Human Trafficking

Here are four resources shared with me by a leader at Tiny Hands Intl:

Books

• The Slave across the Street (Flores)
• Beyond the Soiled Curtain (Grant & Grant)
• More

Films

• The Day My God Died
• Very Young Girls
• Plus 10 more movies and a few more.

BONUS: Project Soap

>Waste Land

We really appreciated watching Waste Land with Ross last night. Very engaging.

The film reminded me of Born into Brothels (photography as social tool) + Dive! and The Gleaners and I and Recycled Life (reclaiming society’s waste).

>Vegetarian/Vegan Info

A friend shared these resources:

Videos Vegan Myths Song — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8TrchWeO0 Cows with Guns — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5s5qGg01nE The Meatrix — http://www.themeatrix.com/ Books Animal Theology (Andrew Linzey) Creatures of the Same God (Andrew Linzey) Eating Animals (Jonathan Safran Foer) — http://www.eatinganimals.com/ Eating and Believing (David Grummet and Rachel Muers) The Friends We Keep (Laura Hobgood-Oster) Making a Killing (Bob Torres) — http://www.akpress.org/2007/items/makingakillingakpress The Sexual Politics of Meat (Carol J. Adams) — http://www.caroljadams.com/spom.html On God and Dogs (Stephen Webb) — http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/PhilosophyofReligion/?view=usa&ci=9780195152296 Vegan Freak (Bob Torres and Jenna Torres) — http://veganfreak.com/

Thanks, Nekeisha.

MORE FOOD FILMS

>Films relating to Latin America

• Recycled Life (doc) — Documentary about the people who scavenge in Guatemala City’s dump. [Guatemala]
• On the Line (doc) – Movement to close SOA/WHINSEC
• Sin Nombre (movie, intense) — Trailer [Mexico]
• Wetbacks (doc) – Wikipedia
• Return to El Salvador (doc) — The website has the trailer and the first 7 minutes, along with a short film (Marcelo) on a related topic. It’s by the same director (Jamie Moffett) who made The Ordinary Radicals. [El Salvador]
• El Norte (movie) — Trailer [Guatemala+]
• Romero (movie) [El Salvador]
• Harvest of Empire (doc)
• 180° South (~doc) — Less related to our topic than the other films. It’s more for those interested in adventure sports and ecological conservation. [Patagonia—Chile/Argentina+]
• The Corporation (doc)
• This series on Narco Cinema by CNN/VBS.TV was interesting [Mexico]:
  • INTRO @ CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/30/vbs.narco.cinema/index.html?iref=allsearch
  • PART 1: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/mexican-narco-cinema-part-1-of-3–2
  • PART 2: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/mexican-narco-cinema-part-2-of-3–2
  • PART 3: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/mexican-narco-cinema-part-3-of-3–2

Films I haven’t seen but that look engaging:

• They Killed Sister Dorothy (doc) – The enviro activism and murder of Dorothy Stang. [Brazil]
• Which Way Home (doc)
• Reparando (doc) | IMDb – This looks like it could be more positive and hopeful than some. [Guatemala]
• Becoming Fools (doc) – [Guatemala]

>Even more random links.

Articles, Organizations & Websites:

• Priest pens spiritual survival guide for recession (John Blake, CNN, 17 Sept 2011)
• David Graeber: The Debt of the American Poor Should Be Forgiven (Democracy Now, 19 Sept 2011)
• Shame on you, Dick Cheney (Richard Cizik, RNS, 30 Aug 2011)
• Chronic disease to cost $47 trillion by 2030: WEF (Kate Kelland, Reuters, 18 Sept 2011)
• The Happiness Equation (Margret Aldrich, Utne, 9 Sept 2011)
• THE GOSPEL OF IMMIGRATION (RUSSELL MOORE , Neue Magazine, 14 SEPT 201)
• Epitaph for Another September 11 (Ariel Dorfman, The Nation, 30 Aug2011)
• The True Cost of 9/11 (Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate, 1 Sept 2011)
• Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: “I am Willing to Testify” If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial (Democracy Now!, 30 Aug 2011)
• London riots, African famine: The difference between first and third world problems (Peter Farquhar & Simon Black, News.com.au, 12 Aug 2011)
• 10 years after 9/11, we must end torture forever (Scott Anderson, The Cap Times, 31 Aug 2011)
• Ten Reasons to Move Cheney’s Book to the Crime Section (Medea Benjamin, Dissident Voice, 30 Aug 2011)
• The Curse of Tina (Think Tanks/PR) (Adam Curtis, BBC, 13 Sept 2011)
• Letter from prison: Tim DeChristopher speaks (Grist, 29 Aug 2011)
• INSPIRING DEVELOPMENT IN FRAGILE STATES (Seth Kaplan,  The Review of Faith & International Affairs,
  Vol 8,  Is 4,  Dec 2010, Pages 11 – 21)
• The Missing Fundamental Belief: Love as a Key to Church Renewal (Keith Augustus Burton, Ph.D.)
• Prophets Today? (Dennis Bratcher)
• Witness for Peace, US-Colombia FTA Info Sheet
• School of the Americas Watch
• Soles for Souls
• Global Nonviolent Action Database
• Tools for Reclaiming Communities from Militarism
• Civilian Public Service info
• Global days of Listening

Films & Videos:

• Becoming Fools
• Reparando
• Dirt!
• How to Live to be 100+ (Dan Buettner, TED)
• Pay Attention to Nonviolence (Julia Bacha, TED)
• Documentaries on School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)
• Adventist Community Services (ACS) videos

>Random Links

After finishing papers for my summer class, I’ve taken the past couple days off and watched a few clips and read a few articles online. When I get overwhelmed or depressed with social justice issues, I turn to the fun of adventure and animals (ok, and still a few peace and justice links). For example, these:

Adventure & Life

• 23 Feet (film) — http://www.23feet.org/ (scroll down for trailer)
• Xtracycle (co) — http://www.xtracycle.com/
• Madsen Bikes (co) — http://www.madsencycles.com/
• Catherine Destivelle (video) — http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/07/29/catherine-destivelle-solo-climb-in-mali-video/ [your hands will sweat] [bit]
• Alex Honnold (trailer) — http://natgeoadventure.tv/int/post.aspx?id=24672
• The Love Letter (outdoor short) — http://www.outdoorresearch.com/site/theloveletter.html
• The Season (series) — http://www.theseasontv.com/
• Fringe Elements (series) — http://adventure.wpf.test.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/fringe-elements/home/
• You Are Not Alone (DBD podcast) — http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/the-dirtbag-diaries-you-are-not-alone.html
• Tracing the Edge (series) — http://video.patagonia.com/pages/tracing-the-edge
• Never Say Never (episode) — http://video.patagonia.com/video/iNever-Say-Neveri-Ep-3;Vertical-Sailing-Greenland
• Solitaire (trailer) — http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/08/solitaire-official-movie-trailer-and-world-premiere.html
• Longboarding Morocco (video) — http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/long-treks-on-skate-decks-morocco-video-series.html
• Danny MacAskill (video) — http://youtu.be/Cj6ho1-G6tw (more)
• King Lines (trailer) — http://youtu.be/3vEJS2AwGA8
• Wend Magazine (site) — http://www.wendmag.com/
• F, S & Nearly D (trailer) — http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/07/31/fat-sick-nearly-dead-video/
• CS for PlayBoy (ridiculous) — http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/08/02/barbara-pedrotti-interviews-chris-sharma/
• Don’t do drugs (video) — http://www.patagonia.com.au/journal/?p=1599
• Towers of Ennedi (trailer) — http://blog.jimmychin.com/?p=505 [okay, this one isn’t from the past two days]
• Steck on Eiger (video) — http://youtu.be/G-dPjDYVKUY
• 180 South (trailer) — http://www.180south.com/trailer.html
• Petzl, Mexico (video) — http://www.climbing.com/photo-video/av/petzl_roctrip_2010_sport_climbing_in_mexico/
• Injury recovery 1 (article) — http://rockandice.com/component/content/article/37-tnb/1499-tnb
• Injury recovery 2 (article) — http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/postcards-from-chamonix-sleep-finale.html
• Injury recovery 3 (video) — http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/journal/climb/video/video-bd-athlete-renan-ozturk-recovering-from-ski-accident

Nature

• Vision of the Wild (video) — http://www.visionsofthewild.com/
• Elephant prosthetic (article+video) — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/prosthetic-foot-elephant_n_912164.html
• Freedom to Roam (video) — http://freedomtoroam.org/about/
• Organic/GMO (article) — http://www.naturalnews.com/033216_GMO_contamination_lawsuits.html
• Goats and weeds (video) — http://video.patagonia.com/video/Weed-War
• Patagonia time-lapse (video) — http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/07/patagonia-time-lapse-video.html
• Spain (video) — http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/04/23/ctw.earth.day.photos.cnn&hpt=C1

Peace, Justice & Faith

• 50 Documentaries (trailer/film) — http://current.com/shows/fifty-documentaries/
• Worker justice (article) — http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4698/what_worker_justice_has_to_do_with_religion
• Left v. Right (map) — http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/blog-html/leftvright_world.html
• Evangelizing (article) — http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/24/my-take-why-evangelicals-should-stop-evangelizing-2/
• Tim’s sentencing statement (article) — http://www.peacefuluprising.org/tims-official-statement-at-his-sentencing-hearing-20110726
• Bidder 70 (film site) — http://www.gageandgageproductions.com/Bidder70
• Compassionate evangelicals (article) — http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/kristof-evangelicals-without-blowhards.html
• IJM (video) — http://youtu.be/dSEF6WlcdRg

Also, yesterday I wrote this political article. And now I need freedom to roam… Time to walk to the bank, library and post office.

>Three Films

Yes, I spend more time watching than doing. In the past month or so, I’ve appreciated these three documentaries:

God Grew Tired of Us (2006, PG) — War & Relocation

After raising themselves in the desert along with thousands of other “lost boys,” Sudanese refugees John, Daniel and Panther have found their way to America, where they experience electricity, running water and supermarkets for the first time.

Waiting for Superman (2010, PG) — Education

Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) weaves together the stories of students, families, educators and reformers to shed light on the failing public school system and its consequences on the future of the United States.

This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000, NR) — Globalization & Protest

[T]his powerful documentary recounts the story of more than 100 activists who gathered to promote economic justice and turned cameras on police during the 1999 World Trade Organization summit in Seattle.

>Gene Sharp

With the nonviolent overthrow of the Mubarak government in Egypt, Gene Sharp (biographical prophile) has been receiving increased attention. We watched some of his early film work in Nonviolence and Christian Faith last year, and I’ve used his book Waging Nonviolent Struggle for a few projects. I’ve also been influenced by Peter Ackerman (A Force More Powerful film & book), who I now see studied under Sharp.

I’ve been meaning to post a video clip of Sharp here (How to Start a Revolution), and when a friend alerted me to his philosophical role in the Egyptian conflict, I thought I’d do more than post the one trailer.

Recent News

• Gene Sharp, The 83 Year Old Who Toppled Egypt (Samuel P. Jacobs, The Daily Beast, 14 Feb 2011)
• Gene Sharp: How to overthrow a tyrant (Jay Kernis, CNN, 17 Feb 2011)
• The 83-year-old academic who inspired the Egyptians (David Cairns, The First Post, 20 Feb 2011)

Books

• The Politics of Nonviolent Struggle (1973) [WorldCat]
• Waging Nonviolent Struggle (2005) [WorldCat]
• From Dictatorship to Democracy (2003) [download here]
• Seven books available online by Sharp [list with links]
• WorldCat [list with links]

Action

• 198 Nonviolent Actions for Political Change

To learn more, visit The Einstein Foundation headed by Sharp.

Also, learn about these old nonviolent radicals.

>War and Peace

In Peace Research today, I led a discussion of chapter 5-9 of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2nd ed. (Barash & Webel). These are some of the resources I mentioned or drew on:

Films

• War Made Easy — Trailer
• Manufacturing Consent — Clip
• Why We Fight — Trailer

Books

• Reason for Hope (Jane Goodall)
• War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning (Chris Hedges)

Social Psychology Experiments

• Bobo the Clown (Albert Bandura) — Wikipedia & YouTube
• Shock (Stanley Milgram) — Wikipedia, YouTube Part I, YouTube BBC
• Stanford Prison (Philip Zimbardo) — Main website, Wikipedia, YouTube, YouTube Democracy Now!, Google Video

>Documentaries for a Better World

Last night while searching Ebsco for info on Pray the Devil Back to Hell and the Second Liberian Civil War, I found this 2009 Christianity Today article on socially conscious films–Making Films to Change the World.

Also, my wife introduced me to, Documentary Heaven, a site where you can watch free documentaries. Now I’ve found 15 more listed online: 15 Best Websites for Free Documentaries (updated links posted below in Read More).

Find documentary film sites listed on Documentary Films (if you can’t use Google), and read more at Documentary Site and indieWire.