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GRITtv: Bodies as Battlefields: Yoga in Rwanda

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In Rwanda, the bodies of women were too often the site of battles--rape and abuse were used as weapons of war. Trying to overcome that trauma, the women and children -- many of whom are HIV-positive -- have an almost unimaginable struggle. When Deirdre Summerbell was approached about teaching yoga to the women in Rwanda, she was skeptical, but she decided to try it. "Yoga is slow medicine but it is medicinal in character," she says now of Project Air, where she helps women and girls reconnect with their bodies and heal their spirits.

GRITtv: Nov. 12, 2009

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Why aren't reporters asking the real questions? That's what our media panelist Rose Aguilar asked today, and it's a valid question. Rose Aguilar, John R. MacArthur, Dan Gross and Hendrik Hertzberg discuss this and other media questions in our Thursday segementt. "Yoga is slow medicine but it is medicinal in character," Deirdre Summerbell says. She's the founder of Project Air, where she uses yoga to help women and girls in Rwanda, survivors of the genocide, reconnect with their bodies and heal their spirits.

GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: Israel Discourse has Changed

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Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute wants politicians, particularly President Obama, to know that criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide. Despite Republican fearmongering, 78% of Jewish voters supported Obama, and the rise of the new, pro-peace J Street lobby, which held its first convention this week, did not happen in a vacuum. The discourse, she notes, has changed and Americans no longer wholeheartedly support militaristic policies in Israel.

GRITtv: Israeli Teens Take a Stand Against Military Service

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Sometimes revolution ignites when individuals ask themselves one simple question: "Why?" These two Israeli teens, Maya Wind and Netta Mishly, asked themselves "Why terrorism?" "Why hostility?" "Why crisis?". When they discovered the answers, they decided not to perform their mandatory military service. These adolescents are known as the Shministim and are currently on a U.S. tour with the group Jewish Voices for Peace and CodePink and sharing with us why they chose the bold path of defiance through nonviolent activism for justice and peace in Israel and Palestine.

GRITtv: Diana Buttu Commentary

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Diana Buttu, Palestinian-Candian lawyer, gives us the lowdown on President Obama's meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

GRITtv: F Word: Collateral Damage: The Environmental Impacts of America's Wars

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Establishment media love to keep issues cleanly split. Environment and health over here; war and drought over there. But reality's much more integrated. Take this news from The International Committee of the Red Cross. The people of Gaza's access to a safe supply of drinking water could cease at any time, says the ICRC and the World Health Organization (WHO) says outbreaks of a variety of diseases could be triggered as a consequence.

GRITtv: Boycotting Israel

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International pressure is mounting on Israel to end the occupation. More than 1,000 filmmakers, actors, and writers recently called for a protest of the Toronto Film Festival?s spotlight on Tel-Aviv. Neve Gordon, in a recent editorial, explains why it is time to boycott Israel. He says that The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctionscampaign is the only way to save Israel from itself. To find out more about what you can do visit endtheoccupation.org.

GRITtv: Remi Kanazi Performs Israel/America: A Rambling Poem

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Poet Remi Kanazi, editor of Poets For Palestine, performs "Israel/America: A Rambling Poem."

GRITtv: Kathleen and Bill Christison: Palestine in Pieces

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There are few US writers who have spent as much time in Palestine as Kathleen and Bill Christison. Over they years they've provided an indispensable overview of life in Palestine and their assessment of what's happening today is grim indeed. Settlements are continuing apace and there doesn't appear to be a serious or even a minor shift in US policy. Former CIA employees they have traveled to the region regularly and have authored numerous books and articles, most recently,

GRITtv: August 31, 2009

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There are few US writers who have spent as much time in Palestine as Kathleen and Bill Chritison. Over they years they've provided an indispensable overview of life in Palestine and their assessment of what's happening today is grim indeed. Settlements are continuing apace and there doesn't appear to be a serious or even a minor shift in US policy.

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