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GRITtv: Breakthrough: Restore Fairness
Karwan Abdul Kader left Iraq when he was 7, seeking refuge from Saddam's attacks on the Kurds. But he faces a different kind of attack in the U.S., as this next clip from our friends at Breakthrough shows. He shares his story of dealing with racial profiling after escaping a dictatorship.
Email this pageGRITtv: David Swanson: War is a Lie
"They've turned the deficit into the new Saddam Hussein," notes David Swanson, but he points out that if the deficit commission results in reduced military spending, it could have some small benefit. His new book, War is a Lie, delves into the myths about war, ultimately coming up with an argument that war is never justifiable. David joins us in studio to discuss the book, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and to connect the dots between the economic crisis and overblown war spending. He also makes the argument that we need to fight against wars before they happen, because trying to end them once they've started is nearly impossible.
GRITtv: Carne Ross: WikiLeaks Disclosures and Dangers
"We need to break down the assumption that foreign policy is something that should be left to these elites," says former British diplomat Carne Ross, who resigned over the Iraq war. The WikiLeaks cable releases, as he puts it, "reveal the extraordinary gap between private action and public rhetoric" on the part of governments--and that's what's been the most damaging. Ross is a cautious supporter of WikiLeaks, and he joins us to discuss the contents of the diplomatic cables released by that organization--to break down diplomatic language, point out some surprising revelations, and talk about his reservations about a culture of leaks as the best way to combat government lies.
GRITtv: Got Docs? Zhinan: Architects of the New Iraq
In the Kurdish region of Iraq, the people faced horrendous atrocities under Saddam Hussein, including in some villages the murder of nearly all men and boys. The Kurdish women, however, have been rebuilding and redefining their roles. This film by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni looks at three women who are working to strengthen their region and their nation.
