Women, War and Peace | PBS

Women, War and Peace | PBS: VIDEOOct. 11: I Came to Testify
In the 1990s war in Bosnia, thousands of Muslim women were systematically raped as a tactic of ethnic cleansing. I Came to Testify is the story of 16 women who took the witness stand in an international court of law and changed the rules of war forever.IntroductionOct. 18: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003.IntroductionOct. 25: Peace Unveiled
When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. Peace Unveiled follows three women who immediately began to organize to make sure that women’s rights don’t get traded away in the deal.

Astroblog: Revolutionary Timeline: The Uranus/Pluto Cycle

Astroblog: Revolutionary Timeline: The Uranus/Pluto Cycle: "When Uranus, the planet of freedom and independence, meets authoritarian, transformational Pluto in hard aspect the key words are: revolution, social activism, rebellion vs. authoritarianism, reformation, freedom against oppression, and transformation. These are times in history when it becomes apparent that what people had been tolerating for some time, will not just go away by themselves, but in fact feel to be getting worse. There is a universal urge to make much needed changes and reforms... even revolutions."

Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace | Video on TED.com

Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace | Video on TED.com

Activist Post: War, What is it Good For?

Activist Post: War, What is it Good For?: "The videos below represent more than 75 years of separation between Smedley Butler and Michael Prysner: two military men with a conscience. �Their similar accounts are a stark reminder of how much we still have to learn. �There are encouraging signs of a modern awakening to the causes of the common problems which have plagued us through generations. �However, these causes have become redundant: secret societies and corporate conglomerates filled with sadistic men and women who utilize their positions of birth, money, and power for control. �Only our continued cooperation with systems designed to enslave us causes history to repeat itself."

Watching violent TV or video games desensitizes teenagers and may promote more aggressive behavior, new study finds

Watching violent TV or video games desensitizes teenagers and may promote more aggressive behavior, new study finds: "Watching violent films, TV programmes or video games desensitises teenagers, blunts their emotional responses to aggression and potentially promotes aggressive attitudes and behaviour, according to new research recently published online in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience."

Activist Post: Winning The Currency War: The Unleashing of a "Financial Nuclear War"

Activist Post: Winning The Currency War: The Unleashing of a "Financial Nuclear War": "Let us be very clear about the impact of the coming massive Quantitative Easing (QEII) by the FED, the financial bully of Wall Street. It is the unleashing of a financial nuclear weapon!"

Activist Post: The currency war is phoney

Activist Post: The currency war is phoney: "The core of the 'currency wars' – in which China has been accused, primarily by the US, of undervaluing the renminbi to boost its exports – is a simple piece of arithmetic. The US has only a quarter of China or India's population.

America can remain the world's largest economy only if average Chinese or Indian living standards never exceed 25% of its own. As – rightly – China and India will never accept this, a peaceful global outcome therefore requires the US to abandon its undesirable and impossible goal."

Big Oil Makes War on the Earth | CommonDreams.org

Big Oil Makes War on the Earth | CommonDreams.org: "If you live on the Gulf Coast, welcome to the real world of oil -- and just know that you're not alone.� In the Niger Delta and the Ecuadorian Amazon, among other places, your emerging hell has been the living hell of local populations for decades.

Even as I was visiting those distant and exotic spill locales via book, article, and YouTube, you were going through your very public nightmare.�"

Op-Ed Columnist - Superbroke, Superfrugal, Superpower? - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - Superbroke, Superfrugal, Superpower? - NYTimes.com: "n recent years, I have often said to European friends: So, you didn’t like a world of too much American power? See how you like a world of too little American power — because it is coming to a geopolitical theater near you. Yes, America has gone from being the supreme victor of World War II, with guns and butter for all, to one of two superpowers during the cold war, to the indispensable nation after winning the cold war, to “The Frugal Superpower” of today. Get used to it. That’s our new nickname. American pacifists need not worry any more about “wars of choice.” We’re not doing that again. We can’t afford to invade Grenada today."

Films for Action - Operation Hollywood

Films for Action - Operation Hollywood: "Since the 80's, and the success of Top Gun, Hollywood has increased its production of big budget war movies, using military bases, submarines and aircraft carriers that the armed forces have generously made available to the studios. In exchange, the Pentagon's experts vet hundreds of screenplays each year. Using lots of movie clips, 'Operation Hollywood' explores this cozy relationship between Hollywood filmmakers and the U.S. government, and questions the wisdom of letting the Pentagon use movies to promote the U.S. army's image."