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Each video is approximately 60 minutes long if length is not noted
in the description.
9/11 and the American Empire,
a talk by David Ray Griffin, Emeritus Professor of Religion and
Theology, Claremont School of Theology, San Francisco; given
at University of Wisconsin, Madison, on April 18, 2005 and broadcase
on C-SPAN2 on April 30, 2005. Included: The American Empire as
real and not benign; evidence that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated
by the Bush Administration to expand this empire
Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better
World Is Possible.
Talk by Gerry Mander, on book tour for book of same name, sponsored
by Ruminator Books. Taped March 24, 2003.
American Assassination: The Strange Death of Paul
Wellstone,
review of his new book by Dr. James Fetzer, University of Minnesota,
Duluth, given at Borders Books in April. Videotaped by John Bussjaeger
and Dave Greer, edited by John Bussjaeger.
"Are American Elections Fair?"
18-minute film "Help America Vote on PAPER: A Citizen Call for
Election Integrity," produced by the Ecological Options Network
in cooperation with Mainstreet Moms, and excerpts from media interviews
with Mark Crispin Miller, author of "Election Fraud: How They Stole
the 2004 Election and Why They'll Do It Again in 2008."
Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the
Military Industrial Complex.
Video produced by Randy Atkins (www.ArsenalofHypocrisy.com) and
hosted by Bruce Gagnon, founder and coordinator of the Global Network
Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (www.space4peace.com). From
the jacket: "The glory days of NASA are over! Today the Military
Industrial Complex is marching towards world dominance through
space technology on behalf of global corporate interests. To understand
how and why the space program will be used to fight all future
wars on earth from space, it's important to understand how the
public has been misled about the origins and true purpose of the
space program."
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Talk by author (of book by same name) Greg Palaste, investigative
reporter for The Guardian newspaper in Britain (he can't get
published in the United States) discussing Bush's election, dirty
work in Venezuela, and several other stories. Taped at Macalester
College 3/13/03
Can Active Nonviolence Bring Peace to Palestine/Israel?
Father David Smith, University of St. Thomas, iinterviews Sr. Mary
Ann Ford and Father Peter Dougherty, members of the Michigan
Peace Team, about their plans to be part of the MPT Summer Gaza
Team 2005. The Michigan Peace Team (www.michiganpeaceteam.org) "creates
a nonviolent alternative to militarism and violence through empowered
peacemaking." Taped 2/28/05.
Can Corporations Be People? The Campaign to Abolish
Corporate Personhood.
Workshop by Molly Morgan, Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy,
and Jan Edwards, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
explaining how corporations acquired more power than human beings
have, how they exploit that power to do whatever they want without
consequences, and the WILPF campaign to abolish that power by taking
away their right to "personhood."
Can There Be Peace in the Holy Land?
Speaker Mubarak Awad, Founder of Nonviolence International and
The National Youth Advocate Program, Co-Founder Palestinian Center
for the Study of Non-Violence. Speaking at conference "Hope
for the Holy land: Toward a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel," held
Oct. 22-23, 2004. Conference presented by Friends of Sabeel North
America (www.sabeel.org)
and Pax Christi USA (www.paxchristiusa.org).
Chernobyl: A Nuclear Catastrophe Without End
interview with Dr. David Marples, Professor of Russian History,
University of Alberta, Canada, conducted by Lisa Ledwidge, Outreach
Director, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Minneapolis.
Dr. Marples was researching nuclear power in Russia before the
Chernobyl disaster, and was one of a very few people permitted
to visit the plant afterward, although it took him 3 years to
receive permission. He remarks on the immediate and long-term
effects of this nuclear meltdown, not just in Ukraine and Belarus
but around the world.
Chris Hedges speaking at Westminster Town Hall Forum
Chris Hedges, former war correspondent and author of "War
Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," speaking on "How War
Gives Us Meaning," taped at Westminster Town Hall Forum, Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Mpls., Oct. 2, 2003; followed by Kathy Kelly,
co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness and Nobel Peace Prize nominee,
speaking on "Depleted Uranium: Weapons of Mass Destruction," taped
at St. Joan of Arc Church, Mpls., Oct. 13, 2003.
Citizens Media Fair: Holding the Media Accountable.
Panel of four from various media: Gary Gilson, Minnesota
News Council; Kate Parry, Minneapolis
Star Tribune; Scott Johnson, PowerLineBlog.com;
and Rob Levine, Cursor.org. Given
at "Citizens Media Fair," June 4, 2005. Produced by Bryan Olson
for Altera Vista. Contact Bryan for information about copies: reallifevideo@hotmail.com.
Civil Liberties in America: Where Do We Stand Since
September 11?
Talk by Peter Erlinder, Professor of Criminal Constitutional Law
at William Mitchell College of Law, and past president of the National
Lawyer's Guild presented on September 14, 2002 at program of Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom, Minnesota Metro Branch.
A Comedy Evening with William Hartung.
Hartung is President's Fellow, World Policy Institute at the New
School University, New York. He is the author of "How Much Are
You Making on the War, Daddy? A Quick and Dirty Guide to War
Profiteering in the Bush Administration."
Coming Down to Earth--What Can the Church Do There?
Speech by Prof. Emeritus John Cobb, Claremont School of Theology
and Graduate School, San Francisco, and founding co-director
of the Center for Process Theology. Dr. Cobb spoke at the conference "Bringing
the Church Back Down to Earth: How Progressive Christians Embrace
Ecology," cosponsored by the North Coalition for Christianity
and Ecology (www.nacce.org)
and the Center for Progressive Christianity (www.tcpc.org).
Dr. Cobb is co-author with economist Herman Daly of For the Common
Good.
Coming Full Circle: Sustainable Agriculture, Food
Security, and Health,
excerpts from a panel discussion at the U of M's student-organized
Passport to Earth Summit 2002 series, with Mark Ritchie, Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis; Dr. Alison Harmon,
Penn State University; and Dr. Luanne Lohr, University of Minnesota "ReVisioning
the Corporation: Bringing Democracy to Our Economic System," speech
given by Marjorie Kelly, founder/publisher of Business Ethics magazine
and author of The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate
Aristocracy," at "ReVisioning: Building Community for
a Sustainable Future," conference held April 26-28, 2002 at
Macalester College, St. Paul; and "The Symbolism of Enron," speech
given by Dr. John Mitchell at forum on the Enron collapse, augsburg
College, Minneapolis, April 17, 2002.
"Conspiracy Theories" a 4 part series:
by Prof. James Fetzer, McKnight Professor of Philosophy, University
of Minnesota-Duluth, videotaped Nov. 16, 2005, by John Bussjaeger
and edited by Bryan Olson. Prof. Fetzer has published more than
20 books on the theoretical foundations of computer science,
artificial intelligence, and cognitive science, as well as four
books on assasinations and conspiracies: "Assassination Science" (1998), "Murder
in Dealey Plaza" (2000), "The Great Zapruder Film Hoax" (2003)
and "American Assassination: The Strange Death of Senator Paul
Wellstone" (2004). During the past year he has devoted himself
to what the evidence tells us about events on 9/11.
Conspiracy Theories #1: John F. Kennedy
Conspiracy Theories #2: 9/11
Conspiracy Theories #3: Sen. Paul Wellstone
Conspiracy Theories #4: Comments, questions, answers
Conversations: Globalization, Socialization, and
Violence, Part I. Cynthia Enloe.
Feminist author and researcher Cynthia Enloe, speaking on women
in the military, the conflating of Nato-ization with modernization,
and the modernization of state violence. Part of a panel with authors
and activists Vandana Shiva and Naomi Klein, speaking at the conference "Globalization,
Modernization, and Violence," April 14-15, 2005, given at the University
of Minnesota. Part II will be Vandana Shiva and Naomi Klein.
Conversations: Globalization, Social Change, and
Violence. Part II. Vandana Shiva.
Part of panel with Cynthia Enloe and Naomi Klein, given at conference "Globalization,
Modernities, and Violence," April 15-16, 2005.
Conversations: Globalization, Social Change, and
Violence. Part III. Naomi Klein
Part of panel with Cynthia Enloe and Vandana Shiva, given at conference "Globalization,
Modernities, and Violence," April 15-16, 2005.
Corruption in Government: A Crisis for Democracy
a reissue of Michael Andregg's classic program first released in
1992 and replayed now to show the relevance of previously exposed
corruption and lies to the current 9/11/01 official explanation
and coverup of facts.
Counting on Democracy
A program by Danny Schechter about American elections.
Creating Sustainable Communities,
a talk by Dr. David Korten, author of "When Corporations Rule
the World" and "The Post-Corporate World," speaking
at "Revitalize Democracy" conference in Duluth, Minnesota,
July 29, 2002
A Critical Review of 9/11 Evidence.
Slide presentation and speech by Prof. James Fetzer given at University
of St. Thomas on May 3, 2006. Co-sponsored by MN911 group and
St. Thomas Department of Peace Studies.
Cry Justice! Reports from the Front Lines.
Lawyers Chris Black,head of international defense team for Serb
leader Slobodan Milosevich, now being tried at the Hague Tribunal
for war crimes; Michael Ratner, civil defense lawyer assisting
those imprisoned without trial by the United States in the "war
on terrorism"; and Lynne Stewart, under indictment by the
Justice Department for aiding terrorists because of conversations
with her client, convicted of planning the earlier World Trade
Center bombing. Panel moderated by Minnesota Representative Keith
Ellison. Taped at the conference ³Cry Justice! Activism,
Organizing, & Civil Liberties After 911," October 25,
2003.
The Cuban Five: Imprisoned by the U.S. for Trying
to Stop Terrorism Against Cuba.
Speakers Prof. Gary Prevost, St. Johyn's University, Collegeville,
MN, and Prof. Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law,
St. Paul, MN. Taped August 29, 2005.
Fighting the War on Sexual Trafficking,
keynote speech by Leslie Wolfe, president, Center for Women Policy
Studies. Ms. Wolfe spoke at a conference entitled "Sexual Trafficking
of Women and Girls: The Minnesota Connection," held Octobr 22,
2003, at St. Catherine's College. Her speech is followed by comments
by Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch about the situation
in Minnesota.
Food Sovereignty and the New Face of Global Agriculture.
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Institute for Food and Development
Policy (Food First), speaking at Macalester College February
26, 2004, in a program sponsored by Macalester's Environmental
Studies Program. Ms. Mittal, a native of India, is an internationally
renowned activist and speaker on issues of food and agriculture,
human rights, trade issues, and rural development issues. She
is currently a visiting scholar at University of California-Berkeley.
Food First is a "peoples" think tank and education-for-action
center, founded in 1975 by Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins,
authors of "Diet for a Small Planet." Food First highlights
root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around
the world. See www.foodfirst.org for more information.
A Forum On The Death Penalty,
with Bud Welch of "Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation" and
Gary Gauger, Illinois Death Row Exoneree, presented by Minnesotans
Against the Death Penalty.
From Corporate Globalization to Earth Democracy,
A talk by Dr. Vandana Shiva. Dr. Shiva is a physicist, author,
and environmental activist, known worldwide for her work on biodiversity
and the effects on people's access to healthy food and clean
water by corporate globalization and commodification of everything
on the planet. This powerful speech covers the stealing and patenting
of genes from indigenous peoples and from their animals and plants,
such as genes from India's basmati rice; the stealing of water
by the Coca Cola company; the attempt to control all seeds; genetic
engineering of plants and their spread into the wild, and much
more. Dr. Shiva is a riveting and empathetic speaker, and helps
laypeople understand the corporate view of the future and the
worldwide organizing to create an alternative, better world.
Dr. Shiva spoke at Macalester College on March 30; she was the
Environmental Studies Department's 2004 Distinguished Speaker,
brought to Macalester by Prof. Brett Smith.
From Global Capitalism to Economic Justice.
Interview with Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute
for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Washington DC,
conducted by Lisa Ledwidge, U.S. Outreach Director of the Minneapolis
office of the IEER.
Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Plans for Militarizing
Space.
Interview of Bruce Gagnon, founder and coordinator of the 181-member
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space (www.space4peace.org),
conducted by Lisa Ledwidge, outreach director, Institute for Energy
and Environmental Research (IEER) (www.ieer.org),
on August 7, 2004.
Global Repression: The Latest Assault on Civil Liberties,
with Peter Erlinder, Professor of Law at William Mitchell College
of Law; taped 2/16/02; a discussion of the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T.
act ("Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing appropriate
tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" in
the context of past struggles to preserve civil liberties.
Global Warming: A Catholic Perspective,
with chief meteorologist at WCCO-TV Paul Douglas, speaking on the
effects of global warming in Minnesota, and polar explorer/educator
Will Steger, speaking as an eyewitness to global warming in the
Arctic. Taped Oct. 29 at Pax Christi Church, Eden Prairie.
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New
Century.
Paul Krugman, New York Times op-ed columnist and Professor of Economics,
Princeton University, speaking at the Howard and Darrel Alkire
Symposium on International Business and Economics, Hamline University,
February 26, 2004.
Haiti, One Year After the Coup;
Brian Concannon, human rights lawyer and founder of the Institute
for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (www.ijdh.org),
speaking on the lawless situation in Haiti since democratically
elected President Aristide was deposed in a U.S.-instigated coup
d'etat in March 2004. Taped Feb. 26 at Macalester College, St.
Paul, MN. Brian is introduced by Prof. Joelle Vitiello of the
French Department at Macalester.
Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey into Motherhood,
speech by Dr. Sandra Steingraber given at Westminster Town Hall
Forum, Westminster Church, Minneapolis, May 9. Steingraber is
called "the new Rachel Carson"; she is an internationally
recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and author
of Living Downstream , which presents cancer as a human rights
issue. Her new book is Having Faith, a celebration of birth and
a call to arms about the ways our environmental degradation puts
newborns at risk.
Healing Our Broken Health Care System,
with speakers John Kolstad, Chair, MN Universal Health Care Coalition;
Kip Sullivan, former researcher with MN COACT; MN Senator John
Marty; and Roseville City Councilperson Amy Ihlan. Taped at Roseville
Public Library on January 19, 2005.
History and War.
Talk by Howard Zins, taped at University of St. Thomas on April
23, 2003.
How Much Did You Make on the War, Daddy?
A Talk by William Hartung, author of 'How Much Are You Making on
the War, Daddy? A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in
the Bush Administration.' Mr. Hartung is senior research fellow
at the World Policy Institute, New York. He is an internationally
recognized expert on the arms trade and the economics of military
spending. His others books include "And Weapons for All" and "Star
Wars: The Economic Consequences." Mr. Hartung spoke at Hamline
University on March 23, sponsored by the Minnesota Alliance of
Peacemakers.
International Day of Solidarity with Palestine
with spoken word by Ismail Khalidi, report from Palestine by Anti-War
Committee member Tracy Molm, and perspectives of a Palestinian-American
by Sabry Wazwaz, moderated by Prof. Jesse Benjamin, St. Cloud
State University. Taped Nov. 29, 2004 at Walker Church, Minneapolis.
International Inquiry Into 9/11: Phase One, Part
1
Panel with Nafeez Ahmed, author and political scientist; Paul Thompson,
author of 9/11 Timeline; and Barry Zwicker, media critic and journalist,
hosted by Lynn Pentz, followed by a talk by Jim Marrs.
International Inquiry into 9/11: Phase One, Part
2
9/11 in Historical Context with Gray Brechin, author and historian
(The Role of Oil in Foreign Pollicy and Covert Operations) and
Nafeez Ahmed, author (The War on Freedom).
Interview of Dr. Ron Glossop,
professor emeritus of philosophical studies at University of Southern
Illinois, author and leading thinker of World Federalist movement;
interviewed by Michael Andregg, adjunct professor, University
of St. Thomas, St. Paul; taped 4/1/03.
Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic? An Evening
with Norman Finkelstein. Part 1
Taped November 5, 2006, at St. Joan of Arc, Minneapolis. Dr. Finkelstein
teaches political theory at DePaul University, Chicago. He is author
of five books, including "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism
and the Abuse of History" and "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections
on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering."
Finkelstein is known for his writings about the policies of the
state of Israel especially with regard to Palestinians.
Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic? An Evening
with Norman Finkelstein. Part 2
Taped November 5, 2006, at St. Joan of Arc, Minneapolis. Dr. Finkelstein
teaches political theory at DePaul University, Chicago. He is author
of five books, including "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism
and the Abuse of History" and "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections
on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering."
Finkelstein is known for his writings about the policies of the
state of Israel especially with regard to Palestinians.
Journey of a Gospel Activist
--talk by Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas
(SOA) Watch, about his life as a "talking parrot" mouthing
the government's propaganda, serving in Vietnam, and then becoming
a Maryknoll priest, serving in Central America, and learning
the truth about U.S. involvement in oppressing Latin American
people and training Latin American militaries in the arts of
low intensity conflict (killings of civilians, torture, massacres)
at the so-called School of Assassins. A moving portrayal of one
man's dedication to making a difference. Speaking at Newman Mission
Forum, Minneapolis, Oct. 12, 2004.
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror.
Talk by Prof. Michael Ignatieff, Director of Human Rights Policy
Center, Harvard University, speaking at 22nd annual honorary
Theodore Mitau Lecture, Macalester College, April 4, 2003.
Letters to, Letters from, Letters never written.
A play created from letters, journals, and memories of Minnesota
veterans, by Frances Ford, director; Part of The War Plays
Project. Taped 2/18/06 at Hamline University's Sundin Hall.
Living Economies for a Living Planet,
speech by David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World
and The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism," given
at ReVisioning: Building Community for a Sustainable Future,
Macalester College, April 26-28, 2002.
Lynne Stewart--Defense Attorney, and Victim of the
U.S.A. PATRIOT Act
an interview with New York lawyer Stewart conducted by Lisa Ledwidge,
Outreach Director, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,
Minneapolis. Ms. Stewart, a New York criminal defense attorney
who handles clients whom many attorneys do not want to defend,
is now under indictment for "aiding and abetting a terrorist",
namely, her client, the Egyptian cleric convicted of helping to
plan the World Trade Center bombing of 1994. The case is based
on secret government eavesdropping on lawyer and client. Lynne
faces 40 years in prison if found guilty. Her trial is scheduled
for October 2003. She was invited to address the annual meeting
of the National Lawyer's Guild in St. Paul the weekend of December
5-6, 2002. See www.lynnestewart.org for
further information.
Market Fundamentalism: Worshiping the Market as
God.
Talk by economist Karen Redleaf, member of Women's International
League for Peace & Freedom, MN Metro Branch. Karen outlines
how and why the market, regarded by economists and free-traders
as perfect, is very imperfect and why governments have until recently
been relied on to address its failures. Contains a short section
on current "tort reform" efforts and the effects such
reform will have on ordinary people who are injured by industry
Medea Benjamin
speaking at the Minnesota Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
Annual Awards Dinner March 26, 2005, followed by question and
answer session with Naomi Klein during her presentation at the
conference "Globalization, Modernities, and Violence" at
the
University of Minnesota on April 15, 2005.
Nuclear Power: Issues of Economics and Safety.
Interview with Dr. David Lochbaum, Nuclear Safety Engineer, Union
of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C., conducted by Lisa
Ledwidge, Outreach Director, Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research, Minneapolis office. Dr. Lochbaum covers the history
of the development of the nuclear power industry, the costs of
nuclear plants and the role such costs had in the move toward
industry deregulation, and the dangers of aging plants and of
course disposal of the waste they generate. Taped January 29,
2003. Dr. Lochbaum testified about maintenance and safety issues
of aging plants before the Minnesota Commerce and Public Utilities
Commission right after this interview.
Nuclear Roulette in an Age of Terrorism,
speech by Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute
for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Washington DC,
at the 8th Annual Minnesota Alliance
of Peacemakers Celebration of Peace on November 12, 2002.
Our Great Big Health Care Mess: How We Got Into
It and How We Can Get Out
Kip Sullivan, organizer and activist, and an expert on single-payer
health care insurance.
Pakistan and India: Why Are They on the Brink of
War Again?.
interview with Dr. Joseph Schwartzberg, Professor Emeritus of Geography,
with speciality in South Asia, University of Minnesota, interviewed
by Mo Janzen, PhD philosophy student at U of M; and
"Want Lead in Your French Fries? The
Use of Hazardous Waste in Fertilizer,"
with Duff Wilson, Pulitzer prize-nominated investigative journalist
and author of "Fateful Harvest"; Nancy Witte, Washington
State farmer; and Dr. Ted Schettler, Science Director of Science
and Environment Network, speaking at event organized by Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, February 27, 2002.
Palestinians in Exile: Growing Up in a Refugee
Camp,
interview of Palestinian-American Chaouki Khamis by Aida Wazwaz,
taped September 2002.
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima: The Connections
Talk by Dr. Arjun Makhijani, author, nuclear physicist, President,
Institute of Energy and Environmental Research, given on Dec.
7, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Power, Morality, and Justice in the Quest for Holy
Land Peace.
Talk by Jonathan Kuttab, Palestinian human rights lawyer from Jerusalem,
co-founder of Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence,
speaking at conference "Hope for the Holy land: Toward a Just
Peace in Palestine and Israel," held Oct. 22, 2004. Conference
presented by Friends of Sabeel North America (www.sabeel.org)
and Pax Christi USA (www.paxchristiusa.org).
Privatizing Our Water--Will the Air Be Next?
with Nancy Price, Alliance for Democracy; Marie Mason, Sweetwater
Alliance (Detroit); and Darcie Rowe, Minnesota Water Alliance.
Nancy, Marie, and Darcie cover the topics of water privatization
in general; water privatization in Detroit and what has happened
to those who cannot pay the hugely increased water bill; Perrier
buying up a community's spring water to bottle Ice Mountain water;
and how the scene is set in Minnesota for privatization of municipal
water systems.
A Question of Democracy: U.S. Intervention in Haiti,
Cuba, and Beyond.
Speakers Michelle Karshan, former foreign press liaison to President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide until coup d'etat ousted him in February
2004; and Prof. August Nimzt, Political Science Department, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, expert on Cuba, speaking at the Minnesota
Alliance of Peacemakers Annual Celebration of Peace, September
21, 2004.
The Realities of U.S. Foreign Policy,
speech by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, given at the
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers annual celebration November
2001.
The Rise of a National Security State.
Talk by C. Willia,m Michaels, attorney, activist, and author of "No
Greater Threat--America after September 11th and the Rise of a
National Security State," given at Walker Community Church,
Minneapolis, February 23, 2003.
Sami's Rasouli's talk given February 16, 2006,
on his return from several months in Iraq working with the Christian
Peacemaker Team and his own creation, the Muslim Peacemaker Team.
Seeking Justice for the Cuban Five.
Lawyer Leonard Weinglass reviews results of the last appeal for
the five Cubans convicted in 2001 in Miami, home of the "Cuban
Exile Mafia," of various serious charges, including "conspiracy
to commit espionage" (three persons, who received life sentences)
and "conspiracy to commit murder" (this charge was added several
months after the trial started, and one person was convicted,
receiving a second life sentence). The Cuban Five are U.S. political
prisoners. Includes segments from the recent film, "Mission Against
Terror." Filmed at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul,
MN, October 16, 2006.
Shareholder Democracy--One Dollar, One Vote.
Talk by Doug Henwood, founder and editor of Left Business Observer
and author of "Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom," speaking
at conference "After the 90's: A Conference on Finance and
Fallout in the New Economy," Humphrey Institute, May 9,
2003.
Shut Up and Eat,
speech by John Stauber, Investigative journalist and founder of
the Center for Media & Democracy, Madison, given at the Acres
USA "Eco-Farming '01" annual conference, December 7.
2001. Stauber explains the inner workings of the PR industry,
specifically how it spins information on food and agriculture
issues and wages a pro-genetically engineered food campaign.
Terrorism, Patriotism, and the Quagmire of Iraq.
Talk by Dr. Robert Bowman, President, Institute of Space and Security
Studies. Given July 2005 for local Vets for Peace group.
Uncovered: The Truth about the Iraq War
A film by Robert Greenwald
An Urgent Call for Media Reform,
speech by Matthew Rothschild, at evening sponsored by Minnesota
Alliance of Peacemakers to focus on the need for alternative
media and action to curtail monopolization of mainstream media,
including public radio and TV.
Using Depleted Uranium in Weapons: Putting Our Troops
and the Whole World at Risk,
talk by Dr. Doug Rokke, Major in the U.S. Army Reserve and member
of the U.S. Army Medical Command's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
Special Operations and Teaching Team during the Persian Gulf War;
preceded by clips from "Hidden Wars in the Middle East."
Visions of Sustainability
speech by Native American author and activist Winona LaDuke, given
at the annual celebration of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
Nov. 1, 2005. Short drum performance by Thunder Nation precedes
speech. LaDuke's latest book is "Recovering the Sacred: The Power
of Naming and Claiming."
War and Fleece: How Economic Shock Therapy Backfired
in Iraq
Keynote speech by Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at
the Brand Bullies and award-winning journalist, at Conference "Globalization,
Modernities, and Violence," University of Minnesota, April
15-16, 2005. Conference sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center
for the Study of Global Change.
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.
Talk by author Chris Hedges, former war correspondent for the New
York Times, explaining the seductiveness of being in the center
of danger and among fellow risk takers. Taped at War Conference,
Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heigts, MN, April
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War Profiteering: Why the US Is Always at War,
a talk by Ed Felien, Publisher of The Pulse of the Twin Cities
weekly newspaper (www.pulsetc.com),
followed by clips fromn "Bush Family Fortunes," a Greg Palast
investigation produced by the BBC.
Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Have Become
Propaganda Tools and What to Do About It.
Journalist/filmmaker/"media dissector" Danny Schechter,
speaking at the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemaker's annual Celebration
of Peace, November 13, 2003.
We're Committing Genocide Over There.
Talk by ex-Marine Jimmy Massey, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against
the War, speaking at Vets for Peace annual meeting April 9, 2005.
What's the Matter with Kansas?
Talk by Thomas Frank, author of book by same name, given at Hubert
Humphrey Institute Dec. 9, 2004. Followed by 15-minute segment
of Dec. 10, 2004, Press Conference to send off volunteers from
Minnesota to monitor the vote recount in Ohio.
"Will Peace Win? The Will of the People and the
End of War."
Talk by Jonathan Schell, columnist for "The Nation" and author
of The Fate of the Earth and The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence,
and the Will of the People. Introduced by Phil Steger, of Friends
for a Non-Violent World. Taped September 17 at Fitzgerald Theater,
St. Paul.
World Summit on Sustainable Development: Where Do
We Stand Since Rio 1992.
Interview of Kristin Dawkins, Director of Global Governance Program
at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis,
by Lisa Ledwidge, U.S. Outreach Director and Editor of Science
for Democratic Action at the Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research, Minneapolis; taped on August 15, 2002. Kristin, along
with Mark Ritchie, head of the IATP, is now at the World Summit
in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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