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Showing videos filed under: Middle East
Fadi Quran: Palestine is Part of the Arab Spring
June 3, 2011On Sunday, June 5, Palestinians in the occupied territories and neighboring countries took part in peaceful protests to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1967 War.Phyllis Bennis: Listening to the People in the Arab World
May 4, 2011"For the first time what we're seeing is people on the rise and they can no longer be ignored, by their own governments or by the United States," says Phyllis Bennis. And those people are saddened by the U.S.'s action against Osama Bin Laden, but more importantly are demanding that their voices be heard, not the voices of their dictators that the U.S. has relied on for so long.Richard Trumka, Phyllis Bennis, and US Uncut
May 3, 2011In Massachusetts, a Democratic state legislature voted to take away public workers' right to collectively bargain over health care, in what Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, calls "A miniature version of what we saw in Wisconsin." He notes that just like Scott Walker, these politicians are scapegoating employees who didn't cause the economic crisis.Shirin Ebadi: Justice for Women in Today's Revolutions
April 26, 2011Shirin Ebadi was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first woman to serve as a Chief Justice in her native Iran--a right taken away from her with the 1979 Islamic revolution. Since then, she has fought for human rights, particularly those of women and children, and has campaigned to restore the rights of women in Iran.John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah: This Ain't No Tea Party
April 8, 2011We're heading for a government shutdown, Glenn Beck's leaving FOX, John Boehner is still crying, and Donald Trump is running for president? No, this isn't a joke or a game where you guess which one of these things is true--they all are. And who better to make sense--or fun--of all of this than GRITtv contributor John Fugelsang?Rep. Keith Ellison, John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah, and Media Reform
April 7, 2011Republicans in Congress, says House Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison, are treating the budget and potential government shutdowns as an "opportunity to inflict generationally-changing policies" in the guise of paying the bills. We're facing a government shutdown not, Ellison notes, because Democrats won't compromise, but because Republicans like Paul Ryan are interested in forcing a fight over ideological issues.Phyllis Bennis: More Troops and More Violence in the Middle East
March 30, 2011“I wonder if those same people who asked for the intervention, when they ask for the intervention to end, will we listen to them?"Phyllis Bennis, Mark Bittman, and South Dakota's Anti-Choice Legislation
March 29, 2011“I wonder if those same people who asked for the intervention, when they ask for the intervention to end, will we listen to them?" asks GRITtv foreign affairs correspondent and author Phyllis Bennis. Who will the leadership that so swiftly made the decision to commit troops to Libya answer to? Phyllis joins us via Skype to discuss the continued presence of U.S. troops in the Middle East.Nawal El Saadawi: Keeping the Momentum in Egypt
March 8, 2011"The working class and poor people are coming out, the middle and upper classes don't like that, they want to stop the revolution of the poor people. They accept the revolution of the middle class," says Nawal El Saadawi, pioneering Egyptian feminist thinker, author and professor. Meanwhile, she notes that the same old factors are moving to make sure that the revolution in Egypt doesn't rock the boat too much.Dave Lindorff, Nawal El Saadawi, and Michael Moore in Madison
March 7, 2011"The mystery of American Raymond A. Davis, currently imprisoned in the custody of local police in Lahore, Pakistan and charged with the Jan. 27 murder of two young men, whom he allegedly shot eight times with pinpoint accuracy through his car windshield, is growing increasingly murky."
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