Monday, January 16, 2012

Randi Rhodes: Van Jones on MLK

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Randi will be back live tomorrow (1/17), Nicole Sandler is filling in today; her guests incude:

Environmental and civil rights activist, co-founder of Color of Change and Rebuild The Dream, and former Obama Administration advisor, Van Jones will discuss Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Rebuild The Dream has organized hundreds of meetups today to celebrate Dr. King and President Obama's call to service and the goal of making our economy work for all Americans.

Jeff Clements, author of Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It on the upcoming second anniversary of the Citizens United decision.

Comedian/activist Lee Camp - who may be best known for calling Fox News a "festival of ignorance" ON Fox News - on the 'We The People' campaign and the viral effort to continue pushing to get money out of politics.

Finally, comedian and actress Maysoon Zayid will talk with Nicole about the role of Arab Americans in America on MLK Day, as the newest large minority group that still has to deal with some of the same issues Dr. King was fighting fifty years ago.

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on NBC's 'Meet The Press' from March 28, 1965 - just days after the Selma to Montgomery marches...


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