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18

Lt. Gen. (ret) Dallaire Speaking about Rwanda

tags: Romeo Dallaire, Canada, NATO, Rwanda, genocide, Ethiopia, Darfur

From YT: Clip from address by Lt Gen Romeo Dallaire during Inauguration of the Ford Institute for Human Security, October 8, 2004
posted by JesseoftheNorth  21 hours 53 minutes 51 seconds ago • 3 comments • 212 views

 
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Wallace Shawn Reads a Great Howard Zinn Speech

tags: howard zinn, wallace shawn

Actor Wallace Shawn reads the speech of historian Howard Zinn given at Johns Hopkins University on Civil Disobedience, November 1970. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) May 2, 2007 in New York, NY. -YT
posted by geo321  4 days 13 hours 15 minutes ago • 7 comments • 708 views
 
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17

Real News: Obama was a Corporatist Before He Was For Change

tags: Obama, Hamilton, Project, Brookings, Institute, Jefferson

A closer look at Obama reveals his agenda for international corporations. watch another part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe30YRPwEqU
posted by marinara  5 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago • 0 comments • 329 views
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16

Ed Schultz Summarizes Pres. Obamas Appearance at GOP Retreat

tags: Obama, GOP

I like Ed. Down to earth and easy goin. January 30, 2010
posted by marinara  1 week 2 days ago • 1 comment • 311 views
 
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The Young Turks Analyse Australian Porn Ban Of Small Breasts

tags: Boobs, Hooters, Ta tas, Breasts, Gagongas, Tits, Mammaries, Rack, Knockers, Bosom

February 1, 2010. The Young Turks report on the Aussie Governments effort to ban more porn.
posted by marinara  1 week ago • 16 comments • 2031 views
 
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10

Aristide and the endless revolution (2005)

tags: Haiti, Politics

Documentary about the political history of Haiti, and about why the majority of the people are so poor. Including, the coups against democratically elected Aristide, the US military intervention and much more...
Long
posted by DemocraticEconomyNow  1 week 2 days ago • 4 comments • 338 views
 
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15

1945A

tags: WWII, Nazis, Lasers, Robots, Alternate Timeline

A short presentation done with 1:6 scale models, not CGI. Teaser for a feature the artists are... working on. Think Saving Private Ryan with giant robots and lasers. Really cool idea.
posted by noboomu  2 weeks 4 days ago • 4 comments • 503 views
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22

Rep. Stephen Lynch probes AIG Manipulation

tags: AIG, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street

I predict this gets 200 votes! CSPAN-TASTIC! January 27, 2010
posted by marinara  1 week 5 days ago • 2 comments • 442 views
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12

Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech

tags: enoch powell, Rivers of Blood, historic, speech, UK, immigration, britain

Enoch Powell's prescient 1968 speech about the prospect of immigration to the UK.
posted by Pprt  1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 2 comments • 970 views
 
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15

Canada's Pro-Democracy Movement

tags: Real news network, canada, Parliment, close, prime minister

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has single-handedly shut down Parliament. It is the second time he has done this since being re-elected in October of 2008. Critics claim that the move was used this... more inside
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posted by Duckman33  1 week 4 days ago • 2 comments • 274 views
 
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15

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

tags: howard zinn, you cant be neutral on a moving train, ww2

Howard Zinn discusses his experience as an Air Force bombadier in WWII.
posted by geo321  1 week 4 days ago • 1 comment • 273 views
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12

Senator Lieberman Calls for Preemptive Attack on Yemen

tags: Joe Lieberman, Fox News, Terrorism, More War, Shock and Awe, Holy War

Something doesn't sit quite right with me about, "Iraq is yesterday's war, Afghanistan is today's war..."
Brief
posted by littledragon_79  1 month ago • 5 comments • 176 views
 
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11

A Walk in the Park -- a walk through East Jerusalem

tags: Israel, Jerusalem, BBC, Panorama, Jane Corbin, settlers, conflict

Israeli takeovers of palestinian homes happen not only in The West Bank, but also in East Jerusalem. Jane Corbin investigates, in this documentary called "A Walk in the Park", from BBC Panorama 18 January 2010. Running time 30 minutes.
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posted by Ornthoron  1 week 6 days ago • 3 comments • 281 views
 
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posted by marinara  2 weeks ago • 2 comments • 315 views
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11

Yeah It Looks Dumb Now, Iraqis Buy Bomb Detectors

tags: Made In Scotland Or Its Crap

Buy a glorified dowsing rod for prices from $15,000 to $60,000 EACH. I'm in the wrong biznatch. According to freerepublic.com they are used in place of an physical inspection.
posted by marinara  2 weeks 2 days ago • 1 comment • 260 views
 
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13

Zakaria: "Obama more like a prime minister"

tags: fareed, zakaria, obama, prime, minister, first, year

very smart analysis, as usual. zakaria on Obama now and in the future.
posted by griefer_queafer  2 weeks ago • 3 comments • 403 views
 
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23

Cenk Rants About Lt. Govenors' Terrible Comments

tags: Poor, The Young Turks, Cenk, poverty, Andre Bauer

Lt. Govenor doesn't want the poor to breed. The Young Turks have a comment. Jan 26, 2010
posted by marinara  2 weeks ago • 1 comment • 490 views
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10

Linear Society, Non-Linear Consciousness

tags: Terrence McKenna, transformation, singularity, psychonaut, paradigm shift, LSD

Great segment from an interview with the late Terrence McKenna with a backdrop our life-giving, nuclear, furnace and some monks chanting.
posted by choggie  1 month ago • 5 comments • 401 views
 
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70

A bunch of people came to my village. They weren't very nice

tags: israel, palestine, nebi salah, violence, invasion, occupation, why

The video is taken in the Palestinian village of An Nabi Saleh (population approx 500). Settler’s attempt to re-annex An Nabi Salih land despite the December 2009 Israeli court case that ruled the property rights of the land to the An Nabi Salih residents.
posted by nomino  2 weeks 1 day ago • 28 comments • 1785 views
 
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Liberia: West Point, One Of The Worst Slums On Earth

tags: liberia, west point, africa, slum

Eager to see what the UN and Liberian government are actually doing, VBS meets up with a local journalist who plops us down in the center of West Point, the worst slum in Liberia. Without any modern plumbing, the people of West Point have taken to using the beach as a dump and giant outhouse. -LL
NSFW
posted by geo321  2 weeks 3 days ago • 1 comment • 461 views
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