Worldview—January 31, 2006
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Color Complex: Race and Xenophobia in Japan—The Case of Japanese-Brazilians
Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda—Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego
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Peacekeeping in the Congo
Paul Cowen—Filmmaker
The Peacekeepers
Screening and Discussion
January 31, 2006 @ 6 pm
International House
University of Chicago
1414 East 59th Street
Chicago
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Worldview—January 30, 2006
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Color Complex: Project BFAIR
Imam Mahdi Bray—Executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, Project BFAIR (Better Fair American Immigration Rules)
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Color Complex: Immigration and Race
Tram Nguyen—Executive Editor, Color Lines Magazine
Nguyen is author of We are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11.
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Color Complex: Race, Migration, and Australian Identity
Dr. Zora Simic—Lecturer in Australian History, University of Melbourne
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Color Complex: Combat Wombat—Musical Response to Australian Racism
Marlon Porter (AKA Elf Tranzporter)—Emcee in Combat Wombat
Combat Wombat is
an Australian based political hip-hop group whose album Unsound System critiques Australia’s policy towards refugees and indigenous peoples.
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Worldview—January 27, 2006
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India/U.S. Nuclear Deal in Jeopardy
Daryl Kimball—Executive Director, Arms Control Association
Read the article from the January/February 2006 issue of Arms Control Today, “Wrong Ends, Means, and Needs: Behind the U.S. Nuclear Deal With India”
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Haiti—Upcoming Elections and the Twenty Years Since Duvallier
Kathie Klarreich—Author
Klarreich is author of Madame Dread: A Tale of Love, Vodou, and Civil Strife in Haiti and a frequent contributor to Time and the Christian Science Monitor.
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Michael Haneke’s Cache
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator
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Worldview—January 26, 2006
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Costs of the Iraq War from an Economist’s Perspective
Joseph Stiglitz—Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Stiglitz is the
author of Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development. He also coauthored the report “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War: An Appraisal Three Years after the Beginning of the Conflict.”
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Russia Thwarts International Human Rights Body
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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Workers at Digital Divide Data. |
Global Activism: Digital Divide Data
Jaeson Rosenfeld—Chief Operations Officer, Digital Divide Data
We usually don't think of outsourcing as global activism. Most businesses turn to cheap labor in developing countries simply to help their bottom line. But today we hear about a group that's found a way to make outsourcing serve the interests of workers in Southeast Asia. Digital Divide Data is a non-profit data processing company based in Cambodia. It provides career training, education, and health care to its employees. The company also recruits employees from disadvantaged groups such as people with disabilities, former sex workers, and youth. And its COO, Jaeson Rosenfeld, lives right here in Chicago.
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Worldview—January 25, 2006
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Finland Brings Europe Back to Nuclear
Mikko Kara—Executive Director of VTT
Related Link
Finland's Energy Policy
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Nuclear Power in Germany
Thomas Breuer—Nuclear Analyst with Greenpeace Germany
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Nuclear Power in Illinois
David Kraft—Director of the Evanston-based Nuclear Energy Information Service
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Worldview—January 24, 2006
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Palestinian Elections—Palestinian Authority
Afif Safieh—Head of the Palestinian Authority Diplomatic Mission in the U.S.
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Palestinian Elections—Hamas
Ziad Dyeh—Candidate on the “Change and Reform” Hamas list for the Palestinian Territory Elections
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Reporting in the Palestinian Territories
Eric Beauchemin—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands
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Worldview—January 23, 2006
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Avian Flu and Bird Migration
A. Townsend Peterson—Professor and Curator of Ornithology at Kansas University
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The Future of Europe
Guy Verhovstadt—Prime Minister of Belgium
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Worldview—January 20, 2006
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Cote d’Ivoire—Protestors for Ruling Party Clash with U.N.
Jean-Matheiu Essis—Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Public Policy, Nova Southeastern University; former Government Advisor and Minister in Cote d’Ivoire |
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Europe Takes on The New World
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator
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Inside the DPRK: Famine and Food Aid
Meredith Woo-Cumings—Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
North Korea took a major step onto the international stage in 1995 when bad crops and economic isolation led to a famine. Ten years later, the North Korean government is asking the World Food Program to leave. We talk with Meredith Woo-Cumings, who is working on a book about the North Korean famine and the diet and institutional changes in North Korea’s effort to feed its people.
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Worldview—January 19, 2006
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Inside the DPRK: Food and Medical Aid to North Korea
Stephen Linton—Chairman, Eugene Bell Foundation
Born and raised in South Korea, 1979's “ping pong diplomacy” allowed Linton to visit the North. Since then, he’s gone back over 60 times to provide food aid and help doctors fight tuberculosis. We discuss his experience working in North Korean communities and the prospects for a self-sufficient DPRK. |
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Global Activism: Trees for Life
Balbir Mathur—Founder and President of Trees for Life
In 1984 Kansas, resident Balbir Mathur emerged from a two year illness with a vision of working to end world hunger. Balbir went on to start Trees for Life, a grassroots community development movement. Since then, Trees for Life has helped more than 3 million people plant tens of millions of trees, and implement other environmental, educational, and health projects. Trees for Life works in countries such as Guatemala, Haiti, Brazil, and Balbir’s native country, India. |
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Worldview—January 18, 2006
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Worldview—January 17, 2006
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Iran—Confrontation over Nuclear Program
Joseph Kechichian—Visiting Fellow at Pepperdine University and Author of Succession in Saudi Arabia |
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Inside the DPRK: View Towards Reunification
Hwang Sok-Yong—Writer
South Korean author Hwang Sok-Yong visited North Korea to promote dialogue between the two nations. He was rewarded with years of imprisonment upon his return to Seoul. We talk with him about the tragic and violent separation of the two Koreas, and what needs to happen before reunification can take place.
Hwang is author of The Guest (Seven Stories Press, 2005). In this segment, Worldview producer Steve Bynum reads an excerpt translated by Su Eimer.
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Worldview—January 16, 2006
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The annual Arirang Festival. Held for the benefit of tourists, it's part musical, part military parade. 70,000 people take part in the performance. The flag in this photo is made up of flash cards held by “volunteers.” Photo courtesy of One Stop Korea. |
Inside the DPRK: Arirang Festival
Scott Fisher
—Professor of English in Seoul, South Korea
While North Korea is open to Chinese and some Japanese tourists, very few Americans are allowed to visit. When they are, every minute of the trip is monitored and controlled. American Scott Fisher got the chance to go, and his ability to speak Korean gave him unique insight into the places he visited. We spend the hour talking with Scott about the control and spectacle of his 2002 trip.
Fisher is the author of the Web site One Stop Korea. |
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Worldview—January 9–13, 2006
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Worldview—January 6, 2006
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Ethiopia—Opposition Leaders Face Trial
Dr. Meqdes Mesfin—Daughter of detained Ethiopian opposition leader, Mesfin Wolde Mariam |
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Burma—Environmental Degradation on the Borders
Edith Mirante—Author of Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers
Mirante is
speaking at 7:30 pm on January 11, 2006, at the Women and Children First Bookstore. |
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Ukraine—Russia Gas Deal
Jérôme Guillet—Banker, former Gazprom associate
Related Link
“Russian-Ukrainian Gas Deal—What's Behind It?“ article from the European Tribune |
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Holiday Bloat at the Movies
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator
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Worldview—January 5, 2006
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Guantanamo Detainees—Hunger Strikes Continue, Bush Moves to Dismiss Lawsuits
Thomas Wilner—Attorney, represents several Kuwaiti detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
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Uganda—Presidential Campaign Underway
Kisuule Magala—Independent Ugandan Journalist |
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Global Activism: Helping Children in Honduras, Part One
Zulena Pescatore—Founder, Farm of the Child, Honduras
Cynthia Espinal—Interpreter
In rural Honduras getting a quality education can be a challenge for any child, let alone for an orphan. Farm of the Child was set up to give children and their community the support they need to learn and stay healthy. |
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Global Activism: Helping Children in Honduras, Part Two
Erika and John Myette—Farm of the Child Volunteers
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Worldview—January 4, 2006
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Egypt—Expulsion of Sudanese Refugees
Barbara Harrell-Bond—Adjunct Professor, Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo |
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In Limbo: Holland’s Traumatized Asylum Seekers
Eric Beauchemin—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands |
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Worldview—January 3, 2006
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In the Trenches with Large Dam Projects
Jacques Leslie—Author of Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
Related Link
The World Commission on Dams |
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