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Scott Aughenbaugh

Stolen Childhoods - 0 views

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    * Released 2004 * Running time: 85 minutes * The film places these children's stories in the broader context of the worldwide struggle against child labor. Stolen Childhoods provides an understanding of the causes of child labor, what it costs the global community, how it contributes to global insecurity and what it will take to eliminate it, available as a DVD http://store.galenfilms.com/un.html and, perhaps more useful, clips can be viewed on line, for example, this one about children working on an onion farm in Texas http://www.stolenchildhoods.org/mt/archives/videostories/texas_fields/inde x.php
Scott Aughenbaugh

Frontline: On Our Watch - 1 views

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    * Released January 2008 * Running time: 60 minutes * Description: The entire 60 minute video of "On Our Watch," which addresses the humanitarian crisis in Darfur that has been labeled the first genocide of the 21st century, can be accessed at the following web site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/view/main.html This video examines the emerging crisis in Darfur beginning in 2003 and continues to examine the dynamics of this complex situation as a UN official presses the world to act, the United Nations makes numerous ineffective efforts to intervene, and flickers of hope emerge in 2007. This powerful and informative video is supported by web links to additional information about the crisis in Darfur. (DVD also available for $30 from web site at http://www.shoppbs.org/) * Rating: excellent ; used selected sections in class, related to conflict revolution
Martin Shapiro

Robots almost ready for battlefield - 0 views

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    Good short video looking at the future of military robotics. 
Scott Aughenbaugh

World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision - 0 views

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    A pdf table of world population data
Martin Shapiro

UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    march 22 articel on water-born illness
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