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Andrew Bacevich: Serious Thinking About US Military Action
April 29, 2011
According to retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama "is a problem solver, he's surrounded himself with problem solvers at a time when maybe we need some creative thinking." This week saw the announcement that General David Petraeus would be taking Leon Panetta's spot as head of the CIA, while Panetta would be moving to replace Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.
Andrew Bacevich; Sex, Hope & Rock'n'Roll, & Baratunde Thurston
April 28, 2011
According to retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama "is a problem solver, he's surrounded himself with problem solvers at a time when maybe we need some creative thinking." This week saw the announcement that General David Petraeus would be taking Leon Panetta's spot as head of the CIA, while Panetta would be moving to replace Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.
Benjamin Barber: McWorld in Flames; Who Takes Charge in Egypt?
February 3, 2011
"The one predictable thing about revolutions is that they are unpredictable," notes Benjamin Barber, fellow at Demos and author of Consumed and Jihad vs. McWorld. Barber points out that as revolution rocks the Arab world, each country will find its own solution and destiny. The important thing to note, he says, is that autocratic regimes hollow out their states' civil society, leaving little infrastructure in place for citizens to use to govern themselves.
Khaled Fahmy, Benjamin Barber, and Douglas Rushkoff
February 2, 2011
"What we are seeing is nothing less than an Egyptian Tiananmen Square," says Khaled Fahmy of American University in Cairo. He watched today as bands of armed men descended on peaceful protesters in Cairo, heading for Tahrir Square. Some of the people, who Fahmy called "thugs" rode through crowds on horseback and camelback, trying to drive them back.
From Baghdad to Brooklyn
November 13, 2009
This week, our Got Docs feature is Jennifer's documentary in production, From Baghdad to Brooklyn, telling Mohamed's story, from his exile from Iraq after Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for the killing of homosexuals "in the worst, most severe way possible." Mohamed, who is gay,wound up in Syria, where Jennifer met him and took up his cause. Mohamed's story may have ended happily, but over a million Iraqis are still displaced. More of their stories are available here.
Real Questions, Bodies as Battlefields and From Baghdad to Brooklyn
November 12, 2009
Why aren't reporters asking the real questions? That's what our media panelist Rose Aguilar asked today, and it's a valid question.
The Personal and the Political: Iraqi Refugee Crisis
August 15, 2008
Since the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, more than 2 million Iraqis have fled their country, and 2.8 million are internally displaced, often struggling for survival. In the last month, at the prodding of the US, the Iraqi government has encouraged Iraqis to return home, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is more worried about the million people now subsisting without adequate shelter and food in Iraq.
Policing Protest, the Iraqi Refugee Crisis, and Surviving MS
August 14, 2008
Has the right to dissent - to critique and protest the actions of our government whether here or abroad - been meaningfully curtailed? Tonight's panel takes on protest in the surveillance era with Laurie Arbeiter of The Critical Voice, Dana Balicki, Codepink's Campaign Director, Aden Fine of the ACLU, and Heather Reddick, International Operations Director of Students for a Free Tibet.
GOT DOCS? A Generous God
June 5, 2008
No news report can prepare us for the destruction caused by the war and violence in Iraq on the lives of ordinary Iraqi citizens. Estimates are that over 5 million Iraqis are now refugees in Syria, Jordan, Sweden and throughout the Middle East. Few Iraqi refugees have been allowed into the U.S.

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