http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/odinga 2008-11-27T18:56:22Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60623-victor-davis-hanson-questions-obama-s-political-past 2008-11-27T18:56:22Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVkCTRYgfk0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVkCTRYgfk0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60623-victor-davis-hanson-questions-obama-s-political-past"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/74889" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/10/20/Victor_Davis_Hanson_Obama_Palin_and_the_Culture_Wars">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Conservative columnist and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses several "worrisome" accusations regarding Barack Obama's political career.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Victor Davis Hanson discusses Obama, Palin, and the Culture Wars.</p> <p>This event was part of the Hoover Institution's Fall Retreat 2008.</p> <p>Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor emeritus at California University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall courses in military history and classical culture.</p> <p>He was a full-time farmer before joining CSU Fresno, in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991, he was awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek and Latin.</p> <p>Hanson has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, New York Post, National Review, Washington Times, Commentary, The New Republic, Claremont Review of Books, American Heritage, Policy Review, Wilson Quarterly, Weekly Standard, Daily Telegraph, and has been interviewed often on National Public Radio, PBS Newshour, the Hugh Hewitt Show, and C-Span's BookTV. He serves on the editorial board of Arion, the Military History Quarterly, and City Journal.</p> <p>Since 2001, has written a weekly column for National Review Online, and in 2004, began his syndicated column for Tribune Media Services. In 2006, he began writing a blog for Pajamas Media, Works and Days.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60623-victor-davis-hanson-questions-obama-s-political-past">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53763-coalition-government-getting-high-marks-in-kenya 2008-11-20T11:59:42Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1t5XwPIaZc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1t5XwPIaZc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53763-coalition-government-getting-high-marks-in-kenya"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65243" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A majority of Kenyans approve of all parts of their newly formed coalition government, including the cabinet, the parliament, the president, and the prime minister.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53763-coalition-government-getting-high-marks-in-kenya">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45871-witness-problem-of-peace-part-1 2008-10-27T21:30:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8sK-epEAy0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8sK-epEAy0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45871-witness-problem-of-peace-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53179" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nineteen year old Stella Nayweera is just one of the millions of Kenyans directly affected by violent aftermath of the elections. A resident of one of Nairobi's largest slums, Stella dreamt of becoming a broadcaster. But as Ami Williams deeply moving film, The Problem of Peace, shows, Stella's dreams are now as fragile as her country.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45871-witness-problem-of-peace-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45870-witness-problem-of-peace-part-2 2008-10-27T21:30:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vXyzIWFt-F0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vXyzIWFt-F0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45870-witness-problem-of-peace-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53178" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nineteen year old Stella Nayweera is just one of the millions of Kenyans directly affected by violent aftermath of the elections. A resident of one of Nairobi's largest slums, Stella dreamt of becoming a broadcaster. But as Ami Williams deeply moving film, The Problem of Peace, shows, Stella's dreams are now as fragile as her country.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45870-witness-problem-of-peace-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35435-can-kenya-afford-a-grand-coalition-cabinet-13-april-08 2008-10-23T03:31:45Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vKdDuOc16ho&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vKdDuOc16ho&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35435-can-kenya-afford-a-grand-coalition-cabinet-13-april-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39003" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Their bickering and accusations after disputed elections led to nationwide violence and threatened the future of what was one of Africa's most stable nations. </p> <p>But now Kenya's rival political leaders have made up and agreed to share power.</p> <p>President Mwai Kibaki has unveiled a cabinet of ministers from both sides of the political divide.</p> <p>The man who stood against him, Raila Odinga will be the new prime minister.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35435-can-kenya-afford-a-grand-coalition-cabinet-13-april-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31592-odinga-s-heartland-of-kisumu-06-mar-08 2008-10-14T11:23:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NkaxqxC6ce8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NkaxqxC6ce8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31592-odinga-s-heartland-of-kisumu-06-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34046" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, gets much of his support from the Kikuyu tribe - centred around the Nairobi, the capital.</p> <p>Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, draws his strength from western Kenya - particularly the town of Kisumu.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's John Cookson went to Kisumu to gauge reaction to the power-sharing deal made to end the country's political crisis.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31592-odinga-s-heartland-of-kisumu-06-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31167-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-29-feb-08-pt-1 2008-10-21T03:30:32Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4S--rxspYNQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4S--rxspYNQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31167-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-29-feb-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33600" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Raila Odinga will assume the new role of prime minister.</p> <p>Odinga joins Sir David to discuss the power sharing agreement and the challenges facing Kenya in the months ahead.</p> <p>Odinga says there is no reason why the alliance cannot work but warns that Kenya will take a long time to recover from the crisis.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31167-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-29-feb-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25717-kenyan-conflict-continues 2008-10-19T15:31:00Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eajhyVsCTyc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eajhyVsCTyc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25717-kenyan-conflict-continues"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27745" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=070926YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Opposition remains defiant in its stalemate with the government</p> <p>Saturday January 19th, 2008</p> <p>Grace Akumu is a member of Kenya's opposition party, The Orange Democratic Movement. She is the former chair of the Governing Council of the Kenya African Peer Review Mechanism and the Executive Director of Climate Network Africa</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25717-kenyan-conflict-continues">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24997-kenya-oppostition-wins-key-parliament-vote-15-jan-08 2008-10-17T15:30:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iF8kBsbPT8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iF8kBsbPT8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24997-kenya-oppostition-wins-key-parliament-vote-15-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27018" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>After a day of heated debate Kenya's Parliament has elected an opposition party member to become its speaker.</p> <p>The session was the first since the disputed Presidential elections that left hundreds dead in violence that followed. </p> <p>Africa bureau chief Andrew Simmons reports from Nairobi.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24997-kenya-oppostition-wins-key-parliament-vote-15-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24659-kenya-s-damaged-economy-10-jan-08 2008-10-17T09:31:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kBt7POFN6IE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kBt7POFN6IE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24659-kenya-s-damaged-economy-10-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26688" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Kenya's political standoff is starting to have an impact on the country's economy. It is estimated that $900m have been wiped from the country's value.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports on fears it may take a long time for the economy to recover from the political strife.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24659-kenya-s-damaged-economy-10-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24641-al-jazeera-interviews-raila-odina-11-jan-08 2008-10-17T13:33:36Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-acT5ajRjY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-acT5ajRjY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24641-al-jazeera-interviews-raila-odina-11-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26670" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for three days of nationwide rallies against President Mwai Kibaki. In an exlcusive interview with Al Jazeera, Odinga says there is no option but to protest and accuses the government of playing for time. Andrew Simmons reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24641-al-jazeera-interviews-raila-odina-11-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24634-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-11-jan-08 2008-10-17T13:33:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjOCAkIU4Mg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjOCAkIU4Mg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24634-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-11-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26663" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bloody clashes between loyalists of Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's president, and Raila Odinga, the opposition candidate, have left around 500 dead since the disputed presidential vote on December 27.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24634-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-11-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23824-45-000-people-die-every-month-in-kenya-do-you-care 2008-10-17T21:29:41Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/970d29Z9Dwg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/970d29Z9Dwg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23824-45-000-people-die-every-month-in-kenya-do-you-care"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25820" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THE IMAGES DISTURBING </p><p>Efforts to bridge Kenya&#39;s lethal political divide are continuing but so far without that sough-after breakthrough. The bulk of the violence that has been gripping the country has subsided over the last few days, but sporadic attacks continue. </p><p>It&#39;s thought more than 350 people have now been killed in the fighting.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/23824-45-000-people-die-every-month-in-kenya-do-you-care">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23556-political-crisis-affects-kenya-economy-january-5 2008-10-17T03:30:59Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0pZys4B0AI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0pZys4B0AI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23556-political-crisis-affects-kenya-economy-january-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25530" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Kenya's political crisis is starting to affect the country's economy. Kenya's transport industry is in danger of grinding to a halt, as other African nations look on nervously. Mohammed Adow reports from Mombasa.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23556-political-crisis-affects-kenya-economy-january-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23479-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-08 2008-10-21T21:29:50Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YmwoUV6IVKw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YmwoUV6IVKw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23479-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25448" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Riot police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters on the streets of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The rally has been organised by opposition leader Raila Odinga to protest against the controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Odinga hopes to attract a million supporters to the rally, which has been banned by the government. As Bernard Smith reports for Al Jazeera, the streets of Nairobi are extremely tense, with fears of violent clashes between protesters and police.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23479-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23475-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-07 2008-10-17T03:30:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZnS3P5b3NUw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZnS3P5b3NUw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23475-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25444" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Riot police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters on the streets of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The rally has been organised by opposition leader Raila Odinga to protest against the controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Odinga hopes to attract a million supporters to the rally, which has been banned by the government. As Bernard Smith reports for Al Jazeera, the streets of Nairobi are extremely tense, with fears of violent clashes between protesters and police. Additional reporting comes from Al Jazeera's correspondent Mohammed Adow who was with the protestors in central Nairobi when they clashed with riot police.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23475-kenyans-clash-over-election-results-03-jan-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22628-tribalism-at-centre-of-kenya-elections-25-dec-07 2008-10-21T09:29:40Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNLb0yN_O94&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNLb0yN_O94&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22628-tribalism-at-centre-of-kenya-elections-25-dec-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24158" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Tension among the many tribes isn't far from the surface as the people prepare to vote in Kenya's most closely fought presidential election.</p> <p>Instead of focusing on poverty, the vote seems to boil down to the tribal affiliations of the candidates.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22628-tribalism-at-centre-of-kenya-elections-25-dec-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22170-kenya-s-election-up-for-grabs 2008-11-21T01:33:21Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-V3rtjcxhs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-V3rtjcxhs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22170-kenya-s-election-up-for-grabs"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23687" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Just a week before Kenya's presidential election, a new Gallup Poll finds incumbent President Mwai Kibaki and challenger Raila Odinga virtually tied.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22170-kenya-s-election-up-for-grabs">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7160-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-04-may-07 2008-10-14T11:31:02Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FUtphQDc4Lk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FUtphQDc4Lk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7160-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-04-may-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6440" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sir David Frost talks to Raila Odinga, a Kenyan presidential candidate, and Maria Consuelo Mejia, the director of Catholics for the right to decide, about the controversy over abortion in Mexico.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7160-frost-over-the-world-raila-odinga-04-may-07">Watch the video</a>