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Despotism & Democracy
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - 1946
Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?
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Retired Colonel and foreign affairs expert Andrew J. Bacevich on Bill Moyers speaks about the crises that are threatening our democracy.
(Premiers August 15, 2008 at 9 p.m.
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Iranian expert Bahman Batmanghelidj briefs viewers on the regime in Iran and how to promote democracy. He is the Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy in Iran. This is an edition of Conservative Roundtable, the nationally broadcast conservative television program hosted by Howard Phillips, and produced by The Conservative Caucus. http://www.conservat iveusa.org
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Chris Hedges's new book examines how Christian dominionists are seeking absolute power and a Christian state. According to Hedges, the movement bears a strong resemblance to the young fascist movements in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and '30s. Hedges is the former New York Times Middle East bureau chief and author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning."