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Matthew Hoh and Ann Jones: Real Peace for Afghanistan
October 22, 2010
"Women's rights are nothing but human rights when women exercise them," notes Ann Jones, but Afghanistan has never been big on women's rights. Still, as highly-touted negotiations continue between Taliban representatives and the Karzai government, where are the women? Can real peace come when it's negotiated without women when, Matthew Hoh notes, the population of the country between the ages of 20 and 45 is four to one women to men?
Ethan McCord, Ann Jones and Matthew Hoh, and Silly Elections
October 21, 2010
"The one thing I couldn't live without in Iraq was my own humanity," says Iraq veteran Ethan McCord, who came home from dropping his children off at school to find a video of himself rescuing an child from a bombed-out van. That was the now-infamous Wikileaks video, and McCord has been collecting his own video and stories from his fellow veterans, speaking out about what he saw at war and what his friends lived through.
Rethink Afghanistan: Eikenberry Memos
February 9, 2010
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry cabled his concerns about a troop increase to Obama months ago, and the New York Times recently released the full text of the memos. In this video from Brave New Films' Rethink Afghanistan series, Daniel Ellsberg, Matthew Hoh, and other analysts look at Eikenberry's words and explain their concerns.
Legalizing Marijuana, Dr. Gabor Mate, and Ukraine
February 8, 2010
An initiative in California for marijuana legalization is slowly moving toward an appearance on the November ballot, and several other states have taken steps to legalize the drug for medical purposes, or to decriminalize possession, reducing it to a misdemeanor charge. Since the start of the economic crisis, many--including the venerable Economist magazine--have called for legalization and taxing in order to boost revenues.
Afghanistan: Soviet Lesson Not Learned
January 5, 2010
Christmas Eve, 2009 was the 30th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It was also the 3000th day of the U.S. occupation of the country. Matthew Hoh and Congressman Eric Massa are joined in this video by Soviet journalists and analysts discussing the lesson learned too late by their country: occupying Afghanistan breeds more, stronger, resistance. Thanks to Brave New Films for the clip.
Uprising in Iran, Comedy and News, and Gaza
January 4, 2010
The triumphant stories about how Twitter was going to save Iran may have died down a little, but the resistance in Iran is growing and swelling. Protest on the Shia festival day of Ashura, December 27, resulted in the most violent crackdown since June and the death of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew.
Matthew Hoh: I Submit My Resignation
November 24, 2009
Matthew Hoh was the first US civilian official to resign in protest over the conduct of the war in Afghanistan. In this video from Brave New Films, Hoh reads his letter of resignation and explains why he decided to make a public statement.
Which Side Are You On, The Body Toxic, and Matthew Hoh
November 23, 2009
During the Great Depression, the labor movement was a major player pushing a progressive agenda and helping to put people back to work. While we've heard plenty of comparisons between the current recession and the Depression, we haven't seen a return of the kind of militancy that came from labor in the 20s and 30s. With all the anger swirling around right now, where's the organizing?
Veterans Speak Out on Afghanistan
November 20, 2009
Brave New Films has been a tireless advocate against escalation, with the film Rethink Afghanistan exploring the problems there and proposing peaceful and diplomatic solutions and a responsible exit strategy. With this video, they bring together U.S. military veterans to ask Obama not to send more troops to continue a war that is on its way to being America's longest in history.
Books With Grit, Salvador Reza and Return to the Wild
November 19, 2009
Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio was recently stripped of his federal authority to make immigration arrests after repeated complaints that he abuses power and uses racial profiling to target Latinos in his community. Salvador Reza, U.S. Air Force veteran, community organizer and renowned immigrants rights activist, joins Laura for an exclusive interview on Arpaio's ongoing abuses.

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