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Showing videos filed under: PTSD
Ethan McCord: Maintaining Humanity at War
October 22, 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.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.Geoff Millard: Recovery and Reconciliation
October 1, 2010"You don't go to war without being changed by it," says Geoff Millard, former Chair of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War. From sky-high suicide rates for veterans at home to horrific stories of "kill teams" in Afghanistan, we're hearing stories every day of the traumas that going to war inflicts on our young men and women. Millard and IVAW, though, have been working both at home and back in Iraq to bring about some sort of reconciliation, both for soldiers and for Iraqi civilians.Geoff Millard, Mary Kay Henry, and Obama v. Bloggers
September 30, 2010"You don't go to war without being changed by it," says Geoff Millard, former Chair of the Board of Iraq Veterans Against the War. From sky-high suicide rates for veterans at home to horrific stories of "kill teams" in Afghanistan, we're hearing stories every day of the traumas that going to war inflicts on our young men and women. Millard and IVAW, though, have been working both at home and back in Iraq to bring about some sort of reconciliation, both for soldiers and for Iraqi civilians.Ann Jones: The Wounds of War
September 30, 2010"We talk about this fault break between war and peace, and it doesn't work that way for women," notes Ann Jones, longtime journalist, author and humanitarian. Women, she points out, are often victims of sexual violence long after the official peace agreements are signed, and they often become the victims of abuse when soldiers come home traumatized and unable to deal with what they've seen and done.Kimberle Crenshaw, Ann Jones, and the Cycle of War
September 29, 2010We hear a lot about "post-racial" politics these days--the election of Barack Obama supposedly has led us into a post-racial age, but have we really seen anything change? Not much, notes Kimberle Crenshaw, co-founder of the African-American Policy Forum, and it's not really new either. But a lack of a sense of history is another symptom of today's politics, and Crenshaw notes that even black elected officials and candidates sometimes fall victim.David Finkel: Leaving Iraq, Moving into America
August 13, 2010The war in Iraq is far from over despite Obama's best speeches; and journalist David Finkel notes, "This war is leaving Iraq and moving into America." It is our duty, he says, to understand what the soldiers went through at the very worst of their experience there.David Finkel, Food Justice for Trader Joe's, and War on Flooding
August 12, 2010The war in Iraq is far from over despite Obama's best speeches; and journalist David Finkel notes, "This war is leaving Iraq and moving into America." It is our duty, he says, to understand what the soldiers went through at the very worst of their experience there.The Things They Carry, A Military Family's Battle, and Marshall Ganz on the Peace Movement
May 19, 2009More than one million soldiers have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan over the last eight years. Close to 4,500 have died in Iraq and nearly 20 percent of those who return have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Today we speak with veterans and families of soldiers on the challenges that soldiers face returning from war. Marshall Ganz on the peace movement.Stop Loss: An Interview with Kimberly Peirce
July 10, 2008Laura Flanders interviews Kimberly Peirce, the director of Stop Loss. The United States may have an all-volunteer army, but it is sustained by a stop loss policy, a kind of revolving door draft that exacts a heavy toll on military families.
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