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On The Map with Avi Lewis: Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Islamophobia
Avi's encounter with controversial author, politician and born-again America-booster, Ayaan Hirsi Ali who says there's no such thing as Islamophobia. Her extraordinary life story often eclipses the powerful role she is playing in the conversation about Islam and terrorism. As she herself said recently, "Right now the media are still lapping it up: a black woman who criticizes Islam."
Fault Lines - Canada-Israel: The other special relationship
Seen as an honest-broker in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Canada has become one of Israel's most fervent supporters. Avi Lewis investigates.
Tariq Ali with Avi Lewis, 26 October 2011
The entire reading and conversation is at our website podcast.lannan.org Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. Exiled from Pakistan in the 1960s for his activism against the military dictatorship, Ali has gained a reputation as one of today's most forceful political thinkers, speaking out consistently against imperialism, religious fundamentalism and the Anglo-American "war on terror." He has written more than 20 books on world history and politics, including Pirates of the Caribbean; Bush in Babylon; The Clash of Fundamentalisms and his latest, The Obama Syndrome—Surrender at Home, War Abroad. He has also authored five novels in his Islam Quintet series and writes scripts for the stage and screen.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: John Bolton (full interview)
The Iraq Oil Law... a little known document at the heart of the war. A law that would put the country's most valuable resource into the hands and wallets of foreign multinationals. Whether or not you believe it was the goal of the US invasion in the first place, oil is key to Iraq's future. It's also key to US plans for the country. Avi talks to John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN, who defends the controversial law. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Alberta Oil Sands
Oil. Canada has it and the US craves it. But what are the implications of treating Alberta's tar sands as America's security blanket? Avi talks to Diana Gibson of the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta about NAFTA, Kyoto, and Canada's own energy security. Watch all the footage at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
Inside USA - Lobbying for Israel - 05 April 08 - Part 1
Avi Lewis examines the powerful Israeli lobby and its affects on Capitol Hill.
Avi Lewis introduces the inaugural David Lewis Lecture Series
Feb. 25, 2010 - Avi Lewis introduces the inaugural David Lewis Lecture Series in commemoration of his granfather, organized by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (policyalternatives.ca). This was the first in a series of lectures in honour of David Lewis (19091981), a leading labour lawyer, life-long social democrat, a founder of the NDP and its national leader from 1970 to 1975.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: The Chavez Mystique
The ultimate Bush basher and Latin enemy number one for the US. On The Map goes behind the caricature of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a complicated and contradictory figure at the heart of a profound shift underway in Latin America. Avi talks to Mark Weisbrot with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Jennifer McCoy, Director of the Americas Program at The Carter Center. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
Avi Lewis on Fault Lines
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis talks about Fault Lines, the new show he co-hosts with Josh Rushing. Lewis says Fault Lines will dig under the surface of the big stories in the US and shine a light on those stories that are not getting any attention but should.
Fault Lines - Avi Lewis' Town Hall on Afghanistan
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis hosts a town hall debate on the future of US policy in Afghanistan.
On The Map with Avi Lewis - State of the World
On The Map with Avi Lewis' kick-off address on the state of the world. Borders and the proliferation of walls, walls, walls. Migration and people on the move thanks to "development." The race for Resources stirs conflict in Darfur and beyond, but who's profiting? And for all the promises about aid and poverty relief, there is now more Money flowing from south to north than the other way round.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Canada's Aid Strategy
Avi interviews Josee Verner, Canada's Minister of International Cooperation, about the rhetoric and the reality of Canadian aid. He asks about Bill C-293, the Development Assistance Accountability Act to focus the priority of aid on poverty relief, and why the Conservatives won't support it. Watch the full story at: www.cbc.ca/onthemap/fullpage.php?id=92
Occupy Your Workplace (Wolff, Moore, Chomsky, Alperovitz, Klein, Lewis)
Workers' self-management, workplace democracy and cooperatives; with Richard D. Wolff, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Gar Alperovitz, Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis and ILO
Arundhati Roy with Avi Lewis, 24 March 2010
This is a brief intro to this event. The full event can be found at podcast.lannan.org and podcast.lannan.org Arundhati Roy was born in 1959 in Shillong, India, and studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, the story of young twins Rahel and Estha and their family, set in Kerala, India, during the late 1960s, when Communism rattled the age-old caste system. Roy received the Booker Prize for this book in 1997. She has written several nonfiction books, including The Cost of Living, Power Politics, War Talk, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire, and Public Power in the Age of Empire. In addition to writing, she has worked as a film designer and screenplay writer in India. Roy was featured in the BBC television documentary "Dam/age," which is about the struggle against big dams in India. A collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy by David Barsamian was published as The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile. Her newest book, published by Haymarket, is Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers. Roy last read in Santa Fe in 2002, when she received the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize. Distributed by Tubemogul.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Roots of Migration
On The Map gets behind the race-baiting rhetoric to look at some of the reasons why hundreds of thousands of people in the Americas are headed North. Avi talks to Laura Carlsen, Director of the Americas Program for the International Relations Center. Watch all the stories at: www.cbc.ca/onthemap
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Politics of the Car Bomb
The car bomb. Low-tech, cheap and deadly. A symbol of 21st century assassination. A brutal and indiscriminate weapon heavily associated with the Middle East. In fact, its roots go way deeper. Avi talks to Mike Davis, author of Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Debunking Gaza's Civil War
The Middle East explodes. Civil war rocks Gaza. At least, that's what the North American media machine would have us believe. For an alternative take of events taking place in Gaza and Lebanon, Avi's joined by Alastair Crooke, former British intelligence officer and now head of Conflicts Forum. You can watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Richard Dawkins (Full Interview)
The origin of this species is The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, a withering polemic by the world's leading atheist. Avi sits down and chats with the best-selling author. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
LANNAN (2 of 2): ARUNDHATI ROY ~~ with Avi Lewis, Conversation (March 24, 2010)
Arundhati Roy was born in 1959 in Shillong, India, and studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, the story of young twins Rahel and Estha and their family, set in Kerala, India, during the late 1960s, when Communism rattled the age-old caste system. Roy received the Booker Prize for this book in 1997. She has written several nonfiction books, including The Cost of Living, Power Politics, War Talk, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire, and Public Power in the Age of Empire. In addition to writing, she has worked as a film designer and screenplay writer in India. Roy was featured in the BBC television documentary "Dam/age," which is about the struggle against big dams in India. A collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy by David Barsamian was published as The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile. Her newest book, published by Haymarket, is Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers. Roy last read in Santa Fe in 2002, when she received the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize. Avi Lewis is an award-winning Canadian television journalist and documentary filmmaker. His productions include The Take, an emotional story of hope and resistance in the global economy that follows Argentina's worker-run business movement, which the New York Times called, "a stirring, idealistic documentary." In the early 1990s, he hosted City TV's landmark music journalism show The New Music, interviewing hundreds of musicians ...
Inside USA - The Other Hawaii - Sept 26 - Part 1
This week Avi Lewis visits the people behind the native movement for self-determination in Hawaii. Well over 200 years old the movement has recently been gaining on strength. Archive footage courtesy of www.namaka.com.
Inside USA - The Other Hawaii - Sept 26 - Part 2
This week Avi Lewis visits the people behind the native movement for self-determination in Hawaii. Well over 200 years old the movement has recently been gaining on strength. Archive footage courtesy of www.namaka.com
Fault Lines - Arundhati Roy
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines presenter Avi Lewis sits down for a one-on-one interview with author and activist, Arundhati Roy.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: War on Terror on Trial
The Bush Administration is flinching under a series of blows to its enemy combatant policy that puts the practice of extraordinary rendition on trial. At the same time, a European investigator has just released a report with what he calls proof of CIA secret prisons in Poland and Romania. Michael Scheuer worked for the CIA for 22 years and is the author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror. Architect of the original rendition program under the Clinton administration, he defends the practice. Watch the full story at: www.cbc.ca/onthemap/fullpage.php?id=86
On The Map with Avi Lewis: TV vs. Reality
An intervention in a dangerous addiction. Avi Lewis asks Kiefer Sutherland to save the most powerful people in the world from their dependence on the black-and-white world of TV morality.
Inside USA - Lobbying for Israel - 05 April 08 - Part 2
Avi Lewis examines the powerful Israeli lobby and its affects on Capitol Hill.
On The Map with Avi Lewis: Ann Jones & Women in Afghanistan
Women's rights in Afghanistan. It was a great rationale for toppling the Taliban. Too bad it's fallen off the map. One person who has tried to keep them on is bestselling author Ann Jones. Avi speaks to Jones who, after 9/11, lived in Afghanistan working with women's groups for the better part of four years. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
"The Take" (2/9) #Occupy-Factories Success Story VS Fascist Capitalism: Argentina (La Toma)
"The Take" (1/9) #OccupyFactories Success Story: Argentina's "Occupy" against Fascism "The Take", by Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis. ...LOOK underneath UNDERBAR V ...look further, please. LOL ...keep reading ... Description from: thetake.org In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. In the wake of Argentina's dramatic economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. The Forja auto plant lies dormant until its former employees take action. They're part of a daring new movement of workers who are occupying bankrupt businesses and creating jobs in the ruins of the failed system. But Freddy, the president of the new worker's co-operative, and Lalo, the political powerhouse from the Movement of Recovered Companies, know that their success is far from secure. Like every workplace occupation, they have to run the gauntlet of courts, cops and politicians who can either give their project legal protection or violently evict them from the factory. The story of the workers' struggle is set against the dramatic backdrop of a crucial presidential election in Argentina, in which the architect of the economic collapse, Carlos Menem, is the front-runner. His ...
On The Map with Avi Lewis: NATO in Afghanistan
Blunt talk with NATO's Secretary General about the mission in Afghanistan. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer mounts a vigorous defense of how the war is being run. He's in Canada at a crucial moment as support for the war in Afghanistan continues to fall. Is the tension between the American "war on terror" tactics and NATO's hearts-and-minds plan the fatal flaw in the mission? Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap
Avi Lewis on Maher Arar
Canadian Journalist Avi Lewis gives some insight on the Maher Arar case and the Security Prosperity Partnership. From the August 10th 2007 episode on Democracy Now.
Fault Lines - California in Crisis (Part 1)
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Avi Lewis travels to South Central Los Angeles to learn about the political causes and the human impact of shock therapy, California style - and gets a glimpse of how the next chapter of the global economic crisis is likely to unfold
Fault Lines - California in Crisis (Part 2)
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com California is in crisis. The state is $24bn short of balancing its books this year - and it may run out of cash to pay its bills in a matter of weeks. Avi Lewis travels to South Central Los Angeles to learn about the political causes and the human impact of shock therapy, California style - and gets a glimpse of how the next chapter of the global economic crisis is likely to unfold.
Fault Lines - Haiti:The politics of rebuilding
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Just weeks after the earthquake that took more than 200000 lives, Avi Lewis finds that debates over how to rebuild Haiti are already underway.
Armitage: 'Maybe I should have quit' 15 Apr 09
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Richard Armitage, the former US Deputy Secretary of State, tells Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera's Fault Lines why he should have resigned from the Bush administration over its lack of respect for the Geneva conventions. From Fault Lines, a new show on Al Jazeera English hosted by Avi Lewis and Josh Rushing. The first episode examines the Obama administration's emerging policies on detention, rendition and torture. Look for the full show in the next few days.
Avi Lewis questions EX CIA Director
Truth: coanews.org Avi talks to Jim Woolsey best known for his work as director of the CIA in the 90s, and co-chair of an oil and security advisory board. He'd like the US to break its dependency on Middle East oil. www.cbc.ca
The Take (La Toma) English subtitles (1/9)
(I've seen some versions of this on the web with out-of-sync-sound, hope this one stays in sync after uploading) Description from: thetake.org In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. In the wake of Argentina's dramatic economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. The Forja auto plant lies dormant until its former employees take action. They're part of a daring new movement of workers who are occupying bankrupt businesses and creating jobs in the ruins of the failed system. But Freddy, the president of the new worker's co-operative, and Lalo, the political powerhouse from the Movement of Recovered Companies, know that their success is far from secure. Like every workplace occupation, they have to run the gauntlet of courts, cops and politicians who can either give their project legal protection or violently evict them from the factory. The story of the workers' struggle is set against the dramatic backdrop of a crucial presidential election in Argentina, in which the architect of the economic collapse, Carlos Menem, is the front-runner. His cronies, the former owners, are circling: if he wins, they'll take back the companies that the ...
Inside USA - Mexico's drug war - 25 July 08 Part 1
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.
Fault Lines - Tea party, Big money, Twisted maps
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Ahead of the US midterm elections, Fault Lines presenter Avi Lewis travels to Nevada and Florida -- two states gripped by political division and economic uncertainty.
Fault Lines - US midterm elections: A Town Hall debate
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Now that the 2010 US midterm elections are over, it is time to talk about what the results mean -- for the US and the world -- over the next two years. To debate the meaning and the message sent by the US midterms, Avi Lewis hosts a panel and an audience at the Newseum in Washington.
Fault Lines - The other debt crisis: Climate debt
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com On this edition of Fault Lines, Avi Lewis travels to Bolivia to explore the country's climate crusade from the inside.
Fault Lines - In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com In the two months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, millions of litres of oil have gushed out of BP's well into the water each day, slowly encroaching on the coastline. Fault Lines' Avi Lewis travels to the drill zone, and learns about the erosion in the wetlands from industry canals and pipelines, the health problems blamed on contaminated air and water from petrochemical refineries.
Haiti's history of hardship
Haiti's fate as one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere has not been inevitable. It's history has been marked not only by natural disasters, but by political and economic conflict. It is a story of international intervention that has left the country particularly vulnerable. Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis reports. (14 Jan 2010)
Η Κατάληψη
Το 2001 σε μια Αργεντινή στα πρόθυρα της οικονομικής κατάρρευσης με εκατοντάδες κλειστά εργοστάσια λόγω χρεοκοπίας και χιλιάδες άνεργους, 30 απολυμένοι εργάτες στα προάστια του Buenos Aires αποφασίζουν να αντιδράσουν καταλαμβάνοντας το κλειστό εργοστάσιο της περιοχής τους. Πρόκειται για το εργοστάσιο Forja και την απαρχή ενός νέου εργατικού κινήματος. Αυτό που θα καταφέρουν είναι η επαναλειτουργία των μηχανών και η δημιουργία νέων θέσεων εργασίας στα ερείπια ενός αποτυχημένου οικονομικού συστήματος. Έτσι μια απλή πράξη --η κατάληψη-- αποκτά ένα δυνατό συμβολισμό. Το ντοκιμαντέρ καταγράφει αυτόν τον αγώνα σε παράλληλη σχέση με τις δραματικές εξελίξεις στην Αργεντινή, εν όψει των κρίσιμων προεδρικών εκλογών, όπου ο αρχιτέκτονας της οικονομικής κατάρρευσης της χώρας και στενός φίλος των πρώην εργοστασιαρχών, Carlos Menem, είναι ο βασικός υποψήφιος. Αν κερδίσει, τα εργοστάσια θα γυρίσουν στα χέρια τους... «Οπλισμένοι» μόνο με σφενδόνες και μια δυνατή πίστη στην άμεση δημοκρατία, οι εργάτες αγωνίζονται εναντίον ενός ολόκληρου συστήματος που αντιμετωπίζει τα εργοστάσια μόνο σαν παλιοσίδερα για πούλημα. Οι ίδιοι οι πρωτεργάτες του κινήματος, γνωρίζουν πολύ καλά ότι η επιτυχία τους είναι επισφαλής... Όπως σε κάθε άλλη κατάληψη, δέχονται σκληρή επίθεση από παντού: δικαστές, πολιτικούς, αστυνομικούς, οι οποίοι έχουν τη δύναμη είτε να νομιμοποιήσουν το νέο κίνημα είτε με βίαιο τρόπο να το καταστείλουν. Με το ντοκιμαντέρ «Η Κατάληψη», ο σκηνοθέτης Avi Lewis, ένας από τους πιο ...
Fault Lines - Obama's war in Afghanistan - 13 Nov 09 - Pt 1
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines brings together a panel of guests and a studio audience to discuss Obama's war in Afghanistan. Hosted by Avi Lewis.
Fault Lines - Cornel West
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Avi Lewis talks to Cornel West, professor of African American Studies at Princeton, hip hop artist, and one of the most controversial academics in the US about the state of democracy for African-Americans in the US today, US foreign policy, global recession, and his dispute with Lawrence Summers.
Fault Lines - Race and the Recession Town Hall
english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis hosts a town hall debate on race & the US recession.
Fault lines - Obama's war in Afghanistan - 13 Nov 09 - Pt 2
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines brings together a panel of guests and a studio audience to discuss Obama's war in Afghanistan. Hosted by Avi Lewis.
Focus on Haiti - The politics of rice - Part 1
In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice - how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid. In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is - initially - going to deepen. But as relief efforts slowly turn to plans for reconstruction, it is important to look back at the policies that brought Haiti to the brink in the first place, and the people who had their own vision of self-sufficiency all along. Avi Lewis talks about the US role in the development of Haiti with PJ Crowley, the spokesman at the US state department, and Emira Woods, the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and an expert on US foreign policy.
Focus on Haiti - The politics of rice - Part 2
In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice - how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid. In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is - initially - going to deepen. But as relief efforts slowly turn to plans for reconstruction, it is important to look back at the policies that brought Haiti to the brink in the first place, and the people who had their own vision of self-sufficiency all along. Avi Lewis talks about the US role in the development of Haiti with PJ Crowley, the spokesman at the US state department, and Emira Woods, the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and an expert on US foreign policy.
Haiti PM slams US aid delays
Jean-Max Bellerive, the Haitian prime minister, has told Al Jazeera that he does not understand why so much water and food in storage facilities at the airport is not being distributed. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, Bellerive expressed his frustration with security decisions made by the US military that are hindering the earthquake relief effort. "Haitians don't care about the security, they just want the water, food and medicine to get to them ... they don't feel that there is the need for so much security," he said. Faultlines presenter Avi Lewis reports.
Fault Lines - Race and the recession town hall- 26 nov 09 - Pt 1
english.aljazeera.net Follow up on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com Fault Lines presenter Avi Lewis hosts a debate about race & the US recession.
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