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Government/Political Science: Peace and Conflict Studies Archive

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace (United Kingdom: Adam Curtis, 2011)

"Architects of War." To the Best of Our Knowledge (October 5, 2009)

"Bahrain: Below the Radar." Listening Post (April 23, 2011)

Benkler, Yochai. "Fear of a Networked Fourth Estate." Radio Berkman (April 29, 2011)

---. "A Free Irresponsible Press: Wikileaks and the Battle Over the Soul of the Networked Fourth Estate." Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (Forthcoming: 2011)

Belasco, Amy. "The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11." (Congressional Research Service: September 2, 2010)

Benton, Michael. "Fragile victory in Egypt
Will U.S. foreign aid impede the will of the Egyptian people?"
North of Center (February 16, 2011)

Biggers, Jeff. "Chained Ethnic Studies Students Take Over School Board in Tucson." Common Dreams (April 27, 2011)

"Capitol Crimes." Bill Moyers Journal (May 7, 2010)

Center for American Progress ["The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action. Building on the achievements of progressive pioneers such as Teddy Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, our work addresses 21st-century challenges such as energy, national security, economic growth and opportunity, immigration, education, and health care. We develop new policy ideas, critique the policy that stems from conservative values, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter and shape the national debate. Founded in 2003 to provide long-term leadership and support to the progressive movement, CAP is headed by John D. Podesta and based in Washington, D.C. CAP opened a Los Angeles office in 2007."]

Chan, John. "Protests highlight the plight of migrant workers in China." World Socialist Web Site (June 17, 2011)

Chen, Michelle. "State Budget Battles Converge on Prison Labor Force." In These Times (March 9, 2011)

Chester, Jeff. "The End of the Internet." Uprising Radio (February 9, 2006)

Chomsky, Noam. "There Is Much More To Say" ZNet (May 2011)

Cooper, Donna. "Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts." Center for American Progress (February 22, 2011)

Crow, Scott and Mike German. "FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers As Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting Activists." Democracy Now (June 14, 2011)

Curry, Marshall, Andrew Stepanian, and Will Potter. "“If a Tree Falls”: New Documentary on Daniel McGowan, Earth Liberation Front and Green Scare." Democracy Now (June 21, 2011)

Dellums, Ronald V. "Legislating for the People." Conversations with History (November 21, 2005)

Dickinson, Tim. "How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory." Rolling Stone (May 25, 2011)

Ginger, Ann Fagan. "Challenging US Human Rights Violations since 9/11." Uprising Radio (February 8, 2006)

Jefferson, Cord. "A Reminder About the Insane Reason Your Government Was Almost Shut Down." Good (April 8, 2011)

Jervey, Ben. "One Year Later, Deepwater Horizon by the Numbers." Good (April 20, 2011)

Johnson, Chalmers. "Our Managed Democracy." TruthDig (May 15, 2008)

Kaiser, David and Lovisa Stannow. "Prison Rape and the Government." The New York Review of Books (March 24, 2011)

Kearns, Michael. "CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program." (March 22, 2011)

Landau, Susan. "Surveillance or Security? The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies." Berkman Center for Internet and Society Podcast (March 8, 2011)

Maddow, Rachel. "Benton Harbor's Emergency Financial Manager." Rachel Maddow Show (April 19, 2011)

Mate, Gabor. "More Compassion, Less Violence Needed in Addressing Drug Addiction. Democracy Now (June 6, 2011)

---. "Obama Admin Should Heed Global Panel’s Call to End "Failed" U.S.-Led Drug War." Democracy Now (June 6, 2011)

Mayer, Jane. "The Secret Sharer: Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?" The New Yorker (May 23, 2011)

Morgenson, Gretchen and Joshua Rosner. “Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.” Democracy Now (June 2, 2011)

National Security Archive ["An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States. The Archive won the 1999 George Polk Award, one of U.S. journalism's most prestigious prizes, for--in the words of the citation--"piercing the self-serving veils of government secrecy, guiding journalists in the search for the truth and informing us all." The Archive obtains its materials through a variety of methods, including the Freedom of Information act, Mandatory Declassification Review, presidential paper collections, congressional records, and court testimony. Archive staff members systematically track U.S. government agencies and federal records repositories for documents that either have never been released before, or that help to shed light on the decision-making process of the U.S. government and provide the historical context underlying those decisions. The Archive regularly publishes portions of its collections on microfiche, the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, and in books. The Washington Journalism Review called these publications, collectively totaling more than 500,000 pages, "a state-of-the-art index to history." The Archive's World Wide Web site, www.nsarchive.org, has won numerous awards, including USA Today's "Hot Site" designation. As a part of its mission to broaden access to the historical record, the Archive is also a leading advocate and user of the Freedom of Information Act. Precedent-setting Archive lawsuits have brought into the public domain new materials on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Iran-Contra Affair, and other issues that have changed the way scholars interpret those events. The Archive spearheaded the groundbreaking legal effort to preserve millions of pages of White House e-mail records that were created during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. The Archive's mission of guaranteeing the public's right to know extends to other countries outside the United States. The organization is currently involved in efforts to sponsor freedom of information legislation in the nations of Central Europe, Central and South America and elsewhere, and is committed to finding ways to provide technical and other services that will allow archives and libraries overseas to introduce appropriate records management systems into their respective institutions. The Archive's $2.5 million yearly budget comes from publication revenues, contributions from individuals and grants from foundations such as the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Open Society Institute. As a matter of policy, the Archive seeks no U.S. government funding."]

"Osama Bin Laden File." The National Security Archive (National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 343: May 2, 2011)

"Out of Exile: Special Reports on Ousted Honduran President Zelaya’s Return 2 Years After U.S.-Backed Coup." Democracy Now (May 31-June 1, 2011)

Pilger, John. The War You Don't See. (UK: 2010, 97 mins)

The Power of Nightmares (United Kingdom: Adam Curtis, 2004)

Priest, Dana and William M. Arkin. "Top Secret America." The Washington Post (Documentary archive: July 19 - December 20, 2010)

"Researching Corporations, Front Groups, and Corporate Influence on Government." Radical Reference (April 3, 2011)

Risso, Cristina. "War Crimes of General Stanley McChrystal." Project Censored (2010)

Sanders, Bernie. "There Is A WAR Being Waged Against The Working Families Of America!" (November 20, 2010: US Senate Speech Posted on YouTube)

Scahill, Jeremy. "The Dangerous US Game in Yemen." The Nation (March 31, 2011)

Schecter, Danny. "Nailing Osama: The Media's Delight." Al Jazeera (May 6, 2011)

Security/Security Agencies/Surveillance: Peace and Conflict Studies Archive

Taibbi, Matt. "The Real Housewives of Wall Street." Rolling Stone (April 11, 2011)

Thorn, Michael. "Michael Thorn: Television Discourse and Governmentality: Considering Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall as Citizen Projects." Cineaction #82/83 (2010: 48-57)

Urbina, Ian. "Politics Seen to Limit E.P.A. as It Sets Rules for Natural Gas." The New York Times (March 3, 2011)

Vandewalle, Dirk. "Inside Qaddafi's World." Fresh Air (February 28, 2011)

Wang, Marian. "Dodd-Frank Delays Bring ‘Temporary Relief’ for Banks." Pro Publica (June 14, 2011)

"Why a Michigan High School is Ground Zero for US Politics." The Rachel Maddow Show (April 22, 2011)

Wolff, Richard D. "Austerity Programs." (Video on YouTube: February 25, 2011)

Zeese, Kevin. "Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law." TruthOut (January 14, 2011)