Reclaiming Democracy TV
admin September 14th, 2007
Reclaiming Democracy is a local cable show put together by members of the South Sound chapter of the Alliance for Democracy.
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I joined them on a jaunt to Seattle last Summer up to the national Veterans for Peace conference at UW in Seattle. I taped several presentations, and we shot a bunch of show length interviews. Mostly, I ran camera, but we split the interviewing work as well, and I got to interview 3 great guests: John Perkins, Anthony Arnove and Dahr Jamail.
We figured that we’d find a room or hallway somewhere to shoot the programs, but it was so nice out, we quickly reached consensus that outdoors would be way better. We couldn’t have found an more ideal shady bench in the midst of a stunning, haunting and beautiful installation of Arlington Northwest that filled the quad-like area.
This first one is especially interesting- because its an unusual topic these days: the weaponization of space.
Weaponization and Dominance of Space– Interview with Bruce Gagnon
This interview is done by Jacqui Brown Miller at the July 2006 Vets for Peace national conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. Gagnon discusses connections between a number of issues, including the Iraq war, the U.S. pursuit of global dominance through the domination and weaponization of space, and the U.S. corporate media’s complicity in incorrectly characterizing this process as a defensive, versus an offensive, strategy. This interview is 30 minutes.
Interview with Anthony Arnove, Author, Editor, and Peace Activist
This interview is done by Ron Eggleton at the July 2006 Vets for Peace national conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. Arnove is an author and book editor, having edited books by Noam Chompsky and Howard Zinn. Arnove discusses the causes and solutions of war. This interview is 30 minutes.
The Great Turning– Interview with author Dr. David Korten
This interview is done by Jacqui Brown Miller at the July 2006 Vets for Peace national conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. David Korten is the author of When Corporations Rule the World. This interview is on his latest book, The Great Turning. This interview is 30 minutes.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man– Interview with John Perkins
This interview is done by Ron Eggleton at the July 2006 Vets for Peace national conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. Perkins discusses his first hand experience with how large corporations and the U.S. use bribery, assassination, and the military to thwart democratic governments that are not open to exploitation of that nation’s peoples and resources by U.S. multinational corporations. This interview is 30 minutes.
Interview with Dahr Jamail, American Un-Embedded Journalist
This interview is done by Ron Eggleton at the July 2006 Vets for Peace national conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who has ventured to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon several times to witness the war and occupation first hand, listen to stories directly from Iraqis and report his uncensored findings. His reporting about Fallujah led to the US admitting that they committed the war crime of using white phosphorus as an anti-personnel weapon on unarmed civilians there during the US siege. This interview is 30 minutes.
