TEDxKrakow - Srdja Popovic - A bad year for bad guys
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Srđa Popović was one of the founders and key organizers with the Serbian student nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Their nonviolent campaign to unseat Serbian president Slobodan Milošević met with success in October 2000, when hundreds of thousands of protestors converged upon and took over the Serbian Parliament, effectively ending Milošević's... Read more
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Srdja Popovic - A bad year for bad guys
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Srđa Popović was one of the founders and key organizers with the Serbian student nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Their nonviolent campaign to unseat Serbian president Slobodan Milošević met with success in October 2000, when hundreds of thousands of protestors converged upon and took over the ...
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- -: What Happens to Cuba after Castro?
October 27, 2006 (over 17 years ago)Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=413 Author and scholar on Latin American government Mark Falcoff discusses possible scenarios for the future of Cuba following the death of Fidel Castro. ----- Join the Transatlantic Institute to participate in a round table discussion ...
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- -: Connecting with Iraqi Students through American Pop Culture
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/18/Classroom_Tales_from_the_Other_Iraq Author Ian Klaus talks about using American pop culture to connect with Kurdish students in an excerpt from his book, "Elvis is Titanic: Classroom Tales from the Other Iraq." ----- Ian Klaus delivers "Elvis is Tit...
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- -: Will Russia Ever Build a 'Western-Style' Democracy?
July 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Russia_and_the_Medvedev_Presidency_One_Year_On Kirill Nourzhanov argues that the Putin and Medvedev presidential administrations share in their opposition to Western-style democracy. He says "the substance remains the same," no matter their "differenc...
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- -: Dambisa Moyo: Do Developing Nations Need Dictators?
July 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/05/Uncommon_Knowledge_Dambisa_Moyo Economist and author Dambisa Moyo defends her opinion that impoverished countries need a "decisive, benevolent dictator." She explains that she is in favor of democratic societies, but that they need to occur naturally ...
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- -: Machine for Softening Hardened Hearts - Arthur Ganson
September 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/14/Arthur_Ganson_Machines_and_the_Breath_of_Time Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson explains his "Machine for Softening Hardened Hearts," an artwork that allows the user to "caress" the heart of Adolf Hitler. The piece explores the personal nature of evil an...
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- -: Should US Aid Egyptian Protestors?
February 10, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Former National Security Adviser Zbignew Brzezinski warned today at a Monitor Breakfast that the U.S. needs to tread carefully in Egypt and avoid funding the leaderless opposition movement -- while still figuring out ways to supp...
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