Robert Greenwald

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Afghanistan vs. White House Crashers: Putting Our Priorities in Place

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, White House State Dinner, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, The Nation, Ari Melber, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan, Hollywood, Tiger Woods, President Obama, Politics News

If anything can be said about the week in media, it was that Americans put their priorities where their mouths are: gabbing on and on about the frivolous alongside the deeply serious.

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Where Was the Fed?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Bernie Sanders, Ben Bernanke, Robert Greenwald, Fed, Business News

America voted last year to put the interests of ordinary people ahead of the greed of Wall Street. What they didn't bargain for was another four years for one of the key architects of the Bush economy.

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R.I.P. Shane Ratliff, Halliburton Whistleblower

Kerry Candaele | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Blackwater, Caci, Halliburton, Brave New Films, Iraq for Sale, Halliburton/Kbr, War Profiteering, Robert Greenwald, Iraq War, Politics News

His story sketched out the coordinates of greed that connected Houston to Baghdad, and ran through Washington D.C., during the Bush reign.

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Rethink Afghanistan: Filmmaker Robert Greenwald "Took A Lot Of Grief" For Movie On Afghan War Policy

Raw Story | Kathleen Miller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Vietnam, Mcchyrstal, Vietnam War, Kennedy, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, Obama, Donna Edwards, Terrorism, Robert Greenwald, Troop Levels, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News

The left-wing filmmaker behind a documentary that questions U.S. policy in Afghanistan says he "took a lot of grief" and lost progressive donors when ...

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Rethink Afghanistan: New Documentary Calls For End To War (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greenwald Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan Documentary, Politics News

As President Obama comes under increasing pressure to exit Afghanistan after eight years of war - or at least to come up with a credible strategy - a ...

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The Generals and Obama. With Friends Like These.....

Robert Greenwald | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The military has decided it needs more troops in Afghanistan (didn't see that one coming did ya?). News flash: The military always decides it needs more troops in wartime.

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Robert Greenwald: Take Troops Out Of Afghanistan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Interview, Us Troops Afghanistan, The Ed Show, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Robert Greenwald, director of the new film Rethink Afghanistan, appeared on "The Ed Show" Wednesday night to make a case against further troop deploym...

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Ex-CIA agent: Argument that Afghanistan War Makes Us Safer is "Bulls**t"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Graham Fuller, Cia, Afghanistan, Bob Baer, Robert Grenier, Taliban, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Al Qaeda, World News

We were told that we went to Afghanistan to fight the terrorists there, so we wouldn't have to fight them at home. That was eight long years ago.

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Denied Claims Placed At Health Insurance CEO's Doorstep (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

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A new video puts denied health insurance claims on United Health Care CEO Stephen Hemsley's doorstep. The video, made by Brave News Films' Robert Gr...

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Bombs will kill women in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Humanitarian, Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Rethink Afghanistan, Bombs, Rawa, Women's Rights, Brave New Foundation, Brave New Films, Politics News

Self immolation is a method of suicide by lighting oneself on fire and has reached epidemic levels amongst women in Afghanistan.

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This Video Will Piss You Off and Break Your Heart

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Brave New Foundation, Deaths, Civilian Casualties, US Airstrikes, Robert Greenwald, Military Troops, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, World News

Well-reasoned foreign policy results in more housing, jobs and education. When that policy consists of applying a military solution to a political problem it results in death, destruction, and suffering.

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Robert Greenwald Talks Afghan Civilian Casualties on MSNBC's 'The Ed Show'

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Ed Schultz, Msnbc, Brave New Foundation, Media, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, Refugees, Robert Greenwald, World News

It's so crucial for more people to see this exclusive footage because it puts a human face on the war, US military airstrikes and indiscriminate bombing.

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Women's Rights In Afghanistan Depends On Where One Lives

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Foreign Aid, Usaid, Islam, Women's Rights, Women, Rotary International, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, US Foreign Aid, Sharia Law, Taliban, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Development Aid, Religion, Women for Afghan Women, Women and Politics, Women Education, Taliban Women's Rights, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, Sharia, World News

Conditions in Afghanistan are acutely compartmentalized. Reports from one village can be bright and optimistic while another locale is rife with atrocities towards women and girls.

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Experts from Afghanistan Urge Members of Congress to Rethink the War (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Brave New Foundation, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Vietnam, Iraq, Roshak Wardak, Anand Gopal, Video, War Wire, World News

As the war escalates, as the death toll soars and the financial and moral costs spiral out of control, we are bringing in experts who can provide a more complete picture of the dire situation in Afghanistan.

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Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tactics

ZP Heller | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Schultz, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Starbucks, Employee Free Choice, Robert Greenwald, Unions, Rights, Politics News

Turns out the coffee giant has a nasty history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act as well.

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What Do Starbucks and Wal-Mart Have in Common?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Starbucks, Rights, Howard Schultz, Employee Free Choice, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Unions, Robert Greenwald, Politics News

There are over 127,000 baristas in our country alone, many of whom are in dire need of better wages, health benefits, and hours. Shouldn't they have the right to be treated fairly?

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Brave Afghan Vet Demands Answers from Congress

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Vietnam, Taliban, Rick Reyes, Politics News

Rick Reyes's testimony raises critical concerns that Congress must address before approving a massive supplemental war funding bill in the next few weeks.

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Lawrence Korb and I Debate Military Escalation in Afghanistan (Video)

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.

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The Cost of War in Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Video, Kabul-Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Brave New Films, Taliban, Rethink Afghanistan, Security, Robert Greenwald, Advocacy, World News

Everyone has a friend or relative who just lost a job. Do we really want to spend over $1 trillion on another war? Do we really want spend our tax dollars on a war that could last a decade or more?

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If David Brooks Thinks He Knows So Much About Afghanistan, He Should Debate Robert Greenwald

ZP Heller | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: David Brooks, Brave New Foundation, Troops, Military, Barack Obama, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Kabul, Pakistan War, Rethink Afghanistan, Afghanistan, World News

I'm curious to know what Afghanistan David Brooks visited? Either Brooks spent all his time hanging out with military leaders or there's a whole crisis he's deliberately trying to downplay.

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Twittering from Kabul

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.28.2009 | World

Read More: Twitter, Military, Barack Obama, Robert Greenwald, Kabul, Fixer, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, Facebook, Kabul-Afghanistan, Afghanistan, World News

The final day in Kabul: We were on our way to the peace and reconciliation committee when our "fixer" let me know that there would be 20 or so members of the Taliban turning in their weapons that day!

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'Rethink Afghanistan' Takes New 'Real-Time Documentary' Approach For Dialogue On Afghanistan

New York Times | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Military Al Qaeda, Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Cathy Collins, Tariq Ali, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Stephen Kinzer, Taliban, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Bruce Riedel, Afghanistan War, Steve Coll, Rory Stewart, Rethink Afghanistan, War Wire, World News

The activist filmmaker Robert Greenwald has tried for years to speed up the production process for his documentaries. Now, he says, he is creating one...

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What Is "the Most Dangerous Country in the World Today?"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Military Al Qaeda, Brave New Foundation, Cathy Collins, Andrew Bacevich, Tariq Ali, Rory Stewart, Barack Obama, Steve Coll, Pakistan, Robert Greenwald, Taliban, Bruce Riedel, Rethink Afghanistan, Stephen Kinzer, World News

Imagine a national dialogue filled with rational, thoughtful discussions on the issues surrounding Afghanistan. That is our goal.

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Why I Am Going to Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Brave New Foundation, Rethink Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, Stephen Kinzer, Anand Gopal, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan, World News

From experience, I know the best guides are all of you. What are the key issues and questions that we should be focused on now regarding Afghanistan?

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17,000 Troops Will Be "a Drop in the Bucket" in Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Surge, Barack Obama, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Robert Pape, Rethink Afghanistan, Stephen Kinzer, Afghanistan War, Video, Taliban, Afghanistan, President Obama, World News

2008 was the bloodiest year of this war to date, though it looks like 2009 will be much worse -- and not simply because our country is committing so many more troops.

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