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Showing videos filed under: somalia
Mary Robinson: The War on Terror Was a Mistake
September 9, 2011Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, was the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights on 9/11/01. In this exclusive interview, Robinson talks to GRITtv's Laura Flanders about the mistakes made ten years ago, their continuing impact on situations such as the famine in Somalia and what, by contrast, inspires her now.Bill Quigley, Marie St. Cyr, and Caring
January 11, 2011"We in the U.S. have more people in jail than anywhere else in the world, we spend more on our military than the whole world combined, we have more guns, yet people somehow feel insecure," notes Bill Quigley of the culture in the U.S. Questions about guns aren't the only questi0n to be asked in the wake of the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John Roll, and several others in Arizona this weekend. There are many questions to be asked, about priorities, motives, and more.The F Word: Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves
January 11, 2011The New York Times this weekend told the story of Dr. Hawa Abdi, a Somali physician who runs a clinic, school, and food program that supports tens of thousands of Somali people who live without a functioning government.
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