fresh perspectives: libya
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beck bennett and america039s youth take on the tough questions in news and politicscreated by beck bennettpolitical analyst: john dardennestarring:beck bennettmichael zhangmorgan bertschjaden allennathan blaiwesproduced by mickey meyerdirected by david mccaryhttp:wwwyoutubecomdaviddp: jon nahttp:wwwyoutubecomjonnameanedited by eric thompsonhttp:wwwyoutubecommrcruelhandlukevfx by brandon pernahttp:wwwyoutubecomuserbrandonpernapuprod coordinator: aaron zaragoza

saif gaddafi arming civilian militias
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translation:saif -- guys guys listen listen we need high spirits more chantingsaif: listen listen brothers the people have said the police force have joined the protesters but today we will prove the opposite context -- saif is hinting at an idea -- to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercoversaif: do you need weaponssaif: one minute please you will receive all the support all the facilities and weapons etc everything will be okay and you will be victorioussaif: 039today we039re not inviting you for rice ampamp meat039 libyan saying meaning: we mean business this is what i want to tell you today039saif- listen listen this is your country now we shall leave and you have all the backing but your country unknown word italians the protesters you confront are nothing they are bums brats and druggies today brothers tripoli that you live in will be cleared of protesterssaif: i shall leave now and i will send you weapons tonight i will return with more people and weapons

anthony gregory on the costs of conflict
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research editor anthony gregory introduces some of the issues raised in his new independent policy report quotwhat price war afghanistan iraq and the costs of conflictquot

papantonio: tripoli -- republicans humiliated again
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mike papantonio appears on msnbc039s the ed show to talk about the republicans039 response to the ousting of gaddafi in libya yet again the crazy conservatives are attacking the president because he didn039t follow bush039s quotshock doctrinequot of shoot first look for oil and then ask questions

foreign secretary discusses aims of historic conference on libya
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foreign secretary william hague discusses the aims of the paris conference on libya chaired jointly by prime minister david cameron and french president nicolas sarkozy on 1 september 2011

noam chomsky on libya israel amp gop presidential candidates039 039utterly outlandish039 positions
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democracynoworg - in the extended interview with noam chomsky--noted activist linguist and philosopher--democracy now asked the professor about his views on the war in libya the diplomatic spat between israel and turkey and the positions of the gop presidential candidates regarding libya dr chomsky says quotyou could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians but i think it039s much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire worldquot chomsky goes on to note that turkey and egypt have been key allies for israel and that the deterioration of their relations quotcontributes very substantially to israel039s isolation in the regionquot when pressed about the upcoming 2012 presidential election dr chomsky said that while he is no fan of president obama the positions of most republican candidates on issues such as climate change are quotutterly outlandishquotwatch part 1 of this interview: http:youtube4erryq6dspgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy nowtoday visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

democracy now correspondent anjali kamat on reporting the revolutions in egypt and libya
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wwwdemocracynoworg - democracy now special correspondent anjali kamat has just returned from cairo after nearly a year reporting on the revolutions in egypt and libya anjali was on the ground in cairo covering the uprising that overthrew hosni mubarak and the ensuing crackdowns on protesters opposed to military rule kamat also made two trips to libya to cover the uprising and ultimate overthrow with the aid of nato forces of the gaddafi regime quotone of the things that was really remarkable over the past year that i saw in both egypt and libya is the fearlessness of peoplequot kamat says quoti was really taken aback by the scenes of crowds of people running into armed tanks running into vehicles that opened opening fire -- people just without any fearquot kamat also addresses an issue that has divided many progressive critics of western militarism: the reality that the nato intervention in libya despite charges of hypocrisy and ulterior motives enjoyed widespread amongst libyans seeking to topple the hated gaddafi regimeto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript or download the podcast visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

noam chomsky - history of media
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a surreal journey for:noam chomsky is an american linguist philosopher cognitive scientist and social activist he is an institute professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the massachusetts institute of technology chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics and a major figure of analytic philosophy since the 1960s he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist referring to himself as a libertarian socialist chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his viewsin the 1950s chomsky began developing his theory of generative grammar which has undergone numerous revisions and has had a profound influence on linguistics his approach to the study of language emphasizes quotan innate set of linguistic principles shared by all humansquot known as universal grammar quotthe initial state of the language learnerquot and discovering an quotaccount for linguistic variation via the most general possible mechanismsquot9 he elaborated on these ideas in 1957039s syntactic structures which then laid the groundwork for the concept of transformational grammar he also established the chomsky hierarchy a classification of formal languages in terms of their generative power in 1959 chomsky published a widely influential review of b f skinner039s theoretical book verbal behavior in this review and other writings chomsky broadly and aggressively challenged the behaviorist approaches to studies of behavior and language dominant at the time and contributed to the cognitive revolution in psychology his naturalistic approach to the study of language has influenced the philosophy of language and mindbeginning with his opposition to the vietnam war first articulated in his 1967 essay quotthe responsibility of intellectualsquot and later extended in his american power and the new mandarins 1969 chomsky established himself as a prominent critic of us foreign and domestic policy he has since become an outspoken political commentator and a dedicated activist he is a self-declared anarcho-syndicalist and a libertarian socialist principles he regards as grounded in the age of enlightenment and as quotthe proper and natural extension of classical liberalism into the era of advanced industrial societyquotchomsky039s social criticism has also included manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media 1988 co-written with edward s herman an analysis articulating the propaganda model theory for examining the mediaaccording to the arts and humanities citation index in 1992 chomsky was cited as a source more often than any other living scholar from 1980 to 1992 he is also the eighth most cited source of all time and is considered the quotmost cited living authorquot he is also considered a prominent cultural figure while his status as a leading critic of us foreign policy has made him controversialfair use-quotcopyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976 allowance is made for quotfair usequot forpurposes such as criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship and research fair use is ause permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing non-profit educational orpersonal use tips the balance in favor of fair usequotfull credit goes to the ownerlabel

palin a 039national embarrassment039 on fox news
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cenk uygur breaks down the latest fox news appearance by former republican governor of alaska sarah palin why were her comments about president obama libya and the north star so ridiculoussubscribe: http:bitlyewuu5i tyt mobile: http:bitlydnkfpf on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationon twitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks http:wwwtheyoungturkscommembershipfree movies: http:wwwnetflixcomtytread ana039s blog and subscribe at: http:wwwexaminercomx-5445-politics-in-education-examinerread cenk039s blog:http:wwwhuffingtonpostcomcenk-uygur

libya - misrata city 01 destruction by gaddafi units
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libya - misrata city destruction by gaddafi units

president obama press conference pt5
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june 29 2011 c-span http:moxnewscom

independent egyptian unions express solidarity with wisconsin workers february 20 2011
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translation:the sign in the background shows faces of some of the recent young victims of the mubarak government the writing says they are among the martyrs of the 25 january revolutionkamal abbas: i am speaking to you from a place very close to tahrir square in cairo quotliberation squarequot which was the heart of the revolution in egypt this is the place were many of our youth paid with their lives and blood in the struggle for our just rightsfrom this place i want you to know that we stand with you as you stood with usi want you to know that no power can challenge the will of the people when they believe in their rights when they raise their voices loud and clear and struggle against exploitationread the rest at:http:wwwmichaelmoorecomwordsmust-readstatement-kamal-abbas

the military option against libya039s gaddafi
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fighter jets aircraft carriers in the mediterranean a no-fly zone over libya and arming the rebels are all options being weighed up by the united states and its allies in the european union as a defiant libyan leader muammar gaddafi is continuing to cling onto power and is ordering airstrikes on towns and arms depotsthere appear to be two main options - both would have to be blessed by the united nations - or nato

paul wolfowitz hits obama on libya blames pan am families for bush policy toward gaddafi video
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washington -- paul wolfowitz a former bush administration official known as one of the key architects of the iraq war has been sharply criticizing the obama administration in recent weeks for its response to the crisis in libya saying the president has been quottoo slowquot to condemn leader muammar gaddafi but in an interview with cnn039s quotfareed zakaria gpsquot on sunday wolfowitz also went after his former boss for going too far in normalizing relations with libya

al jazeera cameraman killed in libya
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an al jazeera cameraman has been killed in what appears to have been an ambush near the rebel-held city of benghazi in eastern libyaali hassan al jaber was returning to benghazi from a nearby town after filing a report from an opposition protest when unknown fighters opened fire on a car he and his colleagues were travelling intwo people including al jaber were shot al jaber was rushed to hospital but did not survivewadah khanfar the director-general of al jazeera said the network quotwill not remain silentquot and will pursue those behind the ambush through legal channels