The Real News Network Video Round-Up, 01 March 2013

Bradley E. Manning's Statement for the Providence Inquiry Transcript of statement by Private First Class Bradley E. Bradley at a providence inquiry for his formal plea of guilty to one specification as charged and nine specifications for lesser included offenses. Go to story | Go to homepage February 29 Bradley Manning Tells Court Public Have the Right to Know About US War Crimes American Attorney for Julian Assange, Michael Ratner, reports he was in the courtroom and witnessed Manning speak with confidence and intelligence as he detailed the outrages that drove him to upload the documents to Wikileaks Go to story | Go to homepage The Video that Bradley Manning says Pushed Him to Upload to Wikileaks Josh Stieber, a member of the army company that came upon the Iraqis murdered by the US helicopter crew, discusses the Wikileaks video and army training that makes killing civilians acceptable Go to story | Go to homepage Obama and GOP Shared Austerity Vision Will Deepen Recession Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: The massive sequester cuts to government spending are a disaster - what's needed is a wage led recovery Go to story | Go to homepage February 28 "Is 'Supercop' William Bratton the Answer to Oakland's Police Problem?" Oakland recently hired famed police chief William Bratton as a consultant in an effort to find a solution to its ongoing problems with its Police Department Go to story | Go to homepage Chavez Returns Home; Venezuela's Bolivar Devalued Greg Wilpert: Status of Chavez's health still not known; devaluation necessary to curb inflation Go to story | Go to homepage More Criticism in Internal IMF Report Ilene Grabel: Internal report critiques IMF methods and analysis as IMF relationship with developing world changes Go to story | Go to homepage February 27 Hagel Confirmed - Will He Jump on the Military Expenditure Bandwagon? Chuck Hagel is confirmed as Secretary of Defense; will he now try to sell the myth that a high military budget is good for jobs? Go to story | Go to homepage Is a Third Intifada On the Way? Thousands of Palestinians protest the killing of an activist after interrogation in Israeli prison, as the cause of prisoner rights spreads throughout the Occupied Territories Go to story | Go to homepage February 26 South African Platinum Miner's Struggle Creates Political Rupture Vishwas Satgar: New miners union growing as workers split with ANC supported union; increasing consciousness amongst workers that the issue now is class Go to story | Go to homepage Sequestration Budget Cuts Will Deepen Recession - Both Parties Reject Stimulus James Heintz: President Obama and GOP focus on budget cutting instead of creating more employment Go to story | Go to homepage Kazakhstan, a human rights disaster, hosts Iran Talks Allen Ruff: Kazakhstan's brutal repression of workers and opposition ignored as it tries to play broker in the stand off between the US and Iran Go to story | Go to homepage February 25 Mexican Farmers Protest The Entrance of GMO Corn Thousands across Mexico demand their government reject permits for GMO Corn while Monsanto defends their patent on life in U.S. Supreme Court Go to story | Go to homepage IMF Accused of Double Standard on China's Currency Moves Ilene Grabel: An IMF internal report says it's been unfairly critiquing China and other Asian countries currency manipulations while ignoring similar practices by Western countries Go to story | Go to homepage