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May 31, 2004 |
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May 28, 2004 |
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Tibetan performers Tenzin Nawang and Kalsang Dagpo appeared on the May 28th program |
Preserving Tibetan Culture through
Performance
Kalsang Dagpo — Executive Director, Tibetan Institute
of Performing Arts
Tenzin Nawang — Performer, Tibetan Institute of Performing
Arts
Started in India by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Institute
of Performing Arts (TIPA) continues traditional forms of music
and dance. Through performance, TIPA members Kalsang Dagpo
and Tenzin Nawang maintain ancient cultural norms despite
exile.
The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts performs Saturday,
May 29, 2004 at St. Scholastica High School in Chicago.
Related links:
www.tibetanarts.org |
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Iraq—Leader of New Interim
Government Named
Adeed Dawisha — Professor of Political Science, Miami
University of Ohio
Iyad Allawi, a British-educated neurologist who left Iraq
after turning against Saddam Hussein in the 1970s,
has been chosen to head an interim Iraqi government after
sovereignty is handed back on June 30, 2004. Many question
whether Mr. Allawi will have creditability with the Iraqi
people. |
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Film: An Aftertaste of Cannes
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
Just back from the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival,
commentator Milos Stehlik tells us about intriguing works
from Iran and Senegal after sharing his thoughts on some of
the Festival's more lackluster offerings. |
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May 27, 2004 |
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Iraq—President Bush's Definition of Sovereignty
Doug Cassel — Human Rights Commentator
Cassel is director of the Center
for International Human Rights at the Northwestern University
School of Law.
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Global
Activism Story: Trying to Save a River in China, Part
One
Gerald Adelman — Executive Director, Openlands Project
Doug Stotz — Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum
China is one of the most heavily dammed nations in the world.
The Nu River in Yunnan Province is one of only two undammed
rivers in the entire country. We talk with two Chicagoans
who are trying to save it from a series of 13 dams.
Related Link:
NuJiang River
Website |
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Trying to Save a River in China,
Part Two
Yang Yuming — Professor of Environmental Sciences and
Vice President, Southwest Forestry University
We talk with environmental scientist Yang Yuming, whose work
helped suspend a project to dam the Nu River in China's Yunnan
Province. He was in Chicago to accept an award from the Field
Museum. Yuming is a board member of the China Botanical Society.
His remarks are interpreted by Ken Jao from the Center for
U.S.-China Arts Exchange. |
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May 26, 2004 |
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Sudan—Roots of Darfur Crisis
John Prendergast — Co-Director, Africa Program, International
Crisis Group
In a report titled Sudan: Now or Never in Darfur,
the International Crisis Group calls for urgent action in
the western Sudanese region where pro-government Arab militias
are terrorizing indigenous black villagers. The United Nations
says the conflict is the worst humanitarian crisis in the
world and wants the Sudanese government to let international
monitors into the country. We ask the International Crisis
Group's John Prendergast if that's the urgent action needed.
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UN's Highest Ranking American
Discusses Her Job
Cathy Bertini — Undersecretary-General for Management,
United Nations
After a decade at the helm of the United Nations World Food
Program, the world's largest international humanitarian agency,
Cathy Bertini was appointed Kofi Annan's Undersecretary-General
for Management. Bertini has roots in Chicago. She was Republican
committeeman of the city's 43rd Ward and also ran for a Congressional
seat. She joins us for a conversation about her role at the
UN. |
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China—Large Dam Projects Displace Millions
Dr. Jing Jun — Director, Social Policy Research Institute,
Tsinghua University
Dr. Jing Jun studied people displaced by large dams for
more than 12 years, but switched to HIV/AIDS research, finding
it less depressing. A former Chinese prime minister has
spoken out against the controversial Three Gorges dam. We
ask Dr. Jun if that criticism has had any impact on the
popularity of such projects. Dr. Jun is a policy advisor
for China's National Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Control.
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May 25, 2004 |
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President Bush Lays Out Plan for Iraq
John Mearsheimer — Professor of Political
Science, University of Chicago
In an address at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
the president presented five points he says lead to Iraqi
democracy: sovereignty, security, reconstruction, broader
international support, and elections. We discuss President
Bush's speech with John Mearsheimer, co-director of the
Program on International Security Policy at the University
of Chicago.
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Iraq—The Nature of Resistance in the
Sunni Triangle
Patrick Graham — Journalist
We get some perspective on what's happening in Fallujah
from Canadian journalist Patrick Graham, whose article,
"Beyond Fallujah: A Year with the Iraqi Resistance,"
appears in the June 2004 issue of Harper's magazine.
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May 24, 2004 |
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Sudan—More Killings in Darfur
Region
Caroline Nursey — Regional Director, Oxfam International
The conflict between pro-government Arab militias and indigenous
black villagers began in February 2003. We talk with Caroline
Nursey from Oxfam International about the difficulty of getting
aid workers into the region |
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India—Election Results a
Victory for Secularism?
Justice Mohammed Sardar Ali Khan - Former Chairman, National
Commission for Minorities
Some say the Congress Party won because it takes a more secular
approach than the traditionally Hindu nationalist BJP. We
discuss this possibility with retired Indian judge Mohammed
Sardar Ali Khan. Justice Khan is a member of the United Nations
Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities and retired chief justice of the High Court
of Andra Pradesh. |
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Film: Michael Moore Wins Top
Prize at Cannes
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
Moore's Fahrenheit 911 alleges a connection between
President Bush and Osama bin Laden's family. Commentator Milos
Stehlik offers his thoughts on speculation that the Cannes
jury was trying to send a political message with Moore's award.
Stehlik is director of Facets Multimedia in Chicago. |
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May 21, 2004 |
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The New American Empire—Part
One
Rashid Khalidi — Edward Said Chair of Arab Studies; Director
of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University; author
of Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s
Perilous Path in the Middle East. |
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The New American Empire—Part
Two
Rashid Khalidi — Edward Said Chair of Arab Studies; Director
of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University; author
of Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s
Perilous Path in the Middle East. |
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May 20, 2004 |
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Global
Activism Story: Colombia—Helping the Afro-Colombian
Population
Ruth Goring — Member, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
Afro-Colombians have endured massacres, chemical fumigations,
and displacement. Their plight is receiving more and more
attention, due in part to the efforts of activists such as
Ruth Goring.
Goring is a senior copy editor for Intervarsity Press.
Related Link:
The Colombia Observatory |
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Middle East—Israeli Perspective
on Gaza Incursion
David Roet — Deputy Consul General, Midwest Consulate
General of Israel |
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Middle East—Palestinian
Perspective on Gaza Incursion
Hassan Abdul Rachman - Washington, D.C. Representative, Palestinian
Liberation Organization |
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Film: Cannes Film Festival Update
We hear about an Italian picture depicting an aging mafioso,
a French movie chronicling members of a dysfunctional family,
and a movie based on the true story of a furniture salesman
who plotted to kill Richard Nixon.
Commentator Milos Stehlik is director of Facets Multimedia
in Chicago. |
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May 19, 2004 |
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Court Martial for Servicemen
of Prisoner Abuse Scandal at Abu Ghraib
Melinda Liu — Baghdad Correspondent, Newsweek
Magazine
Correspondent Melinda Liu reports from the hearing of U.S.
Soldier Jeremy Sivits, sentenced to a year in prison for his
role in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. |
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Iraq: Listener Response to Prisoner
Torture Hearings
Listener response to Rumsfeld testimony on Iraqi prisoner
abuse
Host Jerome McDonnell takes live calls about the testimonies
of top U.S. generals before the U.S. Senate Armed Services
Committee regarding Abu Ghraib prison abuse. |
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Iraq: Reaction to Prisoner Torture
Hearings
Scott Portman — Associate Director, Heartland Alliance
Scott Portman of the Heartland Alliance speaks with Jerome
about the testimonies of top U.S. generals before the U.S.
Senate Armed Services Committee regarding Abu Ghraib prison
abuse. |
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Echoes of Abuse in El Salvador
Doug Cassel — Director, Center for International Human
Rights, Northwestern University School of Law
In his regular human rights commentary, Doug Cassel reflects
on the similarities between the reaction to Iraqi prisoner
abuse and El Salvador's reaction to abuse and torture in the
1980s. |
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2004 Cannes Film Festival—Salvador
Allende
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
A film about Chile's Salvador Allende is among several political
documentaries premiering at the 2004 Cannes International
Film Festival. |
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May 18, 2004 |
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Iraq—Soldiers Prepare for
Courts Martial
Matthew Lippman — Professor of Criminal Justice, University
of Illinois at Chicago
U.S. soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib
face hearings in Baghdad. |
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Reaction to Abu Ghraib Abuse
William Stuebner — Executive Director, Alliance for International
Conflict Prevention and Resolution
A retired Army officer shares his experience of interrogation
techniques in the U.S. Army. |
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Film: 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
Milos shares some of the subtler moments from Cannes, including
films from Japan, Switzerland, Korea, and Iran. |
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May 17, 2004 |
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Iraq-President of Governing Council
Killed in Suicide Bombing
Fawaz Gerges — Chair of International Affairs and Middle
Eastern Studies, Sarah Lawrence College |
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Secret Defense Department Interrogation
Organization
Seymour Hersh — Investigative Journalist
We talk with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who writes
in the New Yorker magazine that the Iraqi prisoner
abuse scandal has roots in a secret U.S. defense department
program intended to help fight Al Qaeda.
Hersh's article, "The Gray Zone," appears in the
May 24, 2004, edition of the New Yorker. |
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Sudan—American Refugee Committee's
Humanitarian Efforts
Hugh Parmer — President, American Refugee Committee
The American Refugee Committee (ARC) has been in Sudan since
1994, helping victims of disease, forced migration, and hunger
caused by the ongoing conflict. ARC's president, Hugh Parmer,
tells us more about the group's work. Parmer formerly led
the U.S. Agency for International Development's Humanitarian
Response Bureau.
Related Link:
American Refugee Committee |
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Film: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit
911 Debuts at Cannes
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
Moore generated a great controversy in trying to find a distributor
for his movie, which links President Bush's family with Osama
bin Laden. The film also harshly criticizes the president's
actions both before and after the September 11 attacks.
Film commentator Milos Stehlik checks in from the Cannes International
Film Festival.
Stehlik is director of Facets Multimedia in Chicago. |
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May 14, 2004 |
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Fair Trade in the U.S.
Paul Rice — CEO of TransFair USA
The founder of an American fair trade certifying body describes
the latest fair trade product, the banana. |
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Jorge Abarca Trujillo. Photo by Melisa Goh. |
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Examining Fair Trade Coffee in Nicaragua
Jorge Abarca Trujillo — President of COSATIN (a Nicaraguan
Co-operative for fair trade coffee)
Fair trade coffee attempts to pay a living wage to growers,
but the plan has some detractors. Interpretation provided
by Shayna Harris of Oxfam, International. |
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Cannes Film Festival Off to Bumpy Start
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
With labor disputes, political controversy, and Quentin Tarantino
leading the Festival's jury, the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
promises to be full of pomp and scandal. |
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May 13, 2004 |
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India—Surprise Defeat for
the BJP
Sumit Ganguly — Director, India Studies Program, Indiana
University, Bloomington
Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee called elections six months
early, hoping to capitalize on a growing economy and promising
peace talks with Pakistan. But the BJP has conceded defeat
to Sonia Gandhi's Congress Party. India studies expert Sumit
Ganguly joins us to assess what went wrong for the BJP. |
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State of the World's Mothers Report
Mary Beth Powers — Senior Reproductive Health Advisor,
Save the Children
The organization Save the Children produces an annual report
assessing the difficulty of being a mother in various countries
and offering some policy recommendations. The 2004 edition
includes an addendum about children having children. We discuss
the findings with Save the Children's Mary Beth Powers. |
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Global
Activism Stories: 34 Million Friends of the UN Population
Fund
Jane Roberts — Co-Founder, 34 Million Friends of the
UNFPA
Every year since taking office, President Bush has vetoed
U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund, which
provides family planning services. We talk with a retired
French teacher who wants to make up that loss...one dollar
at a time.
Related Link:
34 Million Friends
of the UNFPA |
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May 12, 2004 |
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Pakistan—Exiled Opposition
Leader Fails in Attempt to Return
Vali Nasr — Professor of International Relations, U.S.
Naval Postgraduate School
Shahbaz Sharif, along with his older brother Nawaz, agreed
to stay out of the country for 10 years after General Pervez
Musharaff's 1999 coup. But Pakistan's supreme court has ruled
that it's okay for the Sharifs to return. We discuss the situation
with Vali Nasr from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. |
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: El Salvador—Life
as a Gang Member
Triste — Former Gang Member
A former gang member tells us about being deported from Los
Angeles and the challenges of starting a new life in El Salvador.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Global
Activism Stories: Share Your Soles
Mona Purdy — Founder, Share Your Soles Foundation
As part of our series of Global Activism Stories, we talk
with a southwest suburban woman whose organization gathers
gently-used shoes to distribute to people in developing countries.
Share Your Soles hosts a 5K run on May 15, 2004, in the southwest
suburb of Palos Park.
Related Link:
Share Your Soles
Foundation |
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May 11, 2004 |
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Chechnya—Post-Assassination
Scenario
Georgi Derluguian — Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Northwestern University
Russian president Vladimir Putin is sending more troops to
Chechnya after Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov and six others
were killed in an apparently well-planned explosion. We discuss
Kadyrov's career and the post-assassination scenario. |
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: U.S. Army
Video Game Captures Young Hearts and Minds
Colonel Casey Wardynski — Director, Office of Economic
and Manpower Analysis; U.S. Military Academy, West Point
We talk with Colonel Casey Wardynski about how the U.S. Army
is using a realistic computer game to help with recruiting.
Colonel Wardynski is also an associate professor of economics
at West Point.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: The Political
Impact of Youth Combatants
Marie Smyth — Writer and Researcher
Marie Smyth has researched the role young people play in
conflicts in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and the Middle
East. She joins us to discuss the political influence of
young combatants on military and paramilitary groups.
Smyth has worked with Olara Otunnu, the UN Special Representative
for Children and Armed Conflict. She has also been affiliated
with the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and with
the U.S. Institute for Peace.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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May 10, 2004 |
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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Creation
of Political Islam, Part One
Mahmood Mamdani — Professor of Government, Columbia University
We spend the hour with Mahmood Mamdani, author of the book,
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the
Roots of Terror. He starts by telling us why he decided
to write about the roots of the September 11 terrorist attacks. |
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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Creation
of Political Islam, Part Two
Mahmood Mamdani — Professor of Government, Columbia University
Our conversation with Mahmood Mamdani continues with a discussion
of whether or not the U.S. changed its stripes after the Cold
War. Mamdani is author of the book, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim:
America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror. |
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May 7, 2004 |
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Part of the program was pre-empted
to bring you special coverage of testimony by U.S. defense
secretary Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Air Force general Richard
Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the U.S.
Senate Armed Services Committee. |
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Listener Response to Rumsfeld
Testimony on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
Host Jerome McDonnell takes live calls about testimony before
the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee by defense secretary
Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
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Film: Human Rights Film Festival
Milos Stehlik — Film Commentator
Stehlik is director of Facets Multimedia in Chicago. |
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Our Next Generation: Connecting
Global Conflict: Bosnia--Youth Make the Most out of Mostar
Vedran Kordic — Youth Activist
Mela Zuljevic — Youth Activist
Produced by Andrea Wenzel
Two high school students from Mostar, Bosnia, give a tour
of their city, which has been divided between Croatian Catholics
and Bosnian Muslims since 1993.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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May 6, 2004 |
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Georgia—Peaceful End to
Standoff in Adzhara
Amanda Wooden — Professor of Political Science, Northeastern
Illinois University
Guest Amanda Wooden was an official election observer in Georgia.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Helping Haiti's
Street Children Cope with Violence
Doug Perlitz — Founder, Project Venerable Pierre Toussaint
For more information about Project Venerable Pierre Toussaint,
you can contact Doug Perlitz at dougalperlitz@hotmail.com.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
This segment is also part of Worldview's ongoing series
of Global
Activism Stories.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: El Salvador—Increasing
Gang Problem
Rosa Anaya — Activist and Member, Christians for
Peace
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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May 5, 2004 |
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Iraq—President Bush Appears
on Arabic Television
Khaled Dawoud — Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Ahram
Al-Ahram is an English-language, Egyptian weekly. |
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Iraqi Prison Scandal
Doug Cassel — Human Rights Commentator
Commentator Doug Cassel is director of the Center for International
Human Rights at the Northwestern University School of Law. |
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Sudanese
"Lost Boys" in Chicago
Onam Chrispino — Member, Chicago Association for the
Lost Boys of Sudan (CALBOS)
Santino Lual — Member, Chicago Association for the Lost
Boys of Sudan (CALBOS)
This segment is presented and produced by Andrea Wenzel.
Members of the Sudanese "Lost Boys" community try
to make sense of the past and future of their war-torn country
while adapting to life in Chicago.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
Related Links:
Lost Boys of Sudan
in Chicago
Scrap Mettle Soul
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Putting
Conflict-Torn Families Back Together
Sara Blanford — Tracing Associate, American Red Cross
Conflicts around the world separate children from parents,
sisters from brothers. But international family-tracing
services try to help families re-establish communications.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
Related Links:
American
Red Cross Tracing Services
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Congo—Children
and Witchcraft
Patrick Merienne — Director, Centre Lokole, Search
for Common Ground
In a society traumatized by years of war, adults are accusing
children of being sorcerers and expelling them from their
homes. We hear about one group's efforts to mend the Congo's
social fabric and rehabilitate these children.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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May 4, 2004 |
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Thailand—Youth
and Religious Rebellion
Brad Adams — Executive Director, Asia Division, Human
Rights Watch
More than 180 militants have been killed in attacks on police
stations in southern Thailand. While it's unclear if the militants
are associated with an Islamic movement, it is clear that
a majority of them are teenaged youths.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: India—Youth
Militancy
M.A. Adil — Youth Coordinator, Play
for Peace
Voice-over translation provided by Anoop Atre.
This segment was produced by Andrea Wenzel.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Uganda—A
Former Child Soldier Tells Her Story
Akallo Grace Grall — Former Child Soldier, Lord's Resistance
Army
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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May 3, 2004 |
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: UNICEF and
Youth in Conflict
Manuel Fontaine — Senior Advisor on Children in Conflict,
UNICEF
We kick off our series Our Next Generation: Connecting Global
Conflict with an overview of the impact global conflicts are
having on youth and UNICEF's work with young people in conflict
zones.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: Growing Up
in Burundi
Aloys Batungwanayo tells us how Burundi's civil war has shaped
his family life and ethnic identity. Voice-over translation
provided by Guerra Freitas.
This story is a collaboration between Worldview and Studio
Ijambo, the independent radio studio of Search
for Common Ground.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page.
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Our
Next Generation: Connecting Global Conflict: The Children
of Northern Uganda
In this Radio Netherlands documentary, Eric Beauchemin speaks
with two children who were forced to join the Lord's Resistance
Army. They recount their frightening tales of a very brutal
war.
Presented in conjunction with Chicago
Matters: Our Next Generation, this story is a part of
a series exploring how youth deal with conflict both here
in Chicago and around the globe. Find out more at the Connecting
Global Conflict Page. |
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