Videos
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Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis by Justin Podur
Justin Podur visited Haiti in 2005 to study the UN occupation and the government after the 2004 coup. This is a recording of a public event that took place in Toronto on February 2, 2010 at the Centre for Social Justice. Continue reading
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Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Documentary in which professor Howard Zinn recounts his life as a writer, educator, and leader in nonviolent social protest. His story is one of being in “the right place at the right time,” from poor beginnings, working in shipyard unions, fighting in WWII as a bomber pilot, and then launching his academic career as one… Continue reading
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Haiti children 'taken from unaffected areas'
As the US missionaries in Haiti are charged with kidnapping, Channel 4 News meets parents from an unaffected village there who say missionaries offered to take their children. Continue reading
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Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.4
Ronald Charles: Three critical things that must be done to solve the problems of Haiti’s future Continue reading
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Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.3
Ronald Charles: Private armies continue to defend the interest of Haitian elite Continue reading
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Spoof: World Economic Forum – Bill Clinton on Haiti
Bill Clinton, former U.S. President, reflects on America’s historic hand in Haiti’s poverty, and on changing the patterns of history Continue reading
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Short: Goldsmith ‘misled’ cabinet over Iraq
Channel 4: Former international development secretary Clare Short accuses Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general, of misleading the Cabinet over the legality of the Iraq war. Katie Razzall reports. Continue reading
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Clare Short says cabinet misled on Iraq war legality
Tony Blair’s cabinet was “misled” into thinking the war with Iraq was legal, ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short has told the UK’s inquiry. She said Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been “leaned on” to change his advice before the invasion. Continue reading
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Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.2
Ronald Charles: After Haitian revolution, colonial oppression turned into oppression by its ruling elite Continue reading
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Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.1
Ronald Charles: This way of providing aid is a way to humiliate us and many Haitians will not accept it. Continue reading
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In the Wake of War: Gaza One Year On
This film is based on interviews and filming we did in December in Gaza, in the run up to the anniversary of Operation Cast Lead. In the Wake of War is testimony-based, telling but some of the stories of survival, tragedy, and ongoing hardship in Gaza – with no effective action to end the blockade,… Continue reading
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Settler Attack in Sheikh Jarrah with M-16
After verbal taunting, a settler in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah left the Gawi house which he and other settlers have occupied since August 2009. He descended the stairs with an M-16 and pushed a teenage boy. When neighborhood adults stepped in to protect the teenager, he pushed Nasser Gawi and then punched… Continue reading
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Video: Osama speaking. Or is he?
An audio tape has been released allegedly from Al Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden. It’s the second in just a week. But RT contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says the tape is most probably a fake. Continue reading
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SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign
20 January, 2010 SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.4591819 more about “SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign“, posted with vodpod Read the statement Continue reading
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Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq illegal
Two most senior law officials state that Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal Continue reading
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Guardian editor hits back at paywalls
Delivering the 2010 Hugh Cudlipp lecture at London College of Communication today, Rusbridger said that universal charging for newspaper content on the internet would remove the industry from a digital revolution which is allowing news organisations to engage with their readers more than ever before. Continue reading
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Haiti’s agony
Peter Lavelle asks his guests why the US first sent troops to Haiti instead of water and food. Continue reading
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Haiti and the Devil’s Curse
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention Continue reading
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Haiti and the Devil's Curse
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention Continue reading
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Securing Disaster in Haiti By Peter Hallward
Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, it’s now clear that the initial phase of the U.S.-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of the island’s recent history. It has adopted military priorities and strategies. It has sidelined Haiti’s… Continue reading
