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Showing videos filed under: trial
Michael Whitney: Bradley Manning's Detention
December 22, 2010PFC Bradley Manning remains in solitary confinement despite not having been tried or convicted of any crime. The accused leaker of much of the military information that WikiLeaks has so far published turned 23 on Friday and celebrated his birthday without family or friends, in a six foot by twelve foot cell without a pillow and in which he is not allowed to exercise.Michael Whitney, Urvashi Vaid, and States' Rights
December 21, 2010PFC Bradley Manning remains in solitary confinement despite not having been tried or convicted of any crime. The accused leaker of much of the military information that WikiLeaks has so far published turned 23 on Friday and celebrated his birthday without family or friends, in a six foot by twelve foot cell without a pillow and in which he is not allowed to exercise.Greenpeace: Trial against Tokyo Two Starts
February 23, 2010Two Greenpeace activists in Tokyo, Japan, are standing trial for exposing a corruption scandal in the whaling industry. Their court case is starting in Aomori, Japan, but the United Nations Human Rights Council and many other activists, including Amnesty International, have expressed concern for the way they have been treated. Watch the videoand take action!Food Stamps, Imran Malik and CPAC
February 22, 2010In 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.Can We Learn from Polanski?
December 10, 2009As Roman Polanski remains under house arrest, we ask Trish Kinney, author of Silver Platter Girl, Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist and author of Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back, and Dominic Lawson if any good can come of a trial, and why stars seem to be given a free pass on horrific behavior.Learning from Polanski, The People Speak, and Copenhagen
December 9, 2009Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 31-year-old statutory rape charge earlier this year, and many Hollywood stars immediately rallied to his defense. Celebrity trials aren't new to us, but the particular ugliness of rape and child abuse still seem to get glossed over when there's a big star standing accused. But do we all learn something from public trials and the public discussions that come in their wake?
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