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People & Power - Trojan Dragon - 1 Sep 08

2008-09-05T18:46:35Z

Prato was once the centre of the European textile industry but today it is central to a Chinese effort to attempt to gain a foothold in the lucrative business.

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Do Voters Care About the Environment? - Panel Discussion

2008-09-05T18:45:31Z

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Third Way Vice President Mark Bennett and Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope debate Americans' willingness to make economic sacrifices for climate change. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled "The Politics of Green," recorded at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: for a.tv/topic/democratic_convention

The New Republic on FORA.tv: fora.tv

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In conjunction with the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, The New Republic hosted a panel discussion on environmental issues featuring leaders in Congress and from NGOs who talked about the energy and environmental policy of the next administration.

Before co-founding Third Way, Mr. Bennett was Director of Communications for the Clark for President Campaign, where he served as the campaign's principal spokesman and managed the press, speechwriting, research and rapid response operations. Mr. Bennett was Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Americans for Gun Safety for three years. He went to AGS after serving for the entire second Clinton term in the White House, where he was Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, the leading White House liaison to the nation's governors. Before that, Mr. Bennett was Trip Director and Assistant Counsel to the Vice President, where he traveled with Vice President Gore and managed the traveling staff. Mr. Bennett has served in various capacities on the Dukakis, Clinton '92 and Clinton '96 campaigns.

Carl Pope is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist pioneer John Muir in 1892. Pope was appointed to his position as Executive Director in 1992, the club's centennial.

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Barack Obama and the American Global Image - Shashi Tharoor

2008-09-05T18:45:33Z

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Indian author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor examines worldwide interest in the U.S. 2008 Presidential elections, and discusses the global ramifications of an Obama Presidency.

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Shashi Tharoor discusses Restoring America's Image in the World: the Public Diplomacy Challenge as a part of American Foreign Policy: Leadership and Dialogue during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.

Shashi Tharoor is chairman of the Dubai-based Afras Ventures and former under-secretary-general for communications and public information at the United Nations.

His UN career began in 1978, when he joined the staff of the United Nations high commissioner for refugees. He was also a senior adviser to the secretary-general. He has written hundreds of articles, op-eds, and book reviews in a wide range of publications. A contributing editor and occasional columnist for Newsweek International and a columnist for the Hindu and the Times of India, he is the author of nine books, including India: From Midnight to the Millennium, Nehru: The Invention of India, Bookless in Baghdad, The Great Indian Novel, Riot, and Show Business.

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Where Is the Chinese Economy Headed, and What Does It Mean for the U.S.?

2008-09-05T18:45:33Z

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China political analyst Harry Harding discusses future scenarios for China's rapid economic growth, and its implications for U.S. foreign policy.

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China's economic size will match that of the U.S. by 2035 and double it in total GDP by midcentury, concludes Albert Keidel in presenting his new policy brief, China's Economic Rise—Fact and Fiction.

Keidel and a panel of leading experts on China's economy and military discuss the success and substantiality of China's economic rise and addressed the U.S. and global implications of China's long-term economic growth.

Keidel is joined by Stephen Voth with the U.S. government, Gregory Foster of National Defense University, and Harry Harding of George Washington University. Carnegie's Michael Swaine moderates the discussion - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Director of Research and Analysis, Eurasia Group Harry Harding is a leading China specialist in the United States. He has advised several US Presidents on developments in the PRC; before the Tiananmen Square demonstrations he was brought to Camp David for informal discussions with the first Bush administration. He has written roughly 10 books, including the seminal "China's Second Revolution," regularly cited by Chinese officials as influencing their present 5-year plan.

Dr. Harding served on the political science faculties of Swarthmore College (1970-1971) and Stanford University (1971-1983) and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He then became Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution (1983-1994), and, later, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, a post he held for more than 10 years in total ( January 1995 - June 30, 2005).

On August 1, 2005, Harding joined Eurasia Group, a global political risk consultancy, as the firm's Director of Research and Analysis.

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2008-08-21T16:52:11Z

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John McCain: Town Hall 08/12/08

2008-08-18T16:51:47Z

John McCain
Town Hall
York, PA 08/12/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I want to say a word about nuclear to you. And I'm very familiar with Three Mile Island, and I'm very familiar with Chernobyl. But I'm also familiar, as I hope you are too, that we've been sailing Navy ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them, and we've never had an accident. We've never had a serious accident! So we need to store spent nuclear fuel, and we need to reprocess. [...] So we, we can! We can! You know, you pick up the paper and you listen to these various pundits and all that, and they says we can't solve the nuclear problem, we can't reprocess, we can't store it; we can't develop a electric car that'll take someone 200 miles or 100 miles before you have to plug it in. We can't. Everybody's saying we can't. That's not America! America's a country that has met and overcome every challenge we have ever faced, and we can do this one. We have the ability, innovation and the technology that we will become independent of foreign oil.

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Organizers Making a Difference - Anton Gunn

2008-09-05T18:44:35Z

The Center for Community Change honors Anton Gunn, former Director of South Carolina Fair Share for excellence in community organizing during their 40th anniversary Gala.

Gunn talks about his trajectory in grassroots organizing and the inspirations that drive him today.

Film by www.fivestarfilmsinc.com

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Organizers Making a Difference - Maria Rodriguez

2008-09-05T18:44:35Z

The Center for Community Change honors Maria Rodriguez of the Florida Immigrant Coalition for excellence in community organizing during its 40th anniversary Gala.

Maria talks about the connection between the local organizing of her organization and the national organization of the Center. How are we building for power in a meaningful way while still making sure our constituencies are being heard on the national stage?

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Organizers Making a Difference - Caroline Murray

2008-09-05T18:44:35Z

The Center for Community Change honors Caroline Murray, Director of the Alliance to Develop Power, for excellence in community organizing during their 40th anniversary Gala.

Murray talks about her inspirations and how her achievements are the culmination of the work of countless leaders that speak truth to power on a daily basis.

Film by www.fivestarfilmsinc.com

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PROFILE: Guantanamo Lawyer Speaks Out

2008-09-05T18:48:59Z

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Despite its recent 5-4 rejection of the legal basis for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Supreme Court may flip back to support the Bush administration's views on executive power. Steven Wax, a Federal Public Defender who represents seven Gitmo prisoners, is in the middle of this Constitutional maelstrom.

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Kucinich Gets His Day

2008-09-05T18:48:57Z

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Since June 9, 2008, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has pushed for impeachment proceedings against Bush. Last week, in an effort to placate Kucinich, the House Judiciary Committee finally agreed to hold a hearing July 25.

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What Kind of Superpower Will China Be? - Francis Fukuyama

2008-08-22T12:50:31Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Author and political scientist forecasts China's image as a future world superpower.

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About 400 hundred people attended the Centre's event in Sydney with the renowned American political scientist, thinker and author Professor Francis Fukuyama on 28 May.

Chief Executive Professor Geoffrey Garrett conversed with Professor Fukuyama on a wide range of issues from the new administration's foreign policy, to the rise of China, the use of hard and soft power and the impact of climate change.

The conversation was followed by a Q & A session - The University of Sydney

Professor Francis Fukuyama has worked at several prominent think tanks and public policy organizations, he has served the U.S. Department of State in posts related to Middle East affairs, and is a 2002 appointee to the President's Council on Bioethics.

Francis Fukuyama is Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and Director of its International Development Program.He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man.

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Nigeria's power cuts take their toll - 30 Jul 08

2008-08-05T06:49:28Z

While the rebels say they are fighting for a greater share of the oil wealth, most of Nigeria's people are living in dire conditions.

Despite it's huge oil and gas reserves, public services are in short supply, and as Haru Mutasa reports from Lagos, regular power cuts are also taking their toll.

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Majority of Americans Believe in God

2008-09-05T18:45:41Z

A large majority of Americans (78%) say they believe in God and 15% say they don't believe in God, but do believe in a higher power.

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Henry Kissinger on War and Dissent

2008-08-15T11:02:35Z

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gives his perspective on warfare and anti-war dissent.

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Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.

War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?

Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.

Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.

In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution

Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.

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Salman Rushdie - Machiavelli's Bad Rap

2008-08-12T10:30:36Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie discusses Niccolo Machiavelli, arguing that the infamous Italian political philosopher does not deserve the bad reputation he is often given by popular culture.

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Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981.

His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.

His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically.

In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University.

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/11/08

2008-07-25T18:23:55Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Hudson, WI 07/11/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "With your indulgence, I'd like to allow a question from a token male in this audience."

AUDIENCE MEMBER: "[...] You said you want to put 45 new nuclear power plants in. What do you suppose we do with the waste?"

JOHN MCCAIN: "[...] We have to store and we have to re-process. [...] The French today, they have a facility in France—they re-process. Even the Russians have offered and [...] I'd like to pursue it any way to set up a reprocessing facility some place in Russia, in the area around Siberia [...] so we can store it and find ways to store it safely. There are environmental issues that have to be resolved with Yucca Mountain. And I favor going through that process. But I still think that we should both store and re-process. And other nations have done it successfully for many, many years."

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/11/08

2008-07-24T14:25:03Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Hudson, WI 07/11/08

TRANSCRIPT:
AUDIENCE MEMBER: "You said that you intend to build 45 more nuclear power plants. That's a wonderful proposition. But certainly one with opposition and many opponents. [...] How will you move this country toward accepting that need for more nukes?"

JOHN MCCAIN: "[...] Americans are [...] very, very smart people. And they know what we have to do. And they know that nuclear power is safe. [...] Americans are sick and tired of us doing nothing in Washington. [...] There's a 9 percent approval rating of Congress.

"[...] Anybody who's going to put the country first [...] knows that nuclear power has got to part of the equation if we are going to embark on achieving independence from foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our nation's security. [...] I have confidence that this election is a mandate for change [...] Part of that right change is going to be the use of nuclear power.

"[...] Finally, those 45 new power plants will [...] create 75,000 new jobs."

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/07/08

2008-07-18T16:52:32Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
07/07/08

TRANSCRIPT:
[B-roll: Demonstrators holding "McBush" and "Obama" signs and a handmade sign reading "IRAQ: WHAT EXIT STRATEGY? 4000+ Dead. For what?" and "McCain FLIP-FLOPS on BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!"]

SPOKESWOMAN #1: "You know I actually asked for research on how much the state has had to pick up because the federal government spent most of our money on Iraq. And we've increased of we've had to spend on our veterans, including treatment for mental illness, tuition, etc. Because the federal government has not followed up doing the right thing for veterans. So what we have spent on veterans in the state of Colorado has increased dramatically because of the loss of the federal government."

SPOKESMAN: "Yeah I would just add, as a former budget analyst of the White House, you know, you look at the non-discretionary, non-military discretionary spending; we're talking about a small amount of where we use our money. If we want to talk about actually balancing the budget, we have to talk about getting out of Iraq and putting that money into our state and into our country to be able to balance our budget. We're spending so much money overseas; that's where we need to talk about saving money."

REPORTER: "Sen. McCain talks about nuclear power. [...] What do you guys think about nuclear power, especially in Colorado?"

SPOKESWOMAN #1: "Does he ever say where he wants to place it? No he never would. Because he'd lose that state in a heartbeat. So, you know, when he says something like that, ask him what state he's going to put a nuclear plant in, and [...] what governor's gonna accept it. So he can talk about it again. But, you know, what is the chance in reality of it actually happening? So, you know, again, they're talking about oil shale again."

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2008-07-30T14:59:20Z

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/09/08

2008-07-23T12:25:53Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Portsmouth, OH 07/09/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "[...] We will develop more clean energy. Nuclear power is the most dependable source of zero-emission energy we have. We will build at least 45 nuclear plants that will create over 700,000 good jobs to construct and operate them. And what's going to be done in Piketon in the Piketon plant is also going to be a big part of that."

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Flynt Leverett: U.S. Standing and Influence in Decline

2008-09-05T18:18:29Z

We are in a historically unprecedented situation, says Leverett. U.S. military hegemony continues to be quite robust, but our standing and influence is in decline.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council Global Policy Innovations event, "The Rise of the Rest," on July 1, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.policyinnovations.org or www.carnegiecouncil.org

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/09/08

2008-07-18T16:52:32Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
07/09/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I did see a person over here with a 'no nukes' sign so maybe we can't start with you. Because obviously you know I am a supporter of nuclear power. [...]"

QUESTIONER: "[...] I live here in Portsmouth. And my father also worked in the Piketon plant and he also died young of cancer. He had 4 cancers. My mother died of cancer as well. And I feel strongly about getting the Piketon plant cleaned up and bringing alternative energy industry into Portsmouth [...] We've done this for 50 years. We deserve better. We don't want our young people to continue to have to work in a highly toxic industry. And I believe that a lot of people here probably feel the same way and are afraid to say anything. Because I know the outcome in my personal life has been very detrimental to me in fighting this nuclear industry."

MCCAIN: "I know I speak on behalf of all of us [...] and extend our sympathy at the loss of your parents. There's no way that I can provide proper consolation except to say to you that I believe that nuclear power is and can be safe. [...] We have sailed Navy ships around the world for more than 60 years with nuclear power plants on them. There has never been any recorded case that I know of that someone was either injured or killed or had any effects of, of those nuclear power plants. I know that there's been Three Mile Island. And we know about Chernoble. But I do believe that nuclear power is safe. [...] But the evidence that I have that I'd like to share with you, is that nuclear power is safe. And it is, I think, a vital part of our nation's energy future[...]

QUESTIONER: "One of the things that I've been striving for is to make sure that workers that go into the Piketon site are protected, and I haven't been able to get that affirmation from the NRC or the EPA or any of the DOE or any of the groups that are in charge of that cleanup and that site. And I think that's one of the things that many people are concerned about here.

MCCAIN: "Well I will (1) try to get that information from you, (2) myself try to contact the nuclear regulatory [...] commission and any other oversight organization and get the information [...] I promise you I will learn, and I will read the information that you send me, and I will act on it as I think would be appropriate."

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Virginians Vs. the Dominion of Coal

2008-09-05T18:24:25Z

People of Virginia rise up in a democratic fervor to oppose the coal-fired power plant proposed by Dominion Power. This plant would be extremely destructive to the local environment, not to mention the regional and international impacts that coal has because of its contribution to global warming.

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Faith Leaders speak to oppose a coal fired power plant in VA

2008-09-05T18:24:25Z

Three interfaith leaders speak out against, and urge Governor Kaine to oppose, a proposed coal fired power plant in Virginia.

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