As a primary candidate, Barack Obama posited himself as the Fair Trade candidate in opposition to Hillary Clinton, whose support of NAFTA during the her husband’s administration was seen as a liability. But as soon as Hillary was out of the picture Obama began to backpedal on trade and told Fortune magazine that his anti-NAFTA stance was “overheated and amplified.” Now that he’s in the White House what do we know about his trade policies?  

Lori Wallach, Executive Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, Jose Schiffino, Chair of the Fair Trade Committee of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), Ana Maria Quispe, a human rights activist from Peru, and Christy Thornton, Executive Director of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) on Obama and free trade.

Then, an interview with Hamza Perez, a Puerto Rican rapper who gave up his life as a drug dealer 12 years ago and converted to Islam. He is the subject of the film New Muslim Cool, an exploration of Perez’s efforts to build a religious community in post 9/11 America. 

Thanks to Amazon Watch, Greenpeace, and the National Coalition Against Censorship for video in tonight’s show. 

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