

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist. Today in openDemocracy, we present a podcast interview with the writer/producer/director, David Leaf.
Peaceful protests are currently taking place in central Beirut. Amal and Hizbollah are the main parties involved. The christian party, Free Patriotic Movement, is dressed in orange. This footage was taken on 1 December 2006.
The Kazakhstani government feels that a small community of followers of Hare Krishna are trying to distance Kazakhs from their traditional religion, Islam. One man says: "If they evict all of us, the community will be destroyed because that is where we are officially registered."
A movie based on true accounts of the persecution against Falun Dafa (aka Falun Gong) practitioners in China today. It is taken from a Chinese policeman's perspective and is a moving portrayal of how obedience without question can be crippling.
As the court delivers a verdict of death by hanging to Saddam Hussein, the former dictator reacts.
It could be Noam Chomsky's most influential endorsement yet. Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, recommends his "Hegemony or Survival" to a bemused UN. Didn't he know the UK's New Statesman were giving it away free with an annual subscription in 2004?