War

• Iraq Timeline   PBS video diary of history of Iraq War  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/cron/
• “Blood on the Tracks”: Brian Willson’s Memoir of Transformation from Vietnam Vet to Radical Pacifist:The story of the veteran who sat on the tracks to prevent arms and bombs from passing through: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/28/blood_on_the_tracks_brian_willsons
• They taught me to kill, but not how to deal with killing. Karl Marlantes talks about his book “What It Is Like To Go To War” on Air Talk on KPCC, November 3, 2011: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2011/11/03/21246/they-taught-me-to-kill-but-not-how-to-deal-with-ki/
• Stockholm Center Ethical War Blog: http://stockholmcentre.org/category/ethical-war-blog/

 

Just War and the Arab Spring

Given what Douglas Lackey and Steven Lee have said about just war theory, do you believe that U.S. or U.N. intervention in Syria is permissible, or obligatory? What about war on Iran in the case that it is creating nuclear weapons or enriching uranium, or for any other reason?

• Arab Spring Timeline
• *** http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline (Syria – March 19, 2011 protesters shot)
• http://www.npr.org/2012/01/02/144489844/timeline-the-major-events-of-the-arab-spring
• http://www.democracynow.org/topics/arab_spring
• Arguments for and against intervention in Syria
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-wuZhCZ2Q (17:34)
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19908995 (3:23)
• http://www.voanews.com/content/us_partners_face_difficult_decisions_on_syria_intervention/1489869.html (2:46)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAp8UDH_pKY (3:21)
• Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/29/should-us-intervene-in-syria/ (7:15)
• Why China should intervene instead of US article plus video for US intervention: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/06/17/niall-ferguson-china-should-intervene-in-syria-not-america.html (3:05) “Syria is not truly a nation in the way that we recognize it”
• The Economist (audio 7:40): http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/08/military-intervention-syria
• Democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/19/syrian_activist_in_hiding_were_not (“We’re not looking for intervention, we’re looking for support.”)
• Syrian timeline
• http://www.democracynow.org/topics/syria
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14703995
• http://www.globalnews.ca/6442588297/story.html
• http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/02/201225111654512841.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-syria-crisis-violence-idUSBRE87T0RF20120830
• http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/our-work/crimes-against-humanity/syria-in-crisis/
• Syrian tribune disagrees with timelines: http://syria-tribune.com/e/index.php/guest-features/40-sharmine-aljazeera
• Iran Video
• Israel on Iran (Fox News) http://video.foxnews.com/v/1865129310001/netanyahu-literally-draws-the-clear-red-line-on-iran/(6:20)
• Fox News Alert (Sept. 2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMb4YQ9tz8 (7:33)
• RTV:  US pushing for Iran war: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rhr0ILzJCs (2:01)”campaign to make war more likely…this is about regime change” and
• RTV:  War with Iran with be catastrophe: *** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ujyLeLb8dc&feature=endscreen&NR=1 “they may be, but no one can prove it” “intents”? US – international terrorists? Does Iran need to protect itself?
• NBC News: Israel asks US to give Iran an ultimatum (1:40): http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/24/14059635-report-iran-mulls-pre-emptive-attack-against-israel-commander-warns-of-world-war-iii?lite
• Iran’s role in Syria: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307673-6 (37:15) “Strategic alliance between two authoritarian regimes”
• Iranian timeline
• ***http://theagenda.tvo.org/story/iran-timeline
• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/jan-june10/timeline.html
• http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/slideshow/covert-war-iran-timeline-15333807
• Democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/15/israeli_journalist_gideon_levy_on_the (August 15, 2012) Israeli journalist on Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran
• Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the World? http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/26/who_owns_the_world_noam_chomsky

 

Torture

• Ghosts of Abu Ghraib: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ghosts-of-abu-ghraib/
• Zimbardo shows how most evil comes from hierarchy – How obeying suspends our sense of personal responsibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ
• Recreation of Stanley Mlilgram’s 1960 Shocking Obedience Experiment   Evidence that people are less moral in groups? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvSNg0HZwk
• The Original 1960 Milgram Shock Film “Obedience”    Are we less moral in groups? http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQzMzQ2MjI0.html
• Stanford Prison Experiment. Does this tell us anything about human nature? Compare the experiment with Abu Ghraib http://www.prisonexp.org/
• The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment Film. Why do we suspend our sense of moral responsibility under orders?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2p2gNVYz_E

 

Terrorism

• Obama treatment of:
  • http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/09/opinion/la-ed-trial-20110709
• Video/Films
• TED Talk by Loretta Napoleoni: The Intricate Economics of Terrorism:
  • http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism.html
• The Battle of Algiers: Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/
• About the Red Brigades: The Baader-Meinhof Complex Trailer:
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/
• The Terrorist Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169302/
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terrorist_%28film%29
• Roger Ebert: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1101040-terrorist/reviews/
• Paradise Now (Golden Globe best foreign film 2005/Academy Award nominated)
• Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445620/
• Democracy Now! videos on terrorism:
• Howard Zinn on Terrorism, Global Security and Peace, and on the Uses of History and the War on Terror
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2002/2/22/where_are_we_heading_terrorism_global
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2006/11/24/howard_zinn_on_the_uses_of
• House Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act: A Debate
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2006/5/24/house_palestinian_anti_terrorism_act_a
• Mistaken Case of Terrorism? Paintball Player conviction
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/16/from_paintball_practice_to_prison_a
• Noam Chomsky on Terrorism Practice and in Propaganda, and State-Sponsored Terror
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2001/9/21/noam_chomsky_on_terrorism_in_practice
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2001/10/23/sponsors_of_state_terror_enlist_in
• Slavoj Zizek and Wikileaks’ Julian Assange on Terrorism a New McCarthyist Hysteria:
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/6/a_new_mccarthyist_hysteria_wikileaks_julian
  • http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/7/5/watch_full_video_of_wikileaks_julian_assange_philosopher_slavoj_iek_with_amy_goodman
• Democracy Now August 22, 2012 Episode: South Africa Massacre, Planned Parenthood, Terrorism, health care, CIA unfruitful spying on Muslim neighborhoods, Animal rights, food waste/water/greenhouse gasses, Karl Rove:
  • http://www.democracynow.org/
• Definition of terrorism:
  • http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/16/questions-raised-over-feds-consistency-on-terrorism-definition/
• Mistaken Case of Terrorism? Paintball Player conviction:
  • http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/16/from_paintball_practice_to_prison_a