Worldview—February 28, 2006 |
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Bush in India—Nuclear Deal Good for India
Sumit Ganguly—Director of India Studies, Indiana University at Bloomington
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author of Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947. |
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Bush in India—Nuclear Deal Bad for Non-proliferation Movement
Kevin Martin—Executive Director, Peace Action |
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Iraq—On the Brink of Civil War
Vali Nasr—Professor of International Relations, Naval Postgraduate School; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Vasr is
finishing the book The Shi’a Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future. |
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Worldview—February 27, 2006 |
Alternative Energy and the Global Economy
Lester Brown—Founder and President, The Earth Policy Institute
Brown is author of Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (W.W. Norton, 2006). |
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Worldview—February 24, 2006 |
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Ethiopia—Opposition Members Face Genocide and Treason Charges
Chris Albin-Lackey—Researcher, Human Rights Watch, Africa Division |
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Jean Renoir’s The River
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator; Director of Facets Multimedia
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U.N.'s Process for Picking New Secretary General
Leon Gordenker—Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University
Gordenker is author of The U.N. Secretary-General and Secretariat (Routledge, 2005) . |
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Worldview—February 23, 2006 |
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Iraq—Background and Aftermath of Destroyed al-Askari Mosque
Abbas Mehdi—Professor of Sociology, St. Cloud State University |
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Uganda—First Multi-Party Election in Decades
Peter Kibazo—Journalist, Ugandan Radio Simba FM |
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Global Activism: International Youth Volunteer Summit
Nathaniel Whittemore—Student, Northwestern University; Organizer, International Youth Volunteer Summit; Member, Just Naïve Enough; Participant, Open Shutter Project
Miriam Young—Student, University of Illinois; Delegate, International Youth Volunteer Summit
Students at Northwestern University are hosting a summit to encourage future global activists. They are hosting 100 delegates from around the U.S. and the world. Delegates propose projects to make the world better—from Young's project of building a playground to keep children from becoming landmine victims in Senegal, to making crafts from former weapons casings in the Balkans. Students participate in workshops and compete to get their projects funded.
International Youth Volunteer Summit organizers Just Naive Enough will present an exhibit from their Open Shutter Project in conjunction with the IYVS. The exhibit will include photos, videos and drawings collected in Uganda. The display will be up February 24-26, 2006 at Northwestern University’s Norris Student Center on the Second Floor. There will be an opening reception from 7-9 pm on Friday, February 24, 2006. |
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Worldview—February 22, 2006 |
Restraining U.S. Hegemony
Stephen Walt—Academic Dean and Professor of International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Walt is the author of Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy (W.W. Norton, 2005). |
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Worldview—February 21, 2006 |
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Egypt—President Mubarak Postpones Local Elections
Amr Hamzawy—Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Editor and Coauthor of Civil Society in the Middle East |
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Egypt—Plight of Sudanese Refugees
Barbara Harrell-Bond—Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies at American University in Cairo |
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Kazakhstan—Government Crackdowns and Political Assassinations
Cassandra Cavanaugh—Director of Advocacy for the Central Eurasia Project at the Open Society Institute |
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Turkey—Efforts to Keep Girls in School
Dorian Jones—Radio Netherlands Correspondent |
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Worldview—February 20, 2006
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Worldview—February 17, 2006 |
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Michael Winterbottom’s Road to Guantanamo
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator; Director of Facets Multimedia
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Hamas—Israel Should Recognize Moderate Rhetoric
Ali Abunimah—Cofounder of the Web site
The Electronic Intifada; Commentator for the Daily Star of Lebanon |
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Hamas—No Tolerance for Destruction of Israel Rhetoric
David Makovsky—Fellow, The Washington Institute of Near East Policy; Former Columnist for Haaretz |
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Worldview—February 16, 2006 |
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Latin America—Stemming the Political “Pink Tide”
Doug Cassel—Human Rights Commentator; Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School |
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Global Slavery
Kevin Bales—President of Free the Slaves; Professor of Sociology, Roehampton University in London
Bales is the author of Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader and Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. |
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Global Activism: Freeing Bonded Laborers in India
E. Siddamma—Founder of the Bharathi Trust;
Asha for Education Fellow
Siddamma has been working with indigenous communities in India to free bonded laborers and help with their education and development needs.
A discussion with Siddamma will take plac e Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 7:30 pm at the University of Chicago's Stuart Hall—5835 South Greenwood Avenue. |
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Worldview—February 15, 2006 |
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Chavez—Democratic Authoritarian
Javier Corrales—Associate Professor of Political Science, Amherst University
Corrales is author of “Hugo Boss: How Chavez is Refashioning Dictatorship for a Democratic Age” in the January/February edition of Foreign Policy magazine. |
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Venezuelan Participatory Democracy
Chesa Boudin—Writer
Boudin is coauthor of The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions–100 Answers (Thunder's Mouth Press, February 2006). She is speaking February 15, 2006, at 7 pm, at 57th Street Books—1301 East 57th Street in Hyde Park. |
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Worldview—February 14, 2006 |
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Iraq—Old Prime Minister is New Again
Helena Cobban—Contributing Writer for The Christian Science Monitor and author of the weblog Just World News
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Italy—Prime Minister’s Comments Cause a Stir
Richard Gardner—Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia University Law School and author of Mission Italy: On the Front Lines of the Cold War.
Served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy during the Carter Administration |
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Haiti—Presidential Run-off Likely
Robert Fatton — Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia |
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Worldview—February 13, 2006 |
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Canadian Health Care
Dr. Robert McMurtry—Professor of Surgery, University of Western Ontario
Dr. McMurtry is a member of the Health Council of Canada and chair of the Wait Times and Accessibility Work Group.
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Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest Deal
Chris Genovali—Executive Director, Raincoast Conservation Society |
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Worldview—February 10, 2006 |
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Iran—West Must Look at Hard Options
Peter Brookes—Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs, and Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Current Bush Administration |
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Iran—Nuclear Problem Calls for Region-Wide Solutions
Camron Amin—Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of Michigan–Dearborn |
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Iran—Diplomacy Must Prevail
Stephen Schwartz—Independent Nuclear Analyst and Writer, and Former Executive Director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |
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57th Berlin Film Festival Overview
Milos Stehlik—Worldview Film Commentator |
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Worldview—February 9, 2006 |
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Haiti: Preparing for the Outcome
Bob Maguire—Director of the Haiti Program at Trinity College
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Mexico—Leftist Presidential Candidate and the Mexican Economy
Arturo Herrera—Secretary of Finance for Mexico City
Gerardo Esquivel—Research Professor, el Colegio de México, and Economic Advisor to Andres López Obrador |
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Global Activism: Water for People
Steve Werner—Executive Director, Water for People
Also see the Iraq Pipeline Watch segment as part of the Worldview series The Online War of Iraq. |
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Worldview—February 8 , 2006 |
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Bush Administration Defends Warrant-less Wiretapping Program
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School
Worldview Human Rights Commentator
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Following in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
Bernard-Henri Levy — French Philosopher and Writer
Author of American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville |
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Worldview—February 7 , 2006 |
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US Military Budget Up 4%
Lawrence Korb—Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Former Pentagon official during the Reagan Administration.
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Iraq—Reconstruction Gone Awry
Anthony Cordesman—Arleigh Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies |
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Iraq—Oil Pumping Below Pre-War Levels
Anne Korin—Director of Policy Research Planning at the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.
Co-Editor of the website Iraq Pipeline Watch.
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Worldview—February 6 , 2006 |
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Bolivia—New President with New Cabinet
Jim Shultz—Executive Director, Democracy Center in Bolivia
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El Salvador—Economic and Social Challenges
Leslie Schuld—Director, Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad (Center for Exchange and Solidarity) in El Salvador |
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Colombia—Corporate Land Seizures and Human Rights Violations
Jose Rafael Figueroa—Lawyer, Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (Ecumenical Commission for Justice and Peace) in Columbia
Enrique Manuel Petro—Campesino Farmer and Land Rights Activist |
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Worldview—February 3 , 2006 |
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Color Complex: Racism and Kosovo
Shayna Plaut—Regional Action Network Coordinator for the Balkans, Amnesty International
The Roma—better known as ‘Gypsies’—are often victims of racial and cultural discrimination in Europe. In Kosovo, 75% of the Roma community fled following the 1999 bombings. Many had their homes destroyed and continue to wait in ‘temporary’ internally displaced peoples camps. Shayna Plaut is Amnesty International’s Regional Action Network Coordinator for the Balkans. She spent a year working with Roma rights activists and journalist in Kosovo and Macedonia and shares their stories. |
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Color Complex: Romany in Film
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator
Stehlik is the Director of Facets Multimedia.
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Color Complex: Universal Blackness: Relations between Africans and African-Americans
Black Americans and Black immigrants do not always get along. While some talk about unifying ideals of ‘universal blackness’, others tell their children not to play with members of the other community. This story profiles members of these communities as they deal with some of the cultural misunderstandings and divisions between African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American communities in Chicago. This story was reported by Worldview Producer Andrea Wenzel.
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Color Complex: African-American/Afro-Caribbean Relations
Reuel R. Rogers—Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University
Rogers is the Author of the upcoming book Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation.
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Worldview—February 2 , 2006 |
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Color Complex: Racism in Mexico
Claudio Lomnitz—Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Committee on Historical Studies, New School for Social Research
Lomnitz is author of Death and the Idea of Mexico. |
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Global Activism: Playing to Confront Racism in Guatemala
Andres Armas—Play for Peace Representative, Guatemala
Sarah Gough—Play for Peace Representative, Guatemala and interpreter
Play for Peace representatives explain their efforts to bring together youth from indigenous and Latino communities that have been driven apart by the country’s history of civil war. |
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Color Complex: How to Prevent Racism from Becoming Genocide
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
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Worldview—February 1 , 2006
With Guest Host Andrea Wenzel |
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Color Complex: Colorism Overseas and Here at Home
Swati Agayamitra—Play for Peace Representative
Marita Golden—Writer
In India, teenage girls use skin lightening creams hoping to attain their society’s idea of beauty. Here in the U.S., African-Americans may not use harsh skin bleaching cream anymore, but colorism remains. We hear from some Indian girls about their quest to become “Fair and Lovely,” and from African-American author Marita Golden about her experiences with colorism in the African-American community and internationally.
Golden is the author of Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex. |
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Color Complex: Skin Lightening in Ghana
Diamond Agbeke—Ghanaian Reporter
In Ghana, women use skin lighteners so much they sometimes severely damage their skin. Ghanaian reporter Diamond Agbeke reports on the skin-lightening industry in Accra, Ghana. |
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Color Complex: Colorism in Chicago
Sunniya Marquez—Worldview Intern
Chicago resident Sunniya Marquez stopped using skin lighteners when she decided to accept the color she was born with. Sunniya talks to some of her second-generation friends about why they want to be lighter—and how they go about altering their skin tone. |
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