VICII
Producer
Description
Vermont Institute of Civic and International Involvement (VICII) hosts a series of discussions on contemporary issues.Programs in this Series
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Burlington has often been called one of the most liveable cities in the United States. Yet, even in a cold Vermont winter, unhoused people are without shelter and support from their city. This winter City authorities made the situation...
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"Join VICII and Peter Lackowski, who has been visiting Venezuela since 2005, witnessing the effect that sanctions have had on that country and its revolution. Will sanctions continue to work for the US as they have in the past? Or...
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"Mainstream media endlessly reports that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is a mad dictator without world support in his invasion in Ukraine. According to the American press, President Putin is isolated and...
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"Calling Putin names or speculating on the mental state of the President of the Russian Federation sheds little light on the devastating war in Ukraine. Labelling Putin a "thug" or "lunatic" or "a dictator...
From VICII:
Rising gas prices, Lack of Affordable Housing, Long Waits for Health Care, Blocked Supply Chains, Empty Food Shelves: What is Happening to the American Economy?
Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement and...
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"Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement and the People's Law School on Zoom for a discussion and an update on Policing in the City. We will discuss this issue with Jon Murad, the acting chief...
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"In 1959, Fidel Castro marched into Havana and became the new leader of the Island nation. Fulgencio Batista the President of the Republic of Cuba and close ally of the United States fled the country taking most of the assets of...
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"Roe v. Wade decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1973 was a victory based on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, Roe guaranteed that "persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States and that...
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"Aimee Stephenson describes what Bitcoin is and how it differs from other traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies, and most importantly, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). She discusses what Bitcoin means for the vast...
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Join Vermont professor of communications and publisher Dr. Rob Willams, author of THE POST TRUTH WORLD, for an exploration of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s “Propaganda Model of News.” We’ll explore the origins...
Sandy Baird and Nathan Virag lead a discussion about the history of mandated vaccines in America.
From VICII:
Our leader Nathan Virag, a graduate of the Univ. of Illinois Chicago Law School, immigrant rights specialist and a legal scholar will help...
Sandy Baird and Kurt Mehta lead a discussion about Julian Assange and Wikileaks.
From VICII:
Julian Assange, a journalist, editor, publisher and activist was born in Australia in 1971. In 2006, he founded Wikileaks, an international journal which...
Sandy Baird and Kurt Mehta lead a discussion on Cuba's past, present and potential futures.
From VICII:
Kurt Mehta, a lawyer who has visited Cuba and studied the island extensively, and Sandy Baird, from the Cuban American Friendship Society and...
The proof of a totalitarian regime is its commitment to the death penalty. If the police power of the State is unwavering in its loyalty to the right to execute human beings that state has assumed absolute control over the most important decision...
Habeas Corpus, "you have the body," is a directive to the state to produce the body of a person who may have been falsely imprisoned in order for that person to challenge the legality of that arrest and detention. Based on the presumption...
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