Activist Shines Light on Clinton’s Dirty Foreign Policy in Honduras (Video)
Sha Grogan Brown traveled in a caravan from the Republican convention in Cleveland to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. He explains how neither of the major-party candidates represents the interests of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance members. Sha Grogan Brown explains how neither of the major-party candidates represents the interests of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance members.Sha Grogan Brown is a member of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, and alongside other activist coalitions, he participated in the movement to “Wall Off Trump” at the Republican National Convention last week. Now, Grogan Brown is in Philadelphia, after traveling from Cleveland in a van with other GGJA members.
Truthdig contributor Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Grogan Brown about both major-party candidates. After recounting the various protests held at the Republican convention in opposition to Donald Trump, Grogan Brown explains a key aspect of his presence at the Democratic convention. “Berta Cáceres was an internationally known organizer from Honduras,” he says. “She was an indigenous, environmentalist feminist, and she was assassinated in her home on March [3].” The GGJA has teamed up with Honduran activist forces to call for an investigation into Cáceres’ death.
Grogan Brown continues:
We also are calling out Hillary Clinton’s involvement. She actually endorsed and supported the coup in 2009. … We brought Laura Cáceres, who’s one of the daughters of Berta Cáceres, on the caravan with us.
He and Kolhatkar also discuss probable foreign policy under a Clinton presidency. “A lot of us are afraid of the kinds of decisions Hillary Clinton has made in the past,” Grogan Brown says. Watch the full interview below.
Check out more of Kolhatkar’s video reports from the convention here.
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