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Showing videos filed under: genocide
Remi Kanazi: The Do's and Don'ts of Palestine
April 12, 2011Poet Remi Kanazi shares some of the instructions given to activists for Palestinian causes.Rep. Cory Mason, Sarah Schulman & Omar Barghouti, and CEO Pay
April 11, 2011"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.Got Docs? Zhinan: Architects of the New Iraq
February 19, 2010In the Kurdish region of Iraq, the people faced horrendous atrocities under Saddam Hussein, including in some villages the murder of nearly all men and boys. The Kurdish women, however, have been rebuilding and redefining their roles. This film, by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, looks at three women who are working to strengthen their region and their nation.Media Panel, Dean Baker and Zhinan
February 18, 2010Every week on GRITtv, we discuss the week in news: stories that made a splash, stories that were ignored, stories that were covered well, or stories that were covered badly.Mahmood Mamdani: Saviors and Survivors
April 8, 2009In his new book, Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror, Columbia University Professor Mahmood Mamdani argues that the use of the word genocide is as political as ever and strategic ignorance about the history and current day politics of post-colonial Africa is just as great.Rwanda's Genocide: The Search for Justice
April 7, 2009Fifteen years ago, this April 6, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, returning home from peace talks, were killed in a plane crash near the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Those deaths sparked a killing season in both countries that was particularly brutal in Rwanda.The Congo and Humanitarian Intervention
November 12, 2008When should the United States intervene in foreign conflicts? And is humanitarian intervention a paradox? Today on GRITtv we review the worsening situation in the Congo and calls from Human Rights Watch to increase the number of UN peacekeepers already there. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced as fighting between the rebels and the Congolese army continues.Finding Beauty in a Broken World
October 21, 2008After the attacks of 9/11 Terry Tempest Williams was asked by a friend and artist who specialized in mosaics if she would accompany her on a trip to Rwanda and act as her scribe. She had no desire to go but realized in the end that her own humanity depended on it.Today on GRITtv: Black in America, Karadjic Caught and One Iranian's Advice for Obama
July 24, 2008"Black in America" is playing on CNN. GRITtv's panel that doesn't need to watch to understand that experience. Then, Serbian war-criminal Radovan Karadjic was arrested Monday -- we'll look at his record with two reporters who were there. And a US based Iranian considers Barack Obama's comments on Iran. Suffice to say, it's complicated.
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