Nadia Hijab - The Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Who's accountable for human rights?

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Nadia Hijab is the author of "Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work" and "Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel". She has worked with the United Nations, was the Editor-in-Cheif of Middle East Magazine, and was a founder of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Currently, Hijab is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies.

Brought to you by UT's Palestine Solidarity Committee
http://www.UTpalestine.org

Escalate the Peace! A Day of Peace and Resistance in San Marcos

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In the great tradition of student protest, we will come together on Jan. 28 on Texas State's campus to speak out against the criminal military actions of the United States government. With the recent escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the expansion into Pakistan and Yemen, and the continued occupation of Iraq, it is time to hold our leaders accountable. This day marks an opportunity to come together to discuss, to network, and to celebrate peace and resistance. As students, teachers, peace veterans, and musicians, we will make our voices heard against war. Not in our name!


Everyone is welcome. Spread the word.

Hosted by CAMEO (Campus Anti-war Movement to End the Occupations)
cameo.txstate@gmail.com.

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"Aristide and the Endless Revolution" Haiti Documentary Discussion with Robert Jensen

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The suffering of the Haitian people today is the result of a natural disaster compounded by politics. A century of U.S. intervention in Haiti has included military occupation, support for brutal dictators, and backing of coups to depose democratically elected governments. "Aristide and the Endless Revolution" helps us understand that history. The New York Times review described the film as "a probing look into the 2004 overthrow of the twice democratically elected Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who had previously been ousted in a 1991 coup. Mr. Aristide was cherished by his country's poor and deemed ineffectual by the wealthy powers of the United States, France and Canada, among others. Nicolas Rossier's cohesive documentary covers this complex incident -- and Haiti's deteriorating condition since Mr. Aristide's exile -- in a taut, well-balanced 82 minutes, featuring interviews with the charismatic Mr. Aristide's chief defenders (the actor Danny Glover, Representative Maxine Waters of California) and critics (Roger Noriega, a former assistant secretary of state; Timothy Carney, a former United States ambassador to Haiti). Mr. Aristide himself, who currently resides in South Africa, candidly weighs in, while the people of Haiti both voice their opinions and appear in scenes of startling violence and chaos on the streets of their destitute country."

Escalate the Peace! A Day of Peace and Resistance in San Marcos

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In the great tradition of student protest, we will come together on Jan. 28 on Texas State's campus to speak out against the criminal military actions of the United States government. With the recent escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the expansion into Pakistan and Yemen, and the continued occupation of Iraq, it is time to hold our leaders accountable. This day marks an opportunity to come together to discuss, to network, and to celebrate peace and resistance. As students, teachers, peace veterans, and musicians, we will make our voices heard against war. Not in our name!

Escalate the Peace! A Day of Peace and Resistance

Click to Play

In the great tradition of student protest, we will come together on Jan. 28 on Texas State's campus to speak out against the criminal military actions of the United States government. With the recent escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the expansion into Pakistan and Yemen, and the continued occupation of Iraq, it is time to hold our leaders accountable. This day marks an opportunity to come together to discuss, to network, and to celebrate peace and resistance. As students, teachers, peace veterans, and musicians, we will make our voices heard against war. Not in our name!

"True Lies" by Taalam Acey

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From the amazing documentary "American Blackout" by GNN (released 2006).

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! -short preview for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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A 20 min. clip from All Power To The People. MLK Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, Philip Agee, Leonard Peltier, Huey P. Newton and Ward Churchill from the American Indian Movement are all part of this clip.

Veterans Day in Austin 2008

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On Veterans Day, Don't Forget About the War

Nation Article by Aaron Glantz

The War in Iraq has disappeared from the headlines. The ongoing economic crisis has Americans looking inward, wondering if they can keep their homes and their jobs, with little interest in death and destruction half a world away. According to the Pew Research Center, media coverage of the war has plummeted from an average of

Haiti’s History: Noam Chomsky Traces Underpinnings Of Aristide’s Ouster Back To 1991-1994 Coup

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We hear an excerpt of MIT professor Noam Chomsky speaking days before President Aristide was flown to the Central African Republic about the first coup against Aristide in the early 1990s.

FAST FOOD WORLD: Vandana Shiva, Wendell Berry, Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan

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3 out of every 5 Americans are now overweight. Children who eat fast food every day gain an extra 6 pounds every year. It now appears likely that - for the first time in American history - our children will actually have a shorter life span than their parents.

This program about fast food is not just about the fact that grease, sugar, and extra calories makes us fat and sick. It is about the giant industries behind fast food that change not only our bodies but the body of the earth and the lives of farmers who traditionally grew our foods.

An amazing coincidence - and effort too - brought together five eloquent writers and activists: The physicist and seed collector Vandana Shiva from India, the Kentucky farmer and poet Wendell Berry, Eric Schlosser who wrote: Fast Food Nation, the founder of the Slow Food movement Carlo Petrini from Italy and Michael Pollan, teacher and author of The Botany of Desire.

Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans 2009

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Originally created in the 19th century by black men who wished to pay homage to the American Indian tribes that had harboured their ancestors who escaped from slavery. Early on, there were violent rivalries between the tribes, but now the Mardi Gras Indians are a fixture at Carnival, best known for their incredibly detailed and intricately beaded-and-feathered costumes. Legendary krewes include the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Creole Wild West, and the Yellow Pocahontas.

Chalmers Johnson - The Last Days of the American Republic a Conversations with Hitory

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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Chalmers Johnson for a discussion of his new book, Nemesis. In the interview, Johnson, an Emeritus Professor of the University of California, analyzes the impact of the American empire on democracy at home. Comparing the United States to Rome and Great Britain, he argues that a combination of military Keynesianism, the Bush administration's attempt to implement a unitary presidency, and the failed checks on executive ambition point to political

Slavoj Žižek - Why Only an Atheist Can Believe: Politics Between Fear and Trembling

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iek addresses the complicated relationship between belief, or what we take to be belief, and our desire to see all. The lecture is followed by a brief period of questions and answers.

Calvin College, Michigan. November 10, 2006

Bio:

ZiZek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He received a D.A. in philosophy from the University of Ljubljana, then studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris. In 1990 he was a presidential candidate for the "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia". Zizek is currently a professor in European Graduate School and a post-doctoral senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana. Zizek is the founder and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana.

The Myth & Meaning of Monopoly Capitalism - Lecture by Edward Griffin

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A refutation of the popular myth that portrays monopoly as an outgrowth of capitalism. Monopoly is not based on free-enterprise competition, but the escape from it. Monopolists like government regulation because it protects them from competition. The days when the government served the people are long since gone. 43 minute lecture by G. Edward Griffin.

Noam Chomsky - Refutes Claims About People Wanting Wage Slavery

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Noam Chomsky talks about alternatives to the current system of wage slavery that seems to some to be the only way to organize a society.

Noam Chomsky - Democracy and Media in the New World Order

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After prepared remarks concerning democracy and the media in the new world order, Mr. Chomsky answered questions from the audience. Mr. Chomsky is the author of books on linguistics, politics, political philosopy and foreign policy.