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Showing videos filed under: Russia
Got Docs: My Perestroika
April 2, 2011In the past days and weeks we've seen some very young people protesting in the streets, squares and statehouses around the world. But what becomes of children who live through that reformation or regime change? Our documentary of the week is My Perestroika, and it tells the story of the last days of the USSR through the eyes of a group of former schoolmates who came of age as the world around them changed. The filmmaker is Robin Hessman, and the film is currently playing at festivals around the country.Karen Finley, My Perestroika, and Lee Camp
April 1, 2011"I think that we're in a society where art still is threatening, but at some point I think that we can look at when art is still being questioned or being sanctioned or being funded, then we need to look at that work that is being deliberated over because it's speaking to something that is happening in culture," says performance artist Karen Finley, whose lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts made her into a national icon against her will after her grant was denied on the basis of the subject matter of her art. In her new book, The Reality Shows, and in her performances, Finley takes on different personae to explore traumas, and teaches people to get in touch with their own experiences.Bill McKibben: Growing Global Movements
December 7, 2010The environmental and climate justice movement isn't just about saving polar bears from melting ice, argues writer and 350.org founder Bill McKibben. It's about rebuilding connection and community, changing the way human beings live, and working in solidarity with human rights organizations across the world to improve all of our lives. And the biggest stumbling block to the growth of a global climate justice movement? It's right under our noses: our own Congress.Tina Gerhardt and Bill McKibben
December 6, 2010Though there is little hope for a binding international agreement from the current round of climate talks held by the United Nations in Cancun this week, there is something different about the conversation. Tina Gerhardt reports that countries who are in attendance at the talks aren't talking about future consequences of global climate change, but instead talking about the crises they are suffering right now. From drought to floods, weather patterns are shifting and across the world, people are feeling the pain.Stephen F. Cohen: The Victims Return
October 19, 2010According to Stephen F. Cohen, half of Russia looks back to Josef Stalin as a great leader and the other half as a genocidal murderer. This disconnect, and a longing for a stronger, secure state, can be seen in public debate over a memorial to the victims of the gulags, where more people died than in Hitler's death camps.Dysfunctional Elections, Stephen F. Cohen, and Betsy Reed
October 18, 2010"Vulnerable Democrats are begging donors for cash -- $2,400 at a time, while their colleagues are sitting on millions of dollars they could unleash with a pen stroke." So wrote Erica Payne of the Agenda Project, pointing out that the control of the entire House could be in the hands of a few Democrats in safe seats.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.Natalia Antonova: Ukrainian Politicians Need to Focus at Home
February 9, 2010In what looks like a fairly narrow victory, the aptly named Victor Yanukovich is projected to become the next President of Ukraine, beating out Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Yanukovich was at the heart of controversy in the 2004 presidential elections, which ushered in the Orange Revolution. Yanukovich's win in that election was declared to have been the result of electoral fraud.Legalizing Marijuana, Dr. Gabor Mate, and Ukraine
February 8, 2010An 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.
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