congresswoman talks about the challenges to democratic self-determination, from Haitian business elite and foreign powers blocking the returned of exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide to renewed demands, promoted by Waters in Congress, to cancel Haiti's international debt.

Congressman Raul Grijalva: Stopping the Afghan War Escalation and Holding the Progressive Line in the Democratic Party

The Director of Veterans for Peace and a national leader in United for Peace and Justice respond to Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan and discuss grassroots and inside-the-beltway strategies for stopping the US war machine.