Military

Essex Jct. EBPA Memorial Day Parade 05/24/2008

Essex Business and Professional Assoc. annual Memorial Day Parade.

Positively Vermont: Vt. National Guard Fallen Heroes Memorial 05/15/2008

Host Dennis McMahon discusses with General Steve Cray of the Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation and Rick Brehm of the Vermont National Guard on the plans and efforts underway for building a Memorial to Guard members lost in the line of duty. For more information, click here.

General Dynamics Occupation Update 05/08/2008

Sam Mayfield, Host, Jonathan Leavitt, Social Worker, Community Organizer and S’ra Desantis, Farmer, Peace Activist discuss the recent General Dynamics Occupation.

Civil Disobience: Occupation of General Dynamics 05/01/2008

CCTV community producer Sam Mayfield caught the action at a May Day Protest at General Dynamics in Burlington Vermont. The program aired on Democracy Now! on 5/5/08. For more information, contact Sam Mayfield at smayfield@cctv.org

Near & Far Video, Introduced by Richard Kemp: Angels at All Saints Episcopal Church 04/25/2008

Vets, peace activists, actors, musicians, and community members speak of the human cost of war at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Ca. More info: www.arlingtonwestfilm.com

Artful Word: Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont 04/06/2008

Local producer/videographer James Gero provides a sampling of community events, interviewing sponsors, participants and local officials.

Scott Ritter Speaks Against Iraq War 04/03/2008

Former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, speaks on the complexities and policies of the mid-east region.

Ritter, a former Marine intelligence officer, served as a chief weapons inspector for the United Nations in Iraq from 1991-1998. He is the author most recently of "Target Iran: The Truth about the White House's Plans for Regime Change".

This event was co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Club and the Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice.

Artful Word: Yonata Shapira, Israeli Warrior for Peace 03/28/2008

Local producer/videographer James Gero provides a sampling of community events, interviewing sponsors, participants and local officials.

St. Michael's College: The End Game in Iraq 03/26/2008

Five years after the start of the Iraq War, public opinion polls show that the war is losing piblic support. The 2008 presidential campaigns have put Iraq at the forefront of political discussion and everyone is asking: "What's next in Iraq?"

Panelists include:

John McClaughry, director of the Ethan Allen Institute in Vermont, former Senior Policy Adviser to the Reagan administration, former VT State Senator, and former U.S. Marine Corps Major.

Gregory Gause, UVM Professor of political science and director of UVM's Middle East Studies Program.

Heidi Schuerger, U.S. Marine who served in Iraq.

Sundus Ruhaif, native of iraq and Saint Michael's College graduate student.

Protest Against Occupation of Iraq & Afganistan 03/22/2008

Protesting 5th Year of the Occupation of Iraq and Afganistan at General Dynamics Plant

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!