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Showing videos filed under: War & Peace
Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee on Sex, War & Invisible Heroes
December 31, 20112011 Nobel Paace-Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about sex as an organizing tool, the prospects for women in Eqypt and where NGOs - and the US - go wrong when it comes to making peace after war.Occupy Wall Street Labor March Special Coverage
October 5, 2011If the networks won't bring the protesters into the studio, we're going to bring a broadcast "studio" to the protesters. On Wednesday, October 5, 4-7 pm eastern watch special collaborative coverage of the Occupy Wall St Labor March at http://www.livestream/lauraflandersMary Robinson: The War on Terror Was a Mistake
September 9, 2011Former 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.Putting Meaning Back into the Phrase: "The Audacity of Hope:" US Boat to Gaza
July 2, 2011GRITtv has friends on the Audacity of Hope ship bound for Gaza. They are taking on the wrath of the US and Israel to take letters to the blockaded people of Gaza.Fadi Quran: Palestine is Part of the Arab Spring
June 3, 2011On Sunday, June 5, Palestinians in the occupied territories and neighboring countries took part in peaceful protests to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1967 War.Chris Hedges: The World As it Is
May 13, 2011"You can't sustain a democracy in an oligarchic state. The writers on Athenian democracy understood that 2000 years ago," says Chris Hedges, whose new book The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress explores the problems of a crumbling empire, inside and out.Adam Hochschild: To End All Wars
May 11, 2011World War I was called "the war to end all wars," but nearly 100 years later, war is far from over. Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine, has written a new book looking back at that war and specifically, those who objected to and fought against the Great War.The F Word: Have We Forgotten How to End Wars?
May 10, 2011Will the death of Osama bin Laden bring change in US policy? Last week on this show, one by one, our guests said no. Hopes are one thing; likely reality is something else.Malalai Joya: A Dirty Game in Afghanistan
May 7, 2011Osama bin Laden was the reason given for invading Afghanistan in 2001--but he was found in 2011 in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Afghan people have dealt with ten years of occupation, and Malalai Joya has been speaking out against it for that long.Phyllis Bennis: Listening to the People in the Arab World
May 4, 2011"For the first time what we're seeing is people on the rise and they can no longer be ignored, by their own governments or by the United States," says Phyllis Bennis. And those people are saddened by the U.S.'s action against Osama Bin Laden, but more importantly are demanding that their voices be heard, not the voices of their dictators that the U.S. has relied on for so long.
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