Charlie Cray on Supreme Court election ruling, Mark Weisbrot on Haiti

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DATE : Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100
Entered in Database : 2010-01-29 05:00:00
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This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that corporations may not be limited in their spending to influence elections, because they have the same free speech rights as people. Among the many questions raised are not just what this means for elections, but what it means for 'free' speech. We'll hear from Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy on that story. Also on the program: Amidst the misery, there are a many feel-good stories being reported in the US press about the American role in attempting to bring relief to Haiti. But not all American activities are helping Haitian according to our guest Mark Weisbrot, whose column 'Haiti Needs Water, Not Occupation' appeared in the January 20th Guardian.