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Kathy Kelly: Contradictions on the Ground in Afghanistan
November 11, 2010“We're all veterans of a war against the poor in the United States. We have a tremendous opportunity to have a vocation as peacemakers," says Kathy Kelly, a veteran peacemaker herself. Recently returned from another trip to Afghanistan where she spoke to everyday citizens, including men and women, Kelly notes that the average person on the ground there has little awareness of the September 11 attacks, despite the rationale for the U.S. occupation.Kathy Kelly, Priests for Life, and Women in the Military
November 10, 2010“We're all veterans of a war againt the poor in the United States. We have a tremendous opportunity to have a vocation as peacemakers," says Kathy Kelly, a veteran peacemaker herself. Recently returned from another trip to Afghanistan where she spoke to everyday citizens, including men and women, Kelly notes that the average person on the ground there has little awareness of the September 11 attacks, despite the rationale for the U.S. occupation.Jeremy Scahill: Losing the War On Terror
November 2, 2010"The US has basically already lost the war in Afghanistan, if they even knew what victory was defined at in the beginning," says Jeremy Scahill, just back from two weeks reporting unembedded in that country. The Taliban there are not unlike the Tea Party here, he notes, not popular in themselves but rather as a protest against the failures of the current regime.Jeremy Scahill and Conspiracy Tactics
November 1, 2010"The US has basically already lost the war in Afghanistan, if they even knew what victory was defined at in the beginning," says Jeremy Scahill, just back from two weeks reporting unembedded in that country. The Taliban there are not unlike the Tea Party here, he notes, not popular in themselves but rather as a protest against the failures of the current regime.Katrina vanden Heuvel: "Security" in Russia is the Problem
April 1, 2010This Monday, suicide bombings rocked two stations in the Moscow Metro, killing 39 people. This is only the latest in a series of attacks on Russian civilians, stemming from the conflict over the Russian occupation of Chechnya.Katrina vanden Heuvel, the Media, and Green Jobs
March 31, 2010This Monday, suicide bombings rocked two stations in the Moscow Metro, killing 39 people. This is only the latest in a series of attacks on Russian civilians, stemming from the conflict over the Russian occupation of Chechnya.Our Internet, Not Theirs, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and Who Owns You?
October 26, 2009Corporations have edged into nearly every area of our lives, impacting decisions we make on a daily basis, from health care to the food we eat to the way we get our news and information. Today on GRITtv we take a look at a couple of places that corporate control is being challenged.The F Word: Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC Security
October 26, 2009Sunday's bombings in Baghdad are a security issue indeed, but the priority in US media isn't the life and death of Iraqis; it's the security of the war consensus in Washington
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