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Global Report 143: July 28-Aug. 3 2010: Activists Force BP Stations to Close
Activists force the closure of BP stations in London; BP admits it 'Photoshopped' official images of its Gulf clean-up operations; the U.S. ends its ban on ties with Indonesian forces infamous for human rights abuses; and the U.S. toxic legacy in Fallujah, Iraq is called "worse than Hiroshima." These stories and more...
Email this page"Democracy Now!": Fri. Mar. 19 2010
On the 7th anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed says Iraq is no different under Obama than Bush; Cindy Sheehan sets up “Camp Out Now” at the Washington Monument in an antiwar protest; hundreds of thousands are expected to gather in DC for the immigration rights march; in a "Democracy Now!" exclusive--Indonesian forces tapped by Obama for renewed U.S. aid have been implicated in assassinations of civilian activists. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
GRITtv: Does Your Breakfast Destroy the Rainforest?
From the Rainforest Action Network, this video on the destructive processes of harvesting palm oil. General Mills and Cargill destroy forests in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to harvest the oil, which makes it into many of the products on your breakfast table.
GRITtv: Saving Sumatra's Peatland Forests
In Sumatra, Indonesia, the peatland forests are unique and a precious natural resource. Peatlands harbor some of the world's carbon-richest soil, which is then released into the atmosphere when the forests are burned and destroyed. This video from Greenpeace takes us to the site of the logging, where plantations for palm oil for biofuels or trees for paper are taking over where peatland forests once were.
GRITtv: Nov. 2, 2009
Clay Shirky, professor in New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, talked with GRITtv about the way everyday citizens can use the same technology that brings us videos of a kitten on a treadmill to achieve results that strengthen and spread democracy and engagement around the world. Fahad Hashmi is an American citizen being held in solitary confinement in Lower Manhattan, facing several years in prison for the crime of providing and conspiring to provide material support and making and conspiring to make a contribution of goods or services to Al Qaeda. Jeanne Theoharis, associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College, CUNY and Fahad's former professor, Kathleen Chalfant and Wallace Shawn of Theaters Against War joins us to talk about Fahad's case, free speech and why we need to speak up for people like Fahad. Greenpeace brings us the latest from the global battle against climate change, and The Real News supplies an analysis of the ongoing conflict in Honduras: Will Zelaya return, and what will it change?
