Democracy Now: Student Scares Away Minuteman Gilchrist

Yesterday's edition of Democracy Now! had a piece on the incident involving the anti-immigration group Minuteman's founder Jim Gilchrist at Columbia University. Apparently the man was invited by the institution's student Republicans. As he started speaking, several students got up on the podium and started chanting progressive slogans and held up banners that said that no human being is illegal, etc.

Amy Goodman had invited Gilchrist and Karina Garcia, senior at Columbia. This piece is a must-watch for the bizzare exit made by Gilchrist right in the middle of the dialogue. Also a must-watch to see Garcia, who is a courageous young person, openly taking on Gilchrist and NY Mayor Bloomberg, and speaking freely and unambiguously about her position on racism, free speech, and facism. I think a lot of people can watch this spunky young person and learn a thing or two about standing for something worthwhile and having the courage to speak out for one's principles.

Here is the link: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/11/1430231