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Showing videos filed under: bombings
Holy Wars: Faith and Fear
August 5, 2010"I conceived a film driven by fear and ended up with one grounded in faith," wrote Stephen Marshall of the process of making his documentary, Holy Wars. The award-winning director wanted to shoot a film about the dangers of religious extremism, and wound up learning from the two men he followed, Khalid Kelly and Aaron Taylor.Bill Fletcher Jr., Holy Wars, and Courage Campaign
August 4, 2010Barack Obama spent his 49th birthday speaking to labor leaders at an AFL-CIO federation meeting, but GRITtv commentator Bill Fletcher, Jr. noted that Obama needs to do more than attend meetings--it's time for some action on the Employee Free Choice Act. In addition, Fletcher notes, Obama should be situating himself among working people, not just union higher-ups, against the "economic royalists" who would keep the economy's fundamental inequality.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.Blackwater's Secret War In Pakistan
November 25, 2009Jeremy Scahill, the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, has reported on Blackwater for years. He joined Laura in the GRITtv studio to talk about this latest development in the story of the company that has a magic talent for renewing itself.Blowback, Jeremy Scahill, and Bissell Workers
November 24, 2009President Obama is expected to announce that he will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan next week. In the wake of that decision, discussion of the consequences of United States intervention around the world becomes even more important. It's not only wars that produce blowback for the US; training and funding for right-leaning groups in Latin America has been a long-standing source of resentment and anger around the world.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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