About Link TV Link TV is the first national network offering a global perspective on news, current events and culture, presenting first-run documentaries on global issues, current affairs series, international news, classic foreign feature films, and the best of world music. InterAct partnered with Link to produce an extraordinary series of interactive programs. America Alone? An Encounter Between Americans and the World In January 2003, as the administration's new unilateralist policies pushed the US towards war in Iraq, Bridge Initiative and Link TV produced the call-in special that linked participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to the San Francisco studio. San Francisco guests Ken Jowitt of the Hoover Institution and Mark Danner of New Yorker Magazine discussed the 'Axis of Evil,' US Middle East policy, and the wisdom of war in Iraq. With Shafeeq Ghabar of Kuwait University and Reinhardt Shiekler of German Television in Davos; and with Nicola Bullard of Thailand's Focus on Global South and Boris Kargarlitsky of the Moscow Times, in Porto Alegre.  FAQ's Call-In Series FAQs was a call-in series that gave Americans a forum for discussing frequently asked questions on critical issues. On the first of three programs, produced by InterAct, Iraq war veterans, enlistees, family members, and both policy and military experts talked with viewers nationwide about the soldiers view of Iraq, military families struggling with unexpected deployments, soldier protection, and veterans' issues. The nightly 60-minute broadcasts were hosted by former NBC News reporter and longtime talk-radio host Peter Laufer, and simulcast on Pacifica Radio stations nationwide. Guests included: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party Leader, House of Representatives; Robert Gard, Lt. General US Army (ret.); Paul Rieckhoff, Operation Truth; and Michelle Joyner, National Military Family Association. See more on FAQs About Military Manpower and the Draft at Link TV. Globilization: The Great Divide This documentary was produced by Article Z and co-produced by InterAct, partners in the Bridge Initiative. In January 2001, using "video bridge" technology, the producers linked participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland with activists at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The program features highlights of this spirited dialogue. Participating from Davos were Mark Malloch Brown of the United Nations Development Program; George Soros, international financier and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations; Bjorn Edlund, of Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) and John Ruggie, Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. In Porto Alegre, panelists include Rafael Alegria of the International Movement of Landless Peasants; Hebe de Bonafini of the Argentinean Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, and Njoki Njehu of Fifty Years is Enough Network. Afghan Women: Eyes on the Future This special linked the Afghan Womens' Summit, sponsored by the European Women's Lobby, to viewers across the United States. On the day of the link (December 5, 2001), the joint interim agreement on Afghanistan was announced. The Afghan women were able to express their concern about the new leaders, and their hopes for representation by women in Afghanistan. Guests were Sahar Saba of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA); Suria Paikan, a lawyer with the United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan; Marzia Ali, Coordinator of Refuge Action Montreal; and in the San Francisco studio, Dr. Farid Younis, Islamic scholar and educator who has written about Islamic gender issues. Listening to Beirut This November 2001 special linked Arab intellectuals in Beirut, Lebanon to US callers. With the help of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Beirut-based Arab NGO Network on Development, Americans and Arabs discussed their differences about war, terrorism and Mid-East policy. Beirut panel members were Hassan Krayem of the American University in Beirut and Islah Jad of the Institute of Women's Studies at Bir Zeit University in Ramallah, and in San Francisco, Laurence Michalak of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. The program featured an interview with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Spokesperson for the Arab League.