49. Libya: Warlords, Militias, and Western Ab...

Today we speak to our man in Paris, anthropologist Louis Stavenhagen. He talks to us about how students across France are taking to the streets in a wave of protests and riots. Clashes with police, arson, and growing unrest have turned demonstrations into something much bigger. W ...  Show more

Today we speak to Irish writer and artist Adam "Spicebag" Doyle. He's just got back from Northern Ireland, where residents of Portadown's Garvaghy Road are resisting an Orange Order march through their community. Decades after brutal violence over all this ended, old divisions ar ...  Show more

This week on Babel, Jon is joined by Frederic Wehrey, senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. During their discussion, Fred breaks down the conflict in Libya, explaining who is involved and why. Fred and Jon also talk about fore ...  Show more

As rebel forces advance on Tripoli and American troops withdraw, we look at the Libyan general leading the march, and at the country’s fractured politics. There’s evidence that Facebook’s advertisement algorithms discriminate on the basis of race and gender. But who’s to blame, a ...  Show more

Six years ago this week the brutal repression of a protest in Libya's second city of Benghazi inspired a revolution that led to the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Today the country is preyed on by more than 1500 militias. Different governments rule in the west around Tripoli an ...  Show more

Libyan hip-hop, Italian restaurants, tribal allegiances and post-war uncertainty in Libya. Anthony looks at the country through personal stories, food--and the music--of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight. Original airdate: 2013, Season 1. To learn more about how CN ...  Show more