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GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: More Violence in the Middle East
"I wonder if those same people who asked for the intervention, when they ask for the intervention to end, will we listen to them?" asks GRITtv foreign affairs correspondent and author Phyllis Bennis. Who will the leadership that so swiftly made the decision to commit troops to Libya answer to? Bennis joins us via Skype to discuss the continued presence of U.S. troops in the Middle East. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Rethink Afghanistan: Behind the Scenes
Rick Rowley is just one of the unembedded, independent reporters trying to bring the real story from Afghanistan to the American people. Our friends at Brave New Films also have teams of independent media makers in that country, and this segment takes us inside their dangerous work.
GRITtv: Rethink Afghanistan: Tenth Year In
Rethink Afghanistan has been a stalwart force in raising awareness of and opposing the US war in Afghanistan which just entered its tenth year. We'll check in with them.
GRITtv: Rethink Afghanistan: Pentagon's Half-Billion Dollar PR
General Petraeus is all over the media these days, but the attempt to sell the war in Afghanistan is much bigger than that. As this video from our friends at Brave New Films shows, the Pentagon's $500 million budget for public relations aimed at the U.S. people is churning out propaganda hand over fist.
GRITtv: Rethink Afghanistan: Pakistan
With the release of the WikiLeaks "War Logs," more focus has been brought to the war in Afghanistan. But will anything change? Our friends at Brave New Films have been following the war there for years, urging Americans to learn more about the situation and what's being done in our names and with our tax dollars. The war in Afghanistan has been spilling over into Pakistan practically since the beginning, and we bring you this selection from Brave New Films to look into this little-reported aspect of the conflict.
GRITtv: Rethink Afghanistan: Eikenberry Memos
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry cabled his concerns about a troop increase to Obama months ago, and the New York Times recently released the full text of the memos. In this video from Brave New Films' Rethink Afghanistan series, Daniel Ellsberg, Matthew Hoh, and other analysts look at Eikenberry's words and explain their concerns.
GRITtv: Robert Greenwald: Organizing through Film
Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has been making documentaries on the biggest progressive issues for the last decade. He's gone from the 2000 election to the Iraq War, Fox News to Wal-Mart, and lately has been a leading voice urging leaders to Rethink Afghanistan. He joins us via phone to talk about progressive organizing through media--what works, what doesn't, and where to go from here.
GRITtv: Veterans Speak Out on Afghanistan
On Tuesday, John Nichols told us that the dire jobs situation in the U.S. has had an effect on the debate surrounding escalation in Afghanistan and that the administration is actually meeting with peace groups for the first time to discuss alternate plans. Brave New Films' Rethink Afghanistan explores the problems there and proposes peaceful and diplomatic solutions and a responsible exit strategy. With this video, they bring together U.S. military veterans, including Matthew Hoh, to ask Obama not to send more troops to continue a war that is on its way to being America's longest in history.
GRITtv: Robert Greenwald: Can The U.S. Rethink Afghanistan?
The spotlight is on Afghanistan, but are we asking the right questions? Even though the declining popularity of the war has been widely cited, very few are talking about withdrawal or seriously rethinking the U.S. role in the region. That is unless you turn to the independent press. Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has released several installments of his series, "Rethink Afghanistan," over the last several months calling for a different kind of dialogue. The film opens as a full-length feature in NY and Washington, D.C. this week.
GRITtv: October 5, 2009
The spotlight is on Afghanistan, but are we asking the right questions? Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has released several installments of his series, Rethink Afghanistan, over the last several months calling for a different kind of dialogue. What is social capital? And can it save your career? Juliette Powell, author of "33 Million People in the Room," has some answers. And a commentary from Janet Raiffa, a recruiting agent who lost her job in March. (Thanks to Cassidy Friedman and MoveOn.org for video.)
