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Woodchuck Report: Ongoing Events in Iran 01/10/2020

Host Varpilah Chase and guest Nelson Jacob Rodriguez discuss the ongoing events in Iran, including a brief history of US and Iran relations and current events.

Congressman Peter Welch: Press Conference on Developments in Iran and Iraq 01/07/2020

Before returning to Washington to vote on a War Powers Act resolution placing limits on the President’s authority to take military action against Iran, Representative Peter Welch holds a press conference to discuss the resolution as well as related developing events. He is a founding member of the No War with Iran Caucus in the House and cosponsor of legislation to limit the President’s authority to take military action.

What's Going On?: Take Cover 01/03/2020

Sandy Baird hosts Marc Estrin, Ian Stokes, and Kurt Mehta to discuss the recent assassination of Iran's general, Qassem Soleimani, and its repercussions.

Medea Benjamin at the Peace and Justice Center 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Burlington and the Peace and Justice Center as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Medea Benjamin Visits Channel 17 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Channel 17 studio as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Medea Benjamin Book Tour at the Peace and Justice Center 10/26/2016

Author Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, shares her new book "Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection" at the Peace & Justice Center. In her book, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy. With extremism spreading across the globe, a reduced U.S. need for Saudi oil, and a thawing of U.S. relations with Iran, the time is right for a re-evaluation of our close ties with the Saudi regime.

Under the Dome: Legislative Breakfast - Congressional Delegation 02/13/2012

Vermont's Congressional Delegation provides the latest on what's happening in Washington, D.C.. Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch. This is the second of the 2012 Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce's annual Legislative Breakfast Series.

Islamic Fundamentalism Meets the West 11/05/2003

Mansour Farhang, Former Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations on "Islamic Fundamentalism and its Encounter with the West". South Burlington Community Library.

The Costa Rica Connection 07/23/1986

The Costa Rica Connection (in the U.S. funded Contra war effort).

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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!