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CBC Doc Zone-Up Against the Wall (2009).WS-PDTV.XviD.Ekolb

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Up Against the Wall Thursday November 19, 2009 at 8 pm on CBC-TV Twenty years ago, the world watched, spellbound, as the Berlin Wall came down. In the hopeful euphoria that followed, it seemed as if walls would be a thing of the past. Coinciding with the arrival of economic globalization, it looked like people and goods would finally be able to move freely across borders worldwide. But then 9/11 happened and, as they say, "everything changed". In the post-9/11 world, "national security" became the watchword, and it soon became clear that walls ? and sophisticated new, hi-tech versions at that - were back with a vengeance. In fact, they were proliferating all around the world, with over a dozen new walls going up since the Berlin Wall came down. Up Against the Wall, produced by Gail McIntyre, and written and directed by documentary filmmaker Eileen Thalenberg, looks at this growing phenomenon of new wall-building, focusing on three hot spots around the world, where extremely controversial walls have gone up. Thalenberg travels along the huge expanse (and expense!) of the 'Tortilla Wall' that the United States is constructing along its border with Mexico. She also explores both sides of the elaborate wall and fence system Israel has built between itself and the West Bank. And, finally, Thalenberg journeys to the autonomous Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the coast of Morocco. The walls surrounding those little-known European enclaves in Africa give us a glimpse into the new "Fortress Europe". With those walls blocking entry into Europe, desperate Africans risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in flimsy boats provided by human traffickers. As Thalenberg reveals, they often wind up, by the thousands, in detention camps across Europe. Most are eventually sent home. The fall of the Berlin Wall was an act of freedom, symbolizing the triumph of democracy over totalitarianism. "The great irony," says Thalenberg, "is that the three new walls we focus on in the film were all constructed by democracies. What we found repeatedly was that walls have a stated agenda and a hidden one. Walls are often built in the name of national security, but the real reason is to keep people out, though, of course, nobody much wants to say that." In a traumatized post 9/11 world, a wall is an easy sell. It gives the impression that something is being done to protect people. In fact, walls are an expression of what is most primitive in us all ? the fear of "the other". "In the short term a wall may address some of those problems," says Thalenberg. "But we found that in the longer term, in each case, there were unexpected, sometimes alarming impacts. Very often the wall made things worse." Up Against the Wall poses the questions: Do walls, in fact, work? What are the real costs both in financial and human terms? How do walls affect people living on both sides? The film also explores the themes of borders, sovereignty, migration and human rights. The experience of making the film turned out to be one of the most difficult of Thalenberg's career for personal reasons. "I started my own life in a refugee camp with my parents, and here I was filming in refugee and detention camps. At a camp in Sicily we met an Ethiopian father holding his little girl in his arms and as I stood looking at them I thought, 'That was me and my father all those years ago.'" Up Against the Wall is produced by Stormy Night Productions III and 6663036 Canada Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Format : AVI Length : 349 MiB for 44mn 6s 79ms Codec : XviD Source : PDTV Language : English CA Subtitles : None Genre : Documentary Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 970 Kbps Aspect : 576 x 336 (1.714) at 29.970 fps Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 123 Kbps Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Enjoy! Ekolb
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Spanish Civil War, The (Six-Part, BBC Documentary)

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The Spanish Civil War (complete six-part, BCC documentary) Ripped by BobbaFett Delivered to the Public by BloodLogic Info Link: http://www.bfi.org.uk/nftva/catalogues/film/9/641/2840 [no info at IMDB or WIKI] Quick Description: The story of the Spanish Anarchists of 1936, who succeeded in overthrowing the state, creating a free and mutual society, and engaging in the largest land collectivization project in human history. Also covers the downfall of the stateless society due to compromises, negotiations, and cooperation with the Soviet Union. Scriptwriter: Neal Acherson/James Cameron Production Company: Granada Television Narrator: Frank Finlay Director: John Blake Country: UK Year: 1983 Running time: 312 mins Granada UK MCMLXXXIII Video File Specifications ------------------------- Container: AVI File Size: 699 MB Video Codec: MPEG-1, Layer 3 Audio Codec: Xvid 1.1.2 Final Resolution: 512x384 FPS/Frames Per Second: 25.00 Video Bitrate: 1765 kb/ps Audio Bitrate: 102 kb/ps FS: 48000Hz VLC Player Compatible (version #: 0.8.6c): Tested and Confirmed Part 1 of 6 - Prelude to Tragedy Description: The origins of the Spanish Civil War. Interviewees: Alvaro Delgado (Young Republican), Justino De Azcarate (Under-secretary of Justice), Narciso Julian (Socialist Worker), Timoteo Ruiz (Peasant's Son), Manuel Vazquez Guillen (Land Laborer), Felix Moreno De La Cova (Landowner), Jose Jevgara (Land Reform Official), Pilar Primo De Rivera, Marcel Giro (Catalan Autonomist), Manuel Diez Alegria (Army Officer), Frederica Montseny (Anarchist Leader), Socrates Gomez (Socialist Youth), Manuel Montequin (Asturian Miner), Dolores Ibarruri ('La Pasionaria,' Communist M.P.), Tomas Garicano Goni (Army Officer, Emissary for Mola), Ramon Serrano Suner (Franco's Brother-in-Law), Captain Bebb (Freelance Pilot), Alfredo Leon Lupion (Assault Guard Officer), Juan Manuel Molina (Anarchist Militant), Josep Tarradellas (Minister in Catalan Government). People: King Alfonso the Thirteenth, Federico Lorca, General Francisco Franco, General José Sanjurjo, the CNT-FAI, Benito Mussolini and the Fascist Party, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Nationalist Socialist Party of Germany, José Calvo Sotelo, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, General Emilio Mola, Francisco Largo Caballero, Lieutenant José Castillo, Indalecio Prieto, Casares Quiroga. Places: Belchite, Barcelona in Catalonia, Bilbao in the Basque Country, Andalusia, Astorias, Estremadura, Madrid, Pamplona in Navarre, Spanish Morocco. Terms: Civil War, Democracy, Fascists and Fascism, Idealists and Idealism, the Second Spanish Republic, Military Coup, El Nina Bonita ("The Beautiful Girl"), Monarchists and Monarchy, Liberals and Liberalism, Dictatorship, Dictators, Agrarian and Working Class, Socialists and Socialism, Social and Land Reforms, Farm Laborers and Industrial Workers, Unemployment and Recession, Economic Exploitation and Wage Slavery, Poverty and Impoverishment, "Neither Property Nor God Nor Bosses," the Catholic Church, Riots, Protests, and Popular Uprisings, Fanaticism and Terrorism, Public Education, Catalan Autonomist Movement, Autonomy, Industrializing and Industrialization, the Right Wing and Rightists, the Left Wing and Leftists, Nationalism and National Unity, Anarchists and Anarchism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Revolutionary Syndicalism, Casas Viejas, Parliamentary System and Electoral Politics, Women's Suffrage, the General Strike, Overthrow of the State, the Asturias Uprising, the Popular Front, Land Seizures, Carlism and the Carlist Movement, the Spanish Foreign Legion, "the Dictatorship of the Proletariat," Assassinations and Political Extremism. Part 2 of 6 - Revolution, Counter-Revolution & Terror Description: How more than half the total death toll of 500,000 came not through battle but through murder, execution and massacre behind the lines. Interviewees: Asuncion Martinez (Labourer's Daughter), Manuel Vazquez Guillen (Labourer (Socialist)), Frederico Escofet (Chief of Police of Barcelona), Eduardo de Guzman (Journalist (Anarchist)), Alvaro Delgado (Art Student (Republican)), Juan Crespo (Monarchist Militiaman), Emilio Bernuz (Anarchist Militiaman), Eduardo Pons Prades (Anarchist Youth), Willie Forrest (Daily Express Correspondent), Francisco Poyotas Lopez (Lawyer), Felix Moreno De La Cova (Landowner), Mario Neves (Portuguese Journalist), Teresa Villalobos (Republican Widow), Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta (Falange (Fascist)), Ramon Serrano Suner (Nationalist), Enrique Lister (Communist Commander), Willie Forrest (Journalist). People: Francisco Franco, General Mola, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, General Manuel Goded Llopis, Buenaventura Durruti, Federico Lorca, Juan Yagüe, Francisco Largo Caballero. Places: Pamplona, Barcelona, Valladolid, Seville, Lora del Rio, Merida, Badajoz, Toledo, Valencia. Terms: Ideology, Mass Graves and Mass Executions, the Spanish Colonial Army of Africa, Wealth Redistribution by the Workers, Nationalists and Nationalism, Republicans and Republicanism, Socialized Industry, Worker Takeovers, Safe and Healthy Working Conditions, Legalization of Abortion and Contraception, Collectivization of Society's Productive Forces, Investigation Committees of Political Parties, Atheists and Atheism, Marxists and Marxism, Liberals and Liberalism, "Jamas," Spontaneous and Authoritative Executions, Communists and Communism, Death by Firing Squad, the Badajoz Massacre. Part 3 of 6 - Battleground for Idealists Description: The international contribution to the war, from idealist volunteers on both sides to assistance for the Republicans from the Soviet Union and the policy of non-intervention held by Britain and France. Interviewees: Stephen Spender (Poet), Renzo Lodoli (Italian Fascist), Jules Moch (Former French Minister), Lord Home (British Official), Giovanni Pesce (Italian Communist), Willy Burger (German Communist/Thaelmann Battalion), Frank Deegan, Willie Forrest (Daily Express Correspondent), Alvaro Delgado (Art Student (Republican)), Enrique Lister (Communist Commander), Narciso Julian (Communist Officer), Teresa Pamies (Socialist Youth), Giovanni Pesce (Garibaldi Battalion), Fifi Roberts, Ignacia Ozamiz (Guernica Eyewitness), Manoli Aguirre (Guernica Eyewitness), Koni Aguirre (Guernica Eyewitness), Karl Von Knauer (Condor Legion Pilot). People: Leon Blum, Stanley Baldwin, La Pasionaria, Joseph Stalin, General José Miaja, Rafael Alberti, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Spender, Julian Bell, George Orwell, the POUM, the Garibaldi Battalion. Places: Guernica, Casa del Campo, Madrid, Malaga, Jarama, Guadalajara, the Basque Republic, Bilbao. Terms: Non-Intervention Pact, Italian Fascism and Italian Fascists, Concentration Camps and Death Camps, Demonstrations and Protests, "No Pasaran" ("They Shall Not Pass"), the International Brigades, the Socialist Youth, Foreign Aid, British Imperialism, British Supply of Foreign Aid and Weaponry to International Fascist Parties, Allied Cooperation with Fascist Military Forces, British Embargo on Food to Democratic Nations Under Siege by Fascists. Part 4 of 6 - Franco and the Nationalists Description: How General Franco rose from being a cautious conspirator in 1936 to fusing together the conflicting ideologies of the Nationalists and becoming Europe's longest-ruling dictator of the twentieth century. Interviewees: Petra Roman De Bondia, Tomas Garicano Goni (Army Officer), Felix Moreno de la Cova (Landowner), Pedro Sainz Rodriguez (Monarchist), Narciso Perales (Falangist), Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta (Falangist), Jaime del Burgo (Carlist), Ramon Serrano Suner (Franco's brother-in-law), Eugenio Vegas Latapie (Monarchist), Cristina de Arteaga, Agapito Anton Perez (Peasant), Florentino Villandiego (Peasant), Pilar Primo de Rivera (Falangist), Franciso Poyatos Lopez (Lawyer). People: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, General José Millán Astray, Miguel Cabanellas, Manuel Hedilla. Places: Via de los Caidos ("The Valley of the Fallen"), Toledo. Terms: Christendom and Christian Civilization, the Spanish Fascist Party, Patria, Monarchism and Monarchists, the Comintern, C.E. D.A., Carlists and Carlism (Traditionalists and Traditionalism), Falange, Totalitarian States and Totalitarianism, Political Purges, Workers and the Working Class, Selva Vida, the Catholic Church and Catholicism, the Generalissimo, Divorce and Separation, Civil Marriage and Domestic Unions, Discrimination, Sexism, the Law of Political Responsibilities, Concentration Camps and Internment Camps. Part 5 of 6 - Inside the Revolution Description: The nature of the Spanish republic, the extent of the revolution that it unleashed, and how violent divisions arose creating a civil war within the civil war. Interviewees: Teresa Pamies (Young Communist), Josep Costa (Anarchist), Federica Montseny (Anarchist Leader), Eduardo Pons Prades (Anarchist Youth), Marcel Giro (Factory Owner's Son), Benigno Castaner (Anarchist Carpenter), Placido Castaner (Anarchist Teacher), Emilio Bernuz (Anarchist Peasant), Enrique Lister (Communist Commander), Josep Tarradellas (Prime Minister of Catalonia), Pere Ardiaca (Communist Official), Socrates Gomez (Socialist), Bill Bailey (American Volunteer (Communist)), Frank Deegan (English Volunteer (Communist)), Enriqueta Garcia Cervera (Switchboard Operator), Juan Manuel Molina (Anarchist Defence Under-Secretary (Catalonia)), Julian Gorkin (POUM Executive). People: Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Buenaventura Durruti, José Díaz, Leon Trotsky, Juan Negrín, Andreu Nin. Places: Barcelona, Mas de las Matas, Aragone, Barcelona Telephone Exchange, Teruel, Belchite. Terms: Worker Self-Management, Free Healthcare, Abortion and Contraception, Free Love, Collectivism and Collectivization, Collectivists and Socialists, Stalinism and Stalinists, Leninism and Leninists, Militarism and Militarization, Regionalism and Regionalist Movements, Trotsky and Trotskyists, the POUM, Bolsheviks and Bolshevism. Part 6 of 6 - Victory and Defeat Description: How the Civil War ended with the Republic split and Franco then victorious, the fate of refugees, and Spain's subsequent history under Franco's dictatorship. Interviewees: Frank Deegan (International Brigader), Bill Bailey (International Brigader), Enrique Lister (Republican Corps Commander), Federico Escofet (Catalan Officer), Eduardo Pons Prades (Barcelona Inhabitant), Teresa Pamies (Communist Youth), Willie Forrest (British Journalist), Enrique Miret Magdalena (Nationalist (Madrid)), Alvaro Delgado (Republican (Madrid)), Narciso Julian, Eduardo De Guzman (Anarchist), Encarnacion Bueno, Narciso Julian (Communist Officer), Tomas Garicano Goni (Nationalist), Petra Roman de Bondia (Nationalist Student), Juan Moliner (Socialist (Mas de las Matas)). People: Colonel Segismundo Casado. Places: River Ebro, Urumea River, Valencia, Tarragona, Figueres, Alicante. Terms: International Brigaders, the Spanish Cortes, One-Party State, National Unity. Extras... * Spanish Civil War Songs * "Workers' Power and the Spanish Revolution," text. [Episode Guide Included.] This torrent is a part of Operation: Massive Information Leak, Wave Two. 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BBC Newsnight~Terror, Consent and Ticking Timebombs 2008 05 30 avi clip

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BBC Newsnight~Terror, Consent and Ticking Timebombs 2008 05 30 avi clip 73.8 mgs 12.29 mns with Emily Maitlis The last Briton in Guantanamo Bay has just been charged with terrorism under its Military Tribunal. Binyam Mohammed - who says he was tortured in Morocco under extraordinary rendition - could now face the death penalty. We don't know, to be frank, if he's a terrorist. But we do know that when the very practices used by the West face eyebrow raising scrutiny, and questions of legality, the so-called War on Terror itself is in danger of being undermined. Tonight we talk to the author of Terror and Consent - a philosophical roadmap for fighting the often intangible issue of terrorism. We ask Philip Bobbitt what methods should and could be used to protect ourselves whilst retaining the values that allow civil societies to hold their heads high. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/latest_programme/ shunster
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PBS Frontline/World - 2007.11.07 - Extraordinary Rendition, Ayurveda (HDTV.SoS)

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1. Extraordinary Rendition FRONTLINE/World begins a new season of investigations this November with a story about the CIA's controversial rendition program. Five years ago, award-winning journalist Stephen Grey left his job at The Sunday Times in London to investigate one of the darkest sides of the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Beginning with the mysterious flight logs of secret CIA flights, Grey and others uncovered a secret CIA prison system involving countries like Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco, and the CIA's own "black sites," where the White House authorized "enhanced interrogation techniques," which critics say amount to torture. In "Extraordinary Rendition," Grey sets out to find the CIA'S "ghost prisoners" themselves -- some confirmed as high-value al Qaeda members, others unwittingly caught and released months or years later without charge. He also questions former CIA and FBI officials as the debate grows in Washington over the effectiveness and legality of extrajudicial detention and interrogation. "There aren’t many enthusiasts now inside the CIA who want to round up dozens of people anymore. But the threat is still there," says Grey. "The key thing is that until Congress and the American people decide on a way of dealing with prisoners in the courtroom according to the rule of law, the CIA probably hasn’t got any alternative but to either hold prisoners secretly in their own detention system, or to render them to countries that will do the CIA bidding." more info: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/rendition701/ 2. India: A Second Opinion Also in this hour, a story from India about one of the oldest health care systems on the planet — Ayurveda — and of what its practitioners have learned, over 3,000 years, that could benefit Western medicine. T.R. Reid, a veteran foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, heads to southern India with a bad shoulder and a hunch, or at least a hope, that there might be a better, less invasive way to treat it than the artificial joint replacement recommended by his Denver orthopedic surgeon. In a series of thoughtful interviews with major players in the story — doctors, researchers, patients from around the world — Reid asks how Ayurveda manages to produce seemingly positive outcomes with methods that sometimes appear more medieval than scientific. Along the way, he inquires into what role cultural and social factors play in healing, and how meaning and ritual affect the treatment of illness. more info: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india701/ == Runtime: 55:25 Source: OTA High Definition 1080i Encoding: xvid.720x400.1366kbps.mp3.160.vbr File Size: 600MB Support your local PBS Station by making a contribution or by purchasing their DVDs. To help speed up future releases, please try to seed this torrent as much as possible. Thanks. ==
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Fire on the Mountain: A Gathering of Shamans

Category: Documentary
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Fire on the Mountain: A Gathering of Shamans A film by David Cherniack Productions in association with Global Vision Corporation and Mystic Fire Video * This video can be purchased online from http://www.mysticfire.com/ They also have many different videos of a similar nature to this one as well as Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth" series * ** To find out more about Global Vision and the film they are currently producing (that is "an impressionistic musical feature film conceived as a Collective Self-Portrait of Humankind and the Biosphere - a concept without precedent in art or motion picture history"), please visit: http://www.global-vision.org/ ** Width x Height: 720 x 480 .WMV Duration: 1:46:03 Bit rate - audio format: 911kbps - .WMV Size: 688mb INTRODUCTION (from Fire on the Mountain webpage: http://www.global-vision.org/karma.html ) Fire on the Mountain: A Gathering of Shamans is a documentary about the connection between consciouness and nature, as embodied in the spiritual traditions of Indigenous Peoples, whose ecological metaphors of the sacred are so relevant to the modern world. We shot the project in 1997 at an historic 10-day gathering of shamans from five continents, who travelled to Karma Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre in the Val Saint Hugon in Savoy, in the French Alps, to discuss their concerns with H.H. the Dalai Lama and high-level representatives of the world's religions. This documentary embodies the wish of these Indigenous People - all traditional wisdom-keepers, shamans and medicine-women - who requested us to communicate their message to the world. The film was co-executive produced by Michael O'Callaghan, President of Global Vision Corporation in London, and Sheldon Rochlin, President of Mystic Fire Video in New York. It was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack in Toronto, Canada. A producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) since 1980, his many documentaries include "Heart of Tibet: An Intimate Portrait of the Dalai Lama", and "Four Noble Truths" (narrated by Richard Gere). The video can be purchased by online mailorder from Mystic Fire Video at www.mysticfire.com . HOW THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT The Karma Ling retreat centre in the French Alps The project began when Lama Denys Teundroup, the spiritual director of Karma Ling and Honorary President of the European Buddhist Union was travelling in Ecuador to give some Buddhist teachings. It was there that the author and poet Alexis Naranjo invited him to join him on a trip into the jungle to visit the Shuar. Along with their kinsfolk, the Ashuar (collectively known to outsiders as "Jivaros") they inhabit the sacred waterfalls where the Andes plunge thousands of feet into the green depths of the Amazon rainforest. The Shuar are famous as the proud tribal people who, when gold-greedy Conquistadors built a town there in the sixteenth century, killed every last Spaniard in combat, except the Governor who expired after having been made to gulp a drink wich they prepared especially for him: a goblet of the precious metal he craved so much, in liquid form! The Shuar have enjoyed the traditional lifestyle since then, until Big Oil recently began prospecting in their jungle sanctuary. It was in the rainforest that Lama Denys met Don Hilario Chiriap, a Shuar shaman and a spokesperson of his people. The two men soon became fast friends. While comparing their spiritual beliefs, Lama Denys was impressed by the profound reverence for nature - implicit in the Shuar cosmology - and its similarity to the Buddhist regard for the welfare of all sentient beings. Like most Indigenous Peoples, the Shuar worldview does not feature a split between the creator and the creation, spirit and matter, or mind and nature. Because the whole of nature is sacred in their way of seeing, their position on the front lines of tropical deforestation is also a spiritual stance. Don Hilario voiced his concern about the impact of deforestation and oil and mineral exploration on the rainforest, and expressed his wish for an international gathering where Indigenous shamans, traditional wisdom-keepers and medicine men and women from around the world could meet each other, and then present their united message to high level representatives of the world's organised religions, so as to challenge the latter to take up the environmental cause on spiritual grounds. Don Hilario's hope is to enroll the South American Christian Churches on the side of Indigenous People and the rainforest. Lama Denys agreed, quickly realising that because the spiritual traditions of Indigenous Peoples are so intimately related to the places where they live, their holistic and ecological vision of the universe - transmitted down through the generations from very ancient times - has tremendous inspirational value for the development of the new way of thinking which is so urgently needed to correct the social and environmental imbalance which now threaten our planet. He sent out the first invitations six months later for an Interfaith Gathering "to explore the common themes of peace, compassion, and solidarity which underlie the world's faiths, and to draw attention to the endangered spiritual traditions of Indigenous Peoples, whose holistic ecological wisdom and social insights have so much to offer the modern world." One of the first to accept the invitation was H.H. the Dalai Lama, who is very keen to promote interfaith dialogue. He expressed this at Assisi in 1986, in the Dordogne in 1991, and at Lourdes in 1993: "From my personal experience, I believe such a gathering should have two major objectives. The first is that the world's principal traditions consider how to participate in the improvement of the world and of Humankind as a whole, by promoting fundamental human values such as compassion and ethics. The second objective is that each of these major traditions consider how to contribute to the preservation of different ancient traditions which are working for the well-being and survival of their own communities." Karma Ling itself also has a long tradition of interfaith dialogue, going back to its roots in Tibet in the 19th century. The brochure for the Gathering stated the following: "The 21 st century will be one of dialogue. The monotheistic religions descended from Abraham, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, together with Hinduism and Buddhism, now communicate with each other through a deepening interfaith dialogue that is actively engaged in the development of peace and the promotion of universal values. If these religious traditions, through some of their representatives - in their differences, oppositions, or rivalries - become factors of war, then their dialogue in respect of the difference of each one, is on the contrary the true source of a profound peace." The gathering - offically held as part of the United Nations Decade of Indigenous Peoples (1995 - 2004) - was scheduled for April 26th to May 2, 1997. With only three weeks to go, Lama Denys asked Global Vision if we would like to produce a documentary about the event. This was extremely short notice, but because of the historic nature of the project and of the Dalai Lama's personal involvement, we were able to secure a distribution deal with Mystic Fire Video, and raise the funds for David Cherniack - one of the world's leading documentary filmmakers, to fly to Karma Ling along with a three-camera crew from Canada and New York, in time for the gathering. We shot 60 hours of footage at Karma Ling, and more footage on location afterewards with the Mohawks in Canada. THE INTERFAITH GATHERING AT KARMA LING We shot the film at Karma Ling during the Interfaith Gathering, which was organised by Val Saint Hugon - Dalai Lama France 97, in co-operation with the Tibetan Buddhist Federation (Dachang Rime Congregation) and the Karma Ling Institute. Karma Ling is located in what is left of a former Carthusian monastery, in an isolated side valley above the Val d'Is?e. The Indigenous shamans and wisdom-keepers spent ten days of interfaith dialogue, religious ceremonies, and ancient shamanic rituals never before seen by the public. The gathering took place in the private and intimate setting of a beautiful circular tent with an opening at the top to allow for a bonfire. The ceremonies included Buddhist and B? rituals from Tibet, a tree blessing by a shaman from Tuva and a healing ceremony by a woman shaman from the Buryat Republic in Siberia, a Voudoun ceremony from Benin (Africa), shamanic rituals by a Shuar (Jivaro) shaman from the Amazon rainforest, prayer rituals by the elder wisdom-keeper of the endangered Rendille nomads of Kenya, a night-time celebration where a Purupecha medicine man of the Native American Church performed the Ceremony of the Four Colours, and other ceremonies performed by representatives of the North American Tlingit, Onondaga, Apache, Mohawk and Cherokee tribes. This private part of the gathering was followed on May 1st. by a public event where H.H. the Dalai Lama and the shamans shared their conclusions with high-level representatives of the world's organised religions, in front of an audience of five thousand people who had spent the previous four days listening to the Dalai Lama's teachings on the Four Noble Truths. The official photographer was Henri Cartier-Bresson. During the gathering the Indigenous representatives formed the United Traditions Organisation which has since posted its own web site at www.unitedtraditions.org currently only available in French. A book about the Interfaith Gathering, Le Cercle des Anciens by Patrice Van Eersel and Alain Grosrey, has been published in French by Albin Michel. (ISBN: 2-226-10021-0). PARTICIPANTS There were 40 representatives of various faiths and traditions, approximately half of whom were from Indigenous cultures. The latter were accompanied by intepreters and anthropologists to help translate and explain their traditions and rituals. Each of the principal delegates performed a sacred ritual or ceremony which we were invited to film. A. INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS: ASIA Lopoeun Trinley Nyima Rimpoche Chief Instructor, Menri Monastery (B? tradition), Dolangi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Yeche Namgyal Nyima Rimpoche Official translator of B? manuscripts, Menri Monastery, Dolangi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bernard Freon A B? specialist, official representative of Menri Monastery in France. NORTH AMERICA: Aurelio Diaz Tekpankalli Purepecha, Spiritual Chief of the Native American Church of Itzachilatlan. President of the Condor and Eagle Confederation. Chief Jeffrey Hubbel Onondaga Nation. Grandmother Anna Haala Tlingit Nation. President of the Alaska Native Cultural Heritage Association. Sparky Shooting Star Cherokee Nation. Morgan Eagle Bear Apache Nation. Grandmother Sarah Smith Mohawk Nation. SOUTH AMERICA: Hilario Chiriap Shuar shaman of the Upper Amazon tropical rainforest, from Ecuador. Alexis Naranjo Interpreter. Ecuadorian author and poet. Shuar expert. Phillippe Descola Ethnologist. Student of Levi-Strauss. Spent three years living with the Shuar. Director of Studies at the ?ole des Hautes ?udes et Sciences Sociales (Paris). Author, "Les Lances du Cr?uscule". AUSTRALIA: Dick Leichlener President of the Papunya Council. Tim Johnson Translator, conceptual artist. EUROPE: Fallyk Kantchyyr-Ool President, Tuva Society of Shamans. Albert Kouvezine Harmonic chord singer. Ekaterina Krynkina Interpreter from the Republic of Tuva. Nadia Stepanova Shaman from the Buryat Republic. President, Siberian Shamans Association AFRICA: Monte Wambile Of royal lineage, faith-keeper of the Rendille camel-herding pastoralists in the Kaisut Desert in Kenya, said to be the "Holders of the Stick of God". Orotare Wambile Interpreter for Monte Wambile. Mrs. Roumeguere-Eberhard Honorary Research Director, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Majeobaje African Chief in 1996. Initiated into the Tsonga girls in Khomba and with the Venda Princesses at Domba in South Africa. Rendille specialist. Daagbo Hounoun Houna Supreme Chief of the Voudon tradition, from Benin. Christian Hounoun Assistant to Daagbo Hounoun Houna. B. WORLD FAITHS CATHOLIC CHURCH: Father Baudin Member of the General Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference, Representing Monsignor Bille, President of the Episcopal Conference. Father de B?hune Secretary General of the Commission on Inter-Religious Monastic Dialogue, Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, the Vatican. PROTESTANT CHURCH: Pastor Hans Ucko Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Inter-religious relations, World Council of Churches. Representing Pastor Konrad Raiser, President, World Council of Churches. Pastor Jacky Argaud. ORTHODOX CHURCH: Monsignor Damaskinas Father Leloup. JUDAISM: Because the gathering took place during the Jewish feast of Passover, no representative attend. However, a message of solidarity was read by Professor Marco Diani. ISLAM: His Excellency Sheikh Boubakeur Rector of the Muslim Institute of the Mosque of Paris, France. Sheikh Bentounes Master of the Al Alawi Brotherhood and heir of an uninterrupted line of Sufi Masters. Faouzi Skali Professor, ?ole Nationale Superieure, Fez, Morocco. Doctor of Anthropology, Ethnology and Religious Science, University of Paris. HINDUISM: Sri Ashoke Chaterjee Disciple of Satya Charan Lahiri, who asked him to transmit the Sadhana of Kriya Yoga. Successor of Swami Brahmananda. BUDDHISM: H.H. the XIVth. Dalai Lama Nobel Peace Laurate. Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Denys Teundroup President, the European Buddhist Union. Spiritual Director, Karma Ling Institute, Val Saint Hugon, France.
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camps for refugees and migrants - across europe there are these places, that cannot be found on regular maps: from italy to great britain, from spain to germany and even beyond the borders of Schengenland: in romania, ukraine, libya and morocco we see the emergence of buffer-camps on the southern and eastern edges of the european union. camps are not exceptions but have become institutions in the attempt to control migration as a social movement; they stand for the attempt to combat the autonomies of migration. they are a key-element for the migration-politics of the EU: part of the border-regime, place of deportation and selection, and nowadays integral part in the creation of an european constitution. it is time to draw new maps, maps of resistance that can be used to attack the visible and invisible fences and walls, to tear them down or sail around them quietly, to hollow them out and to undermine them. nolager.org attempts to contribute to this struggle against global apartheid. camps have taken different shapes in different countries. camps can be prisons or detention-centers, internment- or waiting zones, reception-centers or refugee-homes. camps can be circled by walls or barbed wire, but also appear disguised in the clothes of humanitarian assistance and combined with so-called voluntary return programmes. camps are not only a physical space, but a process. a process of exclusion and determent, a process to establish a hierarchy of rights, a process to filter according to the needs of european labour markets. resistance from inside, which remains often unknown protest from outside, which seems to be often inefficient. no doubt, struggles and campaigns against all forms of camps have to be intensified. we are still in the beginning. but a lot of initiatives are continuously active. nobody can ignore the european or even global level of lager-politics. thus it is necessary to transnationalise the anti-lager-campaigns and informations. moreover a mutual exchange can be inspiring for all the protests and struggles in the different countries. nolager.org intends to contribute to the exchange of information about the (european) lager-regime and aims at transnationalizing the anti lager campaigns. it is supported by activists and groups form all over europe. you can reach us at info@nolager.org
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