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GRITtv: Cartoons in Conflict
Obama accepted his Peace Prize today and mounted a defense of war as a tool for peace. But activists Robi Damelin, who lost her son to a Palestinian sniper, and Mazen Faraj, who lost his father to an Israeli sniper, are advocating a different approach. Members of The Parents Circle-Families Forum, they're touring the U.S. with Cartoons in Conflict, an exhibit featuring the work of 40 renowned American and international cartoonists, who offer their singular perspective on conflict, reconciliation and peace. For International Human Rights Day, Robi and Mazen join Laura in the studio to tell their stories, how they came to work for peace, and talk about the cartoons they're presenting.
Email this pageGRITtv: Dec. 10, 2009
On Intl. Human Rights Day, Robi Damelin, who lost her son to a Palestinian sniper, and Mazen Faraj, who lost his father to an Israeli sniper, offer their singular perspective on conflict, reconciliation and peace. Joel Silberman gives some quick tips for doing media that anyone can use. "Garbage Dreams" tells the story of the 60,000 Zaballeen who live in a "garbage village" and make their living by recycling an impressive 80 percent of Cairo's garbage and is being mentioned for an Academy Award. Plus Obama's peace prize, jobless numbers, a proposed Senate compromise on health care reform and even Tiger Woods' sex life, the most-covered story this week.
GRITtv: Sept 28 2009
Bill Quigley breaks down the week's G20 events in Pittsburgn, queer cartoonists, new climate change strategies from Sarah Van Gelder and a look at Topaz Adizes's "Americana," and all the news.
