Are Genocides Baked into Humanity. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. We discuss the Holocaust and compare and contrast it with other genocidal events in human history. In what ways is it similar, and in what ways it is different. What can we learn about this from history. The ThinkTech […]
The War on Hate (Community Matters)
How to Stop Genocide and Terrorism. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Hank Kopel. Author and former federal prosecutor Henry “Hank” Kopel of New Haven tells us about his book War on Hate: How to Stop Genocide, Fight Terrorism, and Defend Freedom. Could Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine have been predicted […]
The Role of Propaganda in Genocide (Politics for the People)
Vulnerabilities in the Human Condition. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the social psychology of propaganda and social media, and the human frailties and vulnerabilities that make us susceptible to propaganda and demagoguery, how Putin has learned to use it to affect […]
Never Again Must be Now in Ukraine (Cooper UNion)
Genocide and War Crimes Grind Away our Soul. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Tetiana Pechonchyk. War crimes and genocide continue in Ukraine, being committed by Russia’s policies and brutal actions. In response to the horrible and heinous killings of civilians as well as the abductions of journalists, activists and […]
Evolving Implications of Putin’s War (Global Connections)
Emergence of the Historical Effect of the War. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Historian Carl Ackerman helps us understand the changes that are being revealed by the invasion of Ukraine, including the rise of Russia and of blatant autocracy, the resurgence of the cold war, the fragmentation […]
Sanctions Dilemma: who Gets Hurt and when (Politics for the People)
What Do we Need to Do to Make them Effective. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the efficacy of the sanctions to date, and the ones adopted just this week. Can Putin get around them. Do the Russian people understand the reasons […]
International Law Claims Against Putin and Russia (Global Connections)
The Proceedings Are Only Now Just Beginning. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Alexander H.E. Morawa. Law professor Alexander Morawa helps us understand the ICC Prosecutor’s investigation of Putin and Russia (now pending before a pretrial chamber); several sets of provisional measures issued by the European Court of Human Rights; […]
Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Transitional Justice)
Justice – Top Down or Bottom up. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tony Tate. Rwanda was plunged into a genocide that killed at least 500,000 persons in a one hundred-day period. To seek justice for the victims, three different types of criminal proceedings were enacted. Perhaps […]
Is Sudan ready for democratic transition? (Transitional Justice)
Criminal prosecutions. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mutasim Ali. Following the overthrow of Sudan’s former president Omar Al Bashir, the Sudanese people hope to transition to democratic Sudan. As part of that process, the Sudan’s transitional government is working adopt measures to ensure that transition. Nevertheless, […]
The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story (Community Matters)
A hidden chapter in Holocaust history. In this episode of Community Matters, Jay Fidell talks with Ellen G. Friedman about her book titled The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Ellen Friedman. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am […]