International

What's Going On? Discussion of World Affairs 12/14/2015

Concerned citizens Sandy Baird, Robin Lloyd, Peter Garritano, Kurt Mehta, and Jared Carter, try to make sense of the current affairs, national and international.

The Game of Go 12/11/2015

Host Kim Villemaire is joined by Pete Schumer and Dave Felcan, members of the Vermont Go Club, to talk about this extremely popular game with a rich history that is little known in the US.

For more information on Go please visit:

The club webpage: http://www.vermontgo.org/

The American Go Association: http://www.usgo.org/

Or email Pete directly at Schumer@Middlebury.edu

Governor Peter Shumlin: Press Briefing from the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris 12/09/2015

Gov. Shumlin holds a press briefing via conference call for the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris.

Governor Peter Shumlin: Governor Addresses Refugee English Class 11/24/2015

Governor Peter Shumlin addresses an English class of refugees form around the world, recently arrived in Vermont. The Governor supports the U.S. admitting Syrian refugees as part of world humanitarian efforts.

Mired and Muddled Middle East 11/23/2015

Local activists Sandy Baird, Robin Lloyd, Pete Garritano are joined by Kurt Mehta, Immigration Lawyer, and Jared Carter, Director of the Vermont Community Law Center, to discuss ongoing issues and perspectives of the Middle East region, and the U.S. responses.

The Flowers of Rojava: A Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria 11/19/2015

Janet Biehl, author of a newly published book about Vermont social ecologist Murray Bookchin (Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin), speaks about her recent visit to Rojava, Kurdistan where Kurdish men and women have organized themselves into a democratic autonomous region based in part on principles advanced by Bookchin.

The Syrian Migration: Today’s Reality, Tomorrow’s Implications 11/18/2015

Anemona Hartocollis, a New York Times journalist, who recently traveled with the immigrants themselves discusses their journey, tragedies, sacrifices, and continuing life struggles in their new, suspicious, not always welcoming homes.

Syria, The Far Close Country 11/02/2015

The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program hosts a fundraiser for newly arriving refugees, focusing on an educational panel discussion on Syria, a country in the midst of a civil war.

Vermont International Festival Preview 10/29/2015

Ben Bergstein, Artistic Director, Vermont Performing Arts League, and April Werner, Executive Director, Vermont Performing Arts League, share insights into the upcoming 23rd Vermont International Festival, December 4th, 5th and 6th. More information at: (802) 863-6713 www.vermontinternationalfestival.com

Economic and Political Crisis in China - Dongping Han 10/15/2015

Dongping Han, Professor at Warren Wilson College and author of 'The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village' presents "Economic and Political Crisis in China - From the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution to the Present'. Part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.

The Will Miller Social Justice Lecture series brings speakers to the UVM campus and the Burlington community to provide a continuing program of radical analyses of social, ecological and political concerns. The series is dedicated to Will Miller, Vermont’s activist philosopher and UVM Philosophy Professor for 35 years.

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