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Mary Robinson: The War on Terror Was a Mistake
September 9, 2011
Former 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.
Nancy Goldstein: Rule of Lawlessness
November 4, 2010
Democracy is so inconvenient when you’re trying to get something done—say, bag a trophy for your administration. In its pursuit of short-term goals, the Obama administration has undermined basic democratic tenets. Meaning that we, as a country, have lost something regardless of the election results.
Aram Roston: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords
June 22, 2010
A Congressional investigation has confirmed what Aram Roston reported last November in The Nation: US tax dollars go into the pockets of Afghan warlords in "a massive protection racket" which may lead back to Taliban hands.
Mike Papantonio, Funding Afghan Warlords, & What $1 Million Buys
June 22, 2010
"I know what a thug corporation looks like," says lawyer and radio host Mike Papantonio, who is busy building a RICO case against BP for the oil devastation in the Gulf. "These people are sociopaths and the GOP are apologizing for them."
The F Word: Looking Closer at Joseph Stack
February 22, 2010
Joseph Stack -- remember him? He's the guy who crashed his plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin last week. Fifty-three years old, a Vietnam veteran, Stack killed one IRS manager, Vernon Hunter, and wounded 13 more before killing himself, but you'd be forgiven for forgetting his name, because he largely fell out of the news in the days afterward...
Food Stamps, Imran Malik and CPAC
February 22, 2010
In a recent article for ColorLines, Seth Wessler reported on one woman's struggle to support her family when cash benefits from the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program--the one that replaced welfare under Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare reform--run out. "Selling Food Stamps For Kids' Shoes" was the title of the article, and it creates a stark picture of the impossible choices more and more families are forced to make in the continuing recession.
Is Yemen the New Front in the "War On Terror"?
January 6, 2010
Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani, a political analyst, spoke to us from Sana'a, Yemen, and then Michael Bronner, investigative journalist and Vanity Fair contributor, and Christoph Wilcke, Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division, join us in studio to discuss the situation in Yemen further.
Stimulus Spending, Yemen, and Nancy Giles
January 5, 2010
The House of Representatives passed the the Jobs for Main Street Act on December 16, right before winter break. With the Senate poised to take it up and the country still hurting from the recession despite Wall Street's record profits, we ask a panel of experts what Congress and the administration need to do to ensure that stimulus funds get spent on the people who need them most.
The F Word: The Terror of Collective Punishment
January 6, 2009
Punishing the many to target a few is unquestionably collective punishment. When individuals, not governemnts do it, don't we call them terrorists?
The F Word: DC to Delhi: Only Our Missiles, not Yours.
December 1, 2008
Condoleezza's on her way to India to, "stand in solidarity with the people of india," the Bush administration declared this weekend. Solidarity may be the operative word. When it comes to U.S./India relations, the Bush administration says it shares the horror and pain of the attacks but it shares way more than that.

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