bennis

July 8th, 2004
Transcription by Brian Kanowsky

ECHO CHAMBER PROJECT: Okay. So why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself and your role here at the Institute.
BENNIS: My name is Phyllis Bennis. I'm a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. And I run the New Internationalism Project that works on the Middle East and US-UN relations.

ECHO CHAMBER PROJECT: Okay. To start off, a lot of people when I talk about my film -- that it's dealing with a lot of international law issues -- their response is that international law doesn't matter. Why does international law matter?