http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/war-on-drugs 2008-10-12T12:47:39Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52465-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-volume-1-big-pharma 2008-10-12T12:47:39Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cefoV_A878&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cefoV_A878&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52465-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-volume-1-big-pharma"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63655" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A collection of clips about prescription pharmaceuticals, marijuana, and the hypocrisy of the War on Drugs. </p> <p>Featuring comedy from (in order of appearance) Chris Rock, Ed Helms, Bill Maher, Dave Reinitz, Marko Elgart, George Carlin, Doug Stanhope, Katt Williams, John Stewart, and more.</p> <p>http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52465-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-volume-1-big-pharma">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52267-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-big-pharma 2008-09-08T00:46:23Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-z2stjQRCM4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-z2stjQRCM4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52267-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-big-pharma"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63415" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A compilation of clips about prescription pharmaceuticals, marijuana, and the hypocrisy of the War on Drugs. </p> <p>Featuring Chris Rock, Ed Helms, Bill Maher, Dave Reinitz, Marko, Elgart, George Carlin, Doug Stanhope, Katt Williams, John Stewart, and more.</p> <p>http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52267-tragic-comedy-of-the-drug-war-big-pharma">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49866-planete-polish-tv-trailer-for-american-drug-war 2008-10-12T12:47:39Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R1d83KusmuM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R1d83KusmuM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49866-planete-polish-tv-trailer-for-american-drug-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60525" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.planete.pl/?prog&26737</p> <p>American Drug War: The Last White Hope is now being shown on the Planete network in Poland. </p> <p>http://www.americandrugwar.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49866-planete-polish-tv-trailer-for-american-drug-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47928-modern-day-slavery-racism-and-the-drug-war 2008-10-12T12:47:39Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/znnRONNMDMQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/znnRONNMDMQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47928-modern-day-slavery-racism-and-the-drug-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57661" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Slavery is defined as the act of keeping a person as a piece of property. If you ask the average American if slavery still exists in America, their answer is likely to be no. After watching this video, many will change their minds. </p><p>As the crack epidemic flooded inner cities across the country, in 1986 Reagan&#39;s &quot;Anti-Drug Abuse Act&quot; makes the penalty for crack possession a hundred times harsher than that of powder cocaine. The following year new legislation is passed allowing private corporations to own and operate prisons. Twenty years later over a million non-violent drug offenders are imprisoned while corporate stocks are traded based on how many prisoners are in the cages. </p><p>A report released in 2008 by the International Center for Prison Studies at King&#39;s College London states that the United States has the highest incarceration rate and most people behind bars per capita in the world. Over 50% of these people are imprisoned for drug crimes. At the same time, prescription drug companies account for over 50% of Fortune 500 profits. All illegal drugs combined kill approx 11K per year while cigarettes, alcohol and pharmaceutical kill almost a million. What&#39;s wrong with this picture?</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/47928-modern-day-slavery-racism-and-the-drug-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47130-inside-usa-mexico-s-drug-war-part-2 2008-07-30T08:50:52Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nz8k39p8z4U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nz8k39p8z4U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47130-inside-usa-mexico-s-drug-war-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55725" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This week Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the the drug war going on there, and to examine how the United States is involved. The bodies are piling up - over 1800 killings so far this year alone.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47130-inside-usa-mexico-s-drug-war-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47129-inside-usa-the-us-role-in-mexico-s-drug-war 2008-09-06T13:57:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hyDHNeJxazU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hyDHNeJxazU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47129-inside-usa-the-us-role-in-mexico-s-drug-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55724" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>This week Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the the drug war going on there, and to examine how the United States is involved. The bodies are piling up - over 1800 killings so far this year alone.</p><p>Watch part 2 of this special <a href="../../blog/47130-inside-usa-mexico-s-drug-war-part-2">here</a>. </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/47129-inside-usa-the-us-role-in-mexico-s-drug-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44648-ron-paul-preserving-civil-liberties 2008-07-28T10:58:28Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G1ofsY1kzc4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G1ofsY1kzc4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44648-ron-paul-preserving-civil-liberties"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51068" 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/2008/02/13/Ron_Paul_The_Weakening_of_the_US_Constitution">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>U.S. Congressman (R-TX) and self-professed libertarian Ron Paul criticizes American government for what he views as excessive and unnecessary infringements on personal liberties.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Texas Congressman and Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul spoke in Gaston Hall during a speech sponsored by the Georgetown University Lecture Fund.</p> <p>He argues that the United States Constitution has been progressively weakened in recent decades and suggests some possibilities for reinforcing it - Georgetown University</p> <p>Ronald Ernest Paul is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, a bestselling author, and a former 2008 U.S. presidential candidate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44648-ron-paul-preserving-civil-liberties">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44645-us-hostages-freed-from-colombian-rebels-3-july-08 2008-07-07T04:40:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCeX58mnz0I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YCeX58mnz0I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44645-us-hostages-freed-from-colombian-rebels-3-july-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51064" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Three US military contractors were among the 15 hostages rescued by the Colombian forces that freed Ingrid Betancourt from Farc rebels. </p> <p>The contractors were working in Colombia as part of America's 35-year effort to fight the production and sale of narcotics - the so-called War on Drugs. </p> <p>Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports on the US reaction to their homecoming.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44645-us-hostages-freed-from-colombian-rebels-3-july-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40912-american-drug-war-in-the-classroom 2008-08-17T14:44:27Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RmGuQJfpUjY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RmGuQJfpUjY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40912-american-drug-war-in-the-classroom"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46129" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>From high schools to universities, the new hit underground documentary <a href="http://www.americandrugwar.com/">American Drug War</a> has been shown by teachers and professors to students and faculty across the country. </p><p>This clip is from a new short video made by Kevin Booth for this years upcoming NACA regional conferences. Interested in bringing ADW to your school? Please contact us at americandrugwar@gmail.com </p><p><a href="http://www.americandrugwar.com/">http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com</a></p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/40912-american-drug-war-in-the-classroom">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40858-what-was-ronald-reagan-smoking 2008-09-03T18:46:22Z MobLogicTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9RGaiXd6axw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9RGaiXd6axw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40858-what-was-ronald-reagan-smoking"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46076" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Defense attorney Chris Fabricant talks about his book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Busted-Drug-War-Survival-Skills/dp/0060754591">&quot;Busted! Drug War Survival Skills&quot;</a>, the war on drugs, and lessons learned from working cases in the Bronx.</p><p>Also check out Fabricant&#39;s <a href="http://www.drugwarsurvival.com/">website</a>.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/40858-what-was-ronald-reagan-smoking">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36440-showtime-trailer-for-american-drug-war 2008-10-12T12:47:40Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6kp8bLVh_Bg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6kp8bLVh_Bg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36440-showtime-trailer-for-american-drug-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40891" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Showtime cable network has picked up the new documentary, "American Drug War: The Last White Hope," to be aired for the next two years. This is their custom trailer for the film.</p> <p>http://www.AmericanDrugWar.Com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36440-showtime-trailer-for-american-drug-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35407-real-time-esai-morales-blasts-the-phony-war-on 2008-10-12T12:47:40Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3IoHj1ZP_yM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3IoHj1ZP_yM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35407-real-time-esai-morales-blasts-the-phony-war-on"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38965" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Award-winning actor Esai Morales (NYPD Blue, Jericho) lets loose in this clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35407-real-time-esai-morales-blasts-the-phony-war-on">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35171-u-s-policy-toward-latin-america-in-the-post-bush-era 2008-04-10T11:17:43Z danb <embed style="width:375px; height:308px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3013724846915772926&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed> <a href="/blog/35171-u-s-policy-toward-latin-america-in-the-post-bush-era"><img src="http://gobnf.org/bnf/images/empty_vid.gif" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrot/">Mark Weisbrot</a>, Co-Director of the <a href="www.cepr.net">Center for Economic and Policy Research</a>, spoke on a panel with <strong>Greg Craig</strong>, a foreign policy advisor to Senator Barack Obama; <strong>Nora Lustig</strong>, a visiting Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs; and, <strong>Mark Schneider</strong>, who is Senior Vice President and Special Advisor on Latin America at the International Crisis Group. The discussion was hosted by the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and it centered on the possible directions U.S. policy toward Latin America might take after the Bush Administration.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35171-u-s-policy-toward-latin-america-in-the-post-bush-era">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33666-incarcerex-it-s-time-for-a-new-bottom-line 2008-06-10T21:31:46Z jessehaff <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TRPxN7DGy5c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TRPxN7DGy5c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33666-incarcerex-it-s-time-for-a-new-bottom-line"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36668" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Clever new video from the <a href="http://www.drugpolicy.org">Drug Policy Alliance</a> about a pill many politicans are addicted to.</p><blockquote><p>Tell Congress it is time for a new bottom line in U.S. drug policy, one that focuses on reducing the problems associated with both drugs *and* the war on drugs. Take action at <a href="http://www.drugpolicy.org">http://www.drugpolicy.org</a>.</p></blockquote></p> </div> <a href="/blog/33666-incarcerex-it-s-time-for-a-new-bottom-line">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32458-stephen-colbert-the-war-on-drugs-a-great-war-or-the-greatest-war 2008-03-28T00:51:05Z stephencolbert <embed FlashVars='videoId=163835' src='http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#ffffff' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed> <a href="/blog/32458-stephen-colbert-the-war-on-drugs-a-great-war-or-the-greatest-war"><img src="http://gobnf.org/bnf/images/empty_vid.gif" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Stephen gets doped up to interview Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance. </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32458-stephen-colbert-the-war-on-drugs-a-great-war-or-the-greatest-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24404-dennis-kucinich-medical-marijuana-10-questions 2008-06-09T09:39:29Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghuHc7KTjXo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghuHc7KTjXo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24404-dennis-kucinich-medical-marijuana-10-questions"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26408" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Go Dennis! I apologize for my bias, but the War On Drugs is such a monstrosity, so repellent in every way, that I am upset this issue is not being discussed more.</p><p>Lives ruined with long prison sentences for nothing, privatized prisons so right-wing nuts can profit from others&#39; misery, an ass-backwards way of treating drug abuse, as prevention, eduction and treatment are shown to work far better and finally the criminalization of 98-year old women who just need a release from glaucoma pain. I could go on, as this has been a disaster in every way (healthcare, law enforcement, education), but I&#39;ll leave it at that for now.</p><p>It was the dress rehearsal for their failed War On Terror. And any candidate saying they would end it tomorrow, who was obviously reasonable on other important issues like fair taxes, universal healthcare and election reform, to name a few, would have my vote tomorrow.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/24404-dennis-kucinich-medical-marijuana-10-questions">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16380-mike-gravel-live-q-a-10-18-07 2008-10-12T12:45:38Z mikegravel <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bWCNS3rKRts&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bWCNS3rKRts&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16380-mike-gravel-live-q-a-10-18-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16130" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Mike Gravel answers YOUR questions.</p> <p>In the fifth of his question and answer segments, Senator Gravel discusses his position on the War on Drugs, his Health Care Plan, the Fairtax, and much more.</p> <p>This one goes out to Elizabeth C. in Atlanta, GA.</p> <p>Ask Senator Gravel a Question!</p> <p>www.gravel2008.us</p> <p>http://www.facebook.com/person.php?id=2344438391</p> <p>http://www.gravel2008.us/ask-mike.php</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16380-mike-gravel-live-q-a-10-18-07">Watch the video</a>