but there was not a single doubt after become a muslim. mit dem herz weiß man, das ist das göttliche wort, am islam selber brauchen wir nichts ändern. this is about people who got silenced but kept fighting. supervision and

controlling of freedom of speech only comes up when you're criticizing israel. 45 palestinian journalists behind israeli bars at the moment. they warn students that if they remain here they will be arrested. this is about the voices of palestine. of

to miss the olympic games is terrible nightmare for athlete who's had the dream of taking part in the games their whole life, nightmare which sometimes comes true. the 1984 olympic games in los angeles a...

another event occurred during the games, led by the soviet union, 18 countries boycotted the world's most important sporting event. the same thing had happened to the soviet union four years earlier, the 1980 olympic games in moscow, led by the united states, 62 countries had boycotted the game. of

the soviet union revolution had begun the 40 year old game, a game of power which was of course not popular and peaceful, the land and the sky from the east to the west were transformed into the soviet us battlefield, artists, scientists, and even athletes were turned into soldiers for this.

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for years, people in the soviet union had to stand in front of the leaders of the country so that they would wave at them, but now it was gobachev who... extended his hand to the people,

an open-minded leader who had come close to people more than all the previous leaders. "an actor who had become president four years before gorbachev took office introduce myself, my name is ronald reagan. gorbachev began by accepting earlier american proposals, reducing half of both parties weapons, nuclear and non-nuclear. he even went further and accepted. zero option, that is, the elimination of all nuclear arms. reagan was shocked, but he tried to act normally. what he wanted the soviet union to do was now possible. everybody was waiting

for his decision. star wars, or peace between superpowers. following lot of struggle, during a historic night, the 40-year-old ice the cold. melted in the warm relations condition was very bad, between the two countries, the economic the slogans against gorbachev could be heard even few meters away from him. and the strikes and the protests continue. reagan accomplished his mission. he was leaving the kremlin triumphantly while everything in the soviet union was falling apart. the only

thing which was growing was strange tendency. for western lifestyle, long cues eat american burgers caused the superpower in the east to lose face. some hardline communists staged very suspicious coo, a coup which failed easily and made the communists fall into disrepute. on the other hand, people were hearing the name of a man who stood against the coup bravely. radical reformist, gorbachev's opponent, and of course a

pro-american. the west supported him immediately. gorbachev's popularity rating had dropped dramatically, and people were looking for an alternative to him. during his acting career, reagan played roles in 92 movies. he had an extraordinary ability to play. play various roles, being the leading actor to the supporting actor with a chimpanzee, however, he always played in hollywood's b movies, but politics was where he wanted to be a superstar and even a unique director, by and action. reagan didn't like the foreign policy of the former presidents the united states, so he appointed five of

america's most prominent strategists to write a new screenplay for foreign policy. the most prominent of them was richard pipes, a us national security advisor and an experienced harvard university professor, a man who'd been researching for years to confront the soviet union and had written many books about it. the mission was supposed to be completely confidential, pipes. started his career on the third floor of the white house residence. the meetings were held very carefully. reagan studied all session reports. he was supposed to make the final decision. the result was a confidential 43 page strategy. as the director and the leading actor, reagan was fully satisfied with the screenplay written for foreign policy. the first stage of the strategy was implemented action. "the military budget of the united states had to

increase as never done before. reagan spent $32 million dollars an hour on military affairs, but the goal was not to fight, because fighting a country which had atomic bombs was out of the question. the soviet union had to make weapons to keep pace with the united states, but its economy couldn't compete in that area. as the economic situation was worsening in the soviet union,..." people and even the communists were supposed to conclude that continuing that process was no longer possible, although the goal was not to fight the soviet union, reagan wanted the russians to be afraid of the us invasion, so he proposed star wars missile defense system to make them believe all their atomic bombs might be ineffective, a dream which no scientist could turn into reality. pipe strategy was being seriously followed up. reagan held private meeting with king fad of saudi arabia. five months later,

when saudi arabia raised its oil output, everybody realized what the meeting was about. oil prices dropped by one-third, and that meant 18 billion dollars of loss per year for the soviet union. although these things dealt a heavy blow to the economy of the soviet union, they couldn't cause a crisis in the economic situation. western tv channels were constantly focusing on the q's. created due to lack of goods, but they were in fact very limited, and as one of the american sociologists who had traveled to the soviet union had said, only cavia wasn't available there, so the strategy proposed by pipes couldn't be fruitful. to solve this problem, reagan came up with an idea using one of his old performances. the

main idea was now that people were happy with what they had, their expectations had to raise, so equipping radio stations and fighting the soviet union static began. the crusade for freedom is your chance and mine to fight communism. join now by sending your contributions to general clay, crusade for freedom, us radio stations kept. saying the soviet union was a prison full of poverty, misery, torture, repression, and corruption, and there was no hope for reforming it. they were constantly saying the soviet union helped the u.s. but there was very little of us aid to the soviet enemies, the media war on the soviet union led people to only think about the things they didn't have, the fact that the government provided free houses wasn't important anymore. also, exporting lader to england, sweden, finland, ireland,

italy, portugal, cuba, venezuela, brazil, australia. and canada couldn't change how people felt about it. on the other hand, restrictions on traveling abroad made the soviet people see american life only through hollywood movies. in some respect, life was better in the united states, but not as much as people thought. the poor, there are 33 million americans who live below the poverty line, that is 7 million more than when mr. reagan was first elected. the reports given to reagan showed radios were being effective, dissatisfaction grew gradually, the situation could turn into a crisis like the one in poland. the soviet authorities had freaked out and didn't know what to do. what the united states was doing could force the

soviet union into a military response and that would be very troublesome for the us. so it was time to move to the next step of the strategy, suddenly reagan changed road. the president of the united states. during these first days of 1984, i would like to share with you and the people of the world, my thoughts a subject of great importance to the cause of peace, relations. between the united states and the soviet union. protests against his war-mongering policies didn't let him keep playing his previous role for a long time. in order to put an end to all that, the soviet authorities were urged to help those people come to power who could negotiate with reagan and dissuade him from following that

strategy. pipes had predicted that the next leader would be a reformist. thatcher had chosen gorbachev. and had shared her idea with reagan. after cherenko's death, all the predictions came true. now it was time for the third stage of the strategy. after gorbachev took office, the noise blocking devices were no longer needed, because there was no more static. everything was changing very fast. not only the radio stations were doing what reagan wanted, but also many newspapers, some of which took money from the united states were doing the same thing. the newspapers were making people think if relations with

united states were normalized, all problems would be solved. and this made the officials offer any concession to the us in the hope of having normalized relations. on the other hand, gorbachev trusted the united states, so it was time to gain the final concessions. the washington agreement was the climax of the story, but the soviet economy wasn't supposed to change. it didn't have to happen for two reasons. first, nobody knew who would take office after gorbachev. if the us allowed the soviet economy to improve, there was a chance. a communist would inherit everything. the second reason was more important. reagan wanted lot of other things from the soviet union, which gorbachev hadn't done yet. if the situation in the soviet union got better, then gorbachev would have motivation to keep his promises. now the united states didn't have to do anything else. during those years, pro-american people

had been heavily strengthened, and they were doing what the united states wanted. the west had to put further pressure on the soviet. union to offer more concessions. the pressures were helpful. gorbachef agreed to withdraw soviet forces from afghanistan. furthermore, he changed the country's constitution. in order to make sure the process would go on, reagan had to give more power to the pro-american people in the soviet union. therefore, when he went to moscow, he held a secret meeting with them. reagan needed new excuses to gain more concessions. human rights were good options. few months later, gorbachev offered more concessions in the united nations, but reagan wasn't supposed to do anything for gorbachev, even when his cabinet asked him. "the only thing the west could do for gorbachev was to encourage him to go on. the tragic story of the soviet union wasn't directed only by reagan. gorbachev was a good supporting actor

who adopted wrong economic policies, not bad, not bad at all, and so goodbye, god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. finally, when..." the united states, in order to cure his country's economic sickness, he had more than 50 americans as advisers, the most important of whom was jeffrey sax. sax recommended

shock therapy, a common method to cure mental illnesses. in a short time, all price controls were released, and after the shock, everything got stable. but the shock wasn't the cure. within a year, the nation's buying power was nearly cut in half. one third of people were below the poverty line and the wages hadn't been paid for months. prostitution became widespread and organized crime increased. the parliament decided to stop implementing yeltsin's policies, but the

west continue to support it. is the best hope for democracy uh in russia. yelsin couldn't tolerate the parliament. he agreed to almost all american demands, but there was no news about the economic recovery for the soviet union. 80% of russia's farmers went bankrupt and 700 state-owned factories shut down. in the countries separated from

the soviet union, the situation was even worse. the streets of europe were teaming with girls who had gone there to sell their bodies. a phenomenon which came to be known as the natasha trade. in russia, in the next eight years, the...

the economic growth and reduced the inflation rate, which was going to be a three- diigit one into a single digit one. during the same period, the united states owed about $15 trillion dollars to the world. although history can never return life to the young russian girls who selved their bodies to pay for food, it taught a lesson to the russians and using that lesson they could rebuild a shattered superpower. todos los suelos que estamos vierando.

the story isn't over, you and the audience are part of the country. i hope it's not a greek tragedy. levi left us letter, my mother had found it, here is to all the ones i love, i am sorry i could not take it anymore, so it is time for

me to go. to go where the sun is always sunny and the grass is always green and the flowers smell like honey. the happy son that i'd known that loved life so much and loved children and animals now we just seem like this shell of a person. i think... he could still be here today had he been given the proper treatment. step into the compelling world of the syrian poet, ahlam banawi. as this captivating

documentary explores her unwavering dedication to syria and the profound personal struggles that she endured during the war in syria.

headlines at press tv, israel pushes ahead with this genocide against palestinians in the gaza strip as the death toe from 11 months of attacks is nearing 41, israeli forces launch fresh. raid into the west bank, firing live rounds and abducting several people across the occupied palestinian territory, and syria's air defenses intercept the number of israeli missiles as the regime's new air strikes on hama province killed 14 people and injured nearly 20 others.