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Worldview—November 30, 2005

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President Bush Outlines Success in Iraq
John Mearsheimer—Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago;
author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

Central Asia—Electoral Fraud and Western Pressure in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Cassandra Cavanaugh—Director of Advocacy, Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Institute

Turkish Author Speaks Out on Armenian Genocide
Frank Browning—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands
   
   
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Worldview—November 29, 2005

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History of the Western Presence in the Middle East
Robert Fisk—Middle East Correspondent, The Independent, London
Author of The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East

Related Link
The Independent, London
   
   
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Worldview—November 28, 2005

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Iraq—Saddam Hussein Trial Restarts
Hanny Megally—Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Center for Transitional Justice

Related Link
International Center for Transitional Justice

What Happens to Our Electronics When We Recycle?
Jim Puckett—Coordinator, Basel Action Network; Coauthor, “The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa” Coproducer Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia

Related Link
Basel Action Network

Uganda—Are Used Computers a False Economy?
Machrine Birungi—InterWorld Radio
   
   
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Worldview—November 23, 2005

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Guest Host Andrea Wenzel


Maximum City—Bombay
Suketu Mehta—Author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
   
   
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Worldview—November 22, 2005

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Divestment from Israel—Response to Occupation or Anti-Semitic Campaign?
Reverend Bob Reynolds—Executive Presbyter, Chicago Region of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
Michael Kotzi—Executive Vice-President, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Reverend Naim Ateek—Palestinian Christian Theologian; Director, Sabeel Ecumenical Theology Center in Jerusalem

Related Links
Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Sabeel Ecumenical Theology Center in Jerusalem

   
   
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Worldview—November 21, 2005

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Israel—Sharon Resigns from Likud
Amotz Asa-El—Executive Editor, Jerusalem Post
Jeff Halper—Coordinator, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; Professor of Anthropology, Ben Gurion University

Interfaith Response to Global Conflict
Dr. Eboo Patel—Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core

Related Link
Interfaith Youth Core

Fear and Manipulation
Richard Walker—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands
   
   
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Worldview—November 18, 2005

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Iraq—Bombings and Calls for Withdrawal
Fawaz Gerges—Professor of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies, Sarah Lawrence College

Is White Phosphorus Chemical Warfare?
Marie Chevrier—Associate Professor of Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas

Turkey—Iraq War, Kurds and E.U. Membership
 Dr. Osman Faruk Logoglu—Turkey’s Ambassador to the U.S.

Antonioni’s The Passenger
Milos Stehlik—Worldview Film Commentator, Director of Facets Multimedia
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Worldview—November 17, 2005

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Interpreting U.S. Policy on Torture and Inhumane Treatment
Kenneth Roth—Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Coeditor of Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever Okay?

Global Activism Story:
Making the Global Fight against HIV Local
Cathy Christeller—Executive Director, Chicago Women’s AIDS Project

The global AIDS crisis plays out every day in Chicago neighborhoods. The Chicago Women’s AIDS Project merges a global and local response to the pandemic. Chicago Women’s AIDS Project has long been serving HIV positive women and families predominantly in communities of color. They now work with refugee and immigrant women, many of whom are from Africa, to support the needs of those living with HIV.

Chicago Women’s AIDS Project benefit
Friday, November 18, 2005 @ 6 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago

The evening begins with a reception, followed by dance performances at 8 pm by Vata Tap from Brazil and Jason Samuels Smith with Anyone Can Get It from Los Angeles.

More information and tickets: 773.271.2242

   
   
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Worldview—November 16, 2005

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Senate Passes Compromise Bill on Guantanamo Detainees
Doug Cassel—Human Rights Commentator; Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School

Uganda—Arrest Prompts Protests
Peter Quaranto—Director, Uganda Conflict Action Network

Ethiopia—Opposition Leaders Arrested
Berhane Mewa—U.S. Director, Coalition for Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia

Learning to be Dutch
Louise Dunne—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands

   
   
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Worldview—November 15, 2005

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Liberia—Weah Warns Commission not to Declare Winner
Dionysius Sebwe—President, Liberian Absentee Ballot; Campaigner for Presidential Candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Nonproliferation Sixty Years Later
Joe Cirincione—Director for Nonproliferation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;

Cirincione is the author of Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005). His article “Lessons Lost” appeared in the November/December 2005 edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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“Lessons Lost”
   
   
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Worldview—November 14, 2005

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Pakistan—Gang Rape Survivor Fights Back
Mukhtar Mai—Human Rights Activist

Pakistan—Fighting Violence Against Women
Amna Buttar—Founder and Director, Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights

Related Link
Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Human Rights

Fighting Trafficking in Turkey
Dorian Jones—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands

   
   
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Worldview—November 11, 2005

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Uruguayan Singer Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler—Uruguayan Singer/Songwriter; his latest album is Eco

Polish Film During and After Communism
Feliks Falk—Filmmaker, Director of The Collector
Milos Stehlik—Film Commentator, Director of Facets Multimedia
   
   
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Worldview—November 10, 2005

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Iraq Resistance Spreads to Jordan
Ali Abunimah—Vice President, Arab American Action Network; Cofounder, Electronic Iraq

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Electronic Iraq

Tony Blair Loses Vote in Parliament
Sean McConville—Professor of Law, Queen Mary College at the University of London

Global Activism: Upendo Village
Sister Francis Muia—Assumption Sisters of Nairobi; Founder and President, Upendo Village

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Upendo Village

   
   

Worldview—November 9, 2005

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Former Peruvian President Attempts to Run Again
Doug Cassel—Human Rights Commentator; Director, Center for Human and Civil Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School

Some Debt Relief Can Do More Harm Than Good

Kusfiardi St.Majo Endah—Coordinator, Anti-Debt Coalition, Jakarta, Indonesia
Wahu Kaara—Millennium Development Goals Campaign Program Coordinator, All Africa Council of Churches, Nairobi, Kenya

Related Link
Jubilee USA


United Nations Warns Tens of Millions will become “Environmental Refugees”
Ganos Bogardi—Director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at United Nations University

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United Nations University
   
   

Worldview—November 8, 2005

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France—Government Authorizes Emergency Powers to Deal with Rioters
Sandrine Rastello—Journalist based in Paris, France

All but Gone—Last Chance to Save the Great Apes
Anne Blair Gould—Correspondent, Radio Netherlands

   
   

Worldview—November 7, 2005

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Azerbaijan—Disputed Election in Former Soviet Republic
Martha Brill Olcott—Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Haiti—Violence and Foreign Involvement
Kevin Pina—Founder, Haiti Information Project; filmmaker

Haiti: The Untold Story
has screenings at the following Chicago locations, all at 7 pm:
November 7, Acme Artworks—1741 North Western Avenue
November 8, Decima Musa—1901 South Loomis Street November 9, No Exit Café—6970 North Glenwood
November 10, Wellington Church of Christ, 615 West Wellington
November 11, Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 West 95th Street

Related Links
Haiti Action Committee
The Haiti Information Project
   
   

Worldview—November 4, 2005

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Drinking with Worldview: Global Biscuit and Tea Industry
Stuart Payne—Author of Nicey & Wifey's Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down: A Book about Having a Sit Down, a Biscuit and a Nice Cup of Tea

Related Link
Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down

Global Breakfasts
Chicagoans reflect on their favorite breakfasts from global cultures

Food and Sex in Film
Milos Stehlik—Film Contributor, Director of Facets Multimedia

   

Worldview—November 3, 2005

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Drinking with Worldview: American Hegemony over Wine
Elin McCoy—Author of The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste

Global Activism: Drinking with Worldview—Sustainable Water Use
Pam Elardo—President, Living Earth Institute

More than a billion people drink unsafe water. Pam Elardo is an engineer and former Chicagoan working with communities in Nepal and around the world creating systems to access potable water and sanitation.

Related Link
Living Earth Institute

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Worldview—November 2, 2005

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Ethiopia—Violence Returns to Addis Ababa
Getachew Begashaw—Assistant Professor of Economics, Harper College

Drinking with Worldview—Coca-Cola in Colombia

A Workers Perspective

Luis Adolfo Cardona—Former Coca-Cola bottling plant worker in Colombia

A Company Perspective
Rodrigo Calderon—Vice President of Communications for Latin America, The Coca-Cola Company

Related Links
Cokewatch
Coca-Cola Enterprises
   

Worldview—November 1, 2005

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Syria—U.N. Pressuring Assad Regime on Hariri Murder
Helena Cobban—Contributing Writer, The Christian Science Monitor;
Editor “Just World News” Blog

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“Just World News” Blog

Drinking with Worldview: A Mug of Chicken Soup
Steve Striffler—Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University of Arkansas; author of Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food (Yale University Press, 2005).
   
   

 



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