Videos
Re: Structure, Power, & Agency![]() type: dream format: video with audio running time: approx. 26 min 37 sec summary: Pinky's insomnia has recently been certered around questions of class treason: What happens when we do so many things in our lives 'automatically'? What can we really do to make this world better? And what would we have to give up or risk in order to achieve it? (This video is part of the Class Treason Stories (excerpts) exhibition.) How to Repair the World (WeForest video guest narrated by Pinky)![]() type: short format: video with audio running time: 2 min 59 sec produced by: We Forest summary: The people at WeForest.com asked Pinky to do a guest voice over for their video. The video was produced by their organization to use at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen (a.k.a. COP15, 2009), to help focus attention to the potential benefits of reforestation using permaculture techniques to fight climate change. Please see Willie Smits TED Conference presentation (just 20 minutes long, it'll probably blow your mind) for an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk Do you have anything you want to ask Pinky or Bunny?![]() type: open call for participation format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 min 43 sec summary: Do you have questions you'd like to ask us? This video was originally only posted on YouTube. You can read the interview (our answers to YouTube people's questions) in the Dialogues section of the archives. The War on Drugs: FAIL![]() type: an interview with Clifford Thornton, Jr. host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 28 min 23 sec. summary: Pinky interviews drug policy expert Clifford Thornton: "The War on Drugs has absolutely nothing to do with drugs - it's about power, it's about control, it's about coercion, it's about money." Iraq Under Occupation: Raed Jarrar decodes the misinformation![]() type: a talk by Raed Jarrar host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 hr 11 min. summary: Do you really know what is going on in Iraq? Raed Jarrar deconstructs many of the myths surrounding the occupation. Bunny says, "If you watch this video, an hour from now all the news you read in the newspapers or see on TV will suddenly have a very different meaning for you." Islands at Risk: Genetic Engineering in Hawaii
What's Wrong with GMOs?![]() type: an interview with Jeffrey Smith host: Pinky format: audio only running time: approx. 44 min 09 sec. summary: By now most people know that GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. But how do GMOs affect us, the food we eat, and the environment? Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology provides a solid general overview in this interview. Fear, Aggression, & Empire![]() type: an interview with Dr. Stephen Soldz host: Pinky format: audio only running time: approx. 31 min 15 sec. summary: What can psychoanalysis teach us about how we Americans understand our place in the world? Dr. Stephen Soldz talks with Pinky about narcissism, projection, and an enormous lost opportunity of our post-Cold War era. How to solve illegal immigration![]() type: an interview with Daisy host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 15 min 24 sec. summary: Illegal Immigration is one of the most divisive issues in America today. Pinky asks Daisy for his take on what's really going on. Added bonus: Daisy tells us how to solve the whole problem in 5 minutes. Americanism: The Movie!![]() type: open call for participation narrator: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 30 sec. summary: Our first experiment in participatory filmmaking, using the YouTube website as a vehicle for communication. Pinky wants to make a movie examining the question: 'What is Americanism?'. Videotape your own response, or interview others! Then upload the video as a 'response video' at the YouTube website. Get involved! We'll put it all together! The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal?![]() type: report narrator: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 23 min 57 sec. summary: Pinky wants some answers: Is the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq legal or illegal? Do any of the charges of illegality we've been hearing about have any legal basis at all? And why should we even care about international law anyway? Pinky and friends do the research and then tell you all the answers! Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers. Banked Into Submission (The Globalizationist's Guide to Developing Poverty)![]() type: comic narrator: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 17 sec. summary: Bunny tells Mimi about how the World Bank and IMF can be used as extremely useful tools for the cultivation of Third Word poverty. Sorry, phrases such as "structural adjustment", "austerity programs", and "conditionalities" are not mentioned in this episode! Defending Globalization (a mission for the educated and enlightened)![]() type: comic narrator: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 14 sec. summary: Bunny and Mimi talk about Globalization again! This time Bunny reveals a secret about how to get First World citizens on the Globalization bandwagon while keeping those pesky Third Worlders in their place. Globalization (and the metaphysics of control in a free market world)![]() type: comic narrator: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 02 sec. summary: Bunny explains to Mimi how to establish and maintain control over others via this (kind of) new thing called globalization. Is globalization the new colonialism? Will Pinky ever get that crayon off her head? 27,000 Holocausts![]() type: an interview with John Burroughs host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 30 min 02 sec. summary: Pinky calls up international law expert John Burroughs (Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy) and talks to him about the current state of nuclear weapons: Are they really a threat to the planet? If they're so dangerous, why do we still have them? What does international law have to say about nuclear weapons? How do we go about getting rid of them? How about nuclear power - is that okay? Ehren Watada: a Soldier Refuses an Illegal War![]() type: a talk by Ehren Watada host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 38 min 35 sec. summary: U.S. Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada speaks about his decision to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq. Various points discussed include: historical precedents; the concept of 'wars of aggression' in international law; misinformation, coercion, and the public imagination; the responsibility of the individual regarding matters of war and peace. What is a Crime Against Humanity?![]() type: an interview with Peter Weiss host: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 18 min 02 sec. summary: Pinky calls up international law expert Peter Weiss (Center for Constitutional Rights) and asks him "What is a Crime Against Humanity?". Other points of discussion include how a crime against humanity is different from a war crime; the 'superior orders' defense; torture; the International Criminal Court (ICC); the importance of ordinary people taking a stand on matters of international law; more! The American War: The U.S. in Vietnam![]() type: report narrators: Bunny & Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 40 min 37 sec. summary: Pinky & Bunny discuss the origins of the Vietnam War (also known as the 'American War' in Vietnam). The episode is comprised of four short chapters: 1. Misrepresentations. 2. Desire and Struggle: a basic timeline of events. 3. Searching for Reasons. 4. Consequences. *This episode is dedicated to Professor Howard Zinn. Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers. Fabulous Imperialism!: The 1893 Columbian Exposition![]() type: field trip tour guide: Pinky format: video with audio running time: approx. 14 min 23 sec. summary: Pinky takes you on a field trip to Chicago, Illinois, in search of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Included: a brief introduction to this important world's fair at the end of the 19th century; how the fair helped forge a new national identity; the role of the fair in redefining American attitudes toward the rest of the world; relationships between the fair and the development of U.S. imperialism; how the fair disappeared. |











































