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Childhood Memories, Poetry & Palestine
June Jordan
June Jordan talks about her early life and influences growing up in New York, the daughter of immigrant parents. Her mother was from Panama and her father from Jamaica. She made money as a kid writing poetry. “I was a little hustler,” she admits. About politics she says, “There are a lot of Stalinists out […]
Activism 3-Pack
Rebecca Solnit, Astra Taylor, David Harvey, Kali Akuno, Richard Wolff
Includes:
- Remake the World
- Smash the Mirror: Imagining a Different System
- Capitalism, the Pandemic & the Two-Party Monopoly
Armenian Golgotha
Peter Balakian
On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government launched the genocide of the Armenians. The state-sponsored mass murder campaign destroyed the millennia-old Armenian people in their historic homeland. Their churches and schools were razed to the ground. Their homes and lands were seized. Their culture and memories erased. Talaat Pasha, one of the architects of the […]
The ‘Peace Process’ in the Middle East
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs The signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO in September 1993 was celebrated with great fanfare. At last, long-time adversaries were settling their differences. The U.S.-sponsored peace process was a success. A lot has happened since that White House ceremony. The participants received Nobel Peace Prizes. Arafat sits on […]
Sufism in the West
Leonard Lewin
This program is a general introduction to Sufi theory and practice. Idries Shah, a leading Sufi guide says, “Sufism is not a religion. It is a system of knowledge.” An old teaching from the Middle East has applicability in the West. Leonard Lewin, a subtle and senior student of Sufism who explains its basic ideas […]
Eqbal Ahmad: Legacy of Resistance
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs The main theme of Noam Chomsky’s lecture which began the tribute to Eqbal Ahmad event, was confronting empire. He talked about the “international community” as essentially the U.S. and its allies, Bush’s “messianic mission” and the “unusual historic event we are witnessing” the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Palestinians enabled by Washington. By […]
Questions & Answers with Community Activists
Noam Chomsky
From Afghanistan to Iraq: The Bush Wars
Medea Benjamin
In 2001, George W. Bush promised liberation and a better life for people in Afghanistan. In 2003, he pledged the same thing to the people of Iraq. It’s 2004 and both nations struggle with daily violence, poverty, extremely high unemployment rates, and a lack of basic health and safety infrastructure. The aftermath of these Bush […]
Prospects for Minimalism
Noam Chomsky
3 CDs. Highly technical discussion.
Stop the Death Penalty!
Howard Zinn
The U.S. ranks number one in capital punishment. More and more states are imposing the death penalty. Politicians line up calling for more and more executions. Yet, evidence shows that the death penalty is racist, targets the poor, kills innocent people and fails to deter crime. Recorded at Harvard.
Poetry & Politics
June Jordan
June Jordan knows well the burdens placed upon the children of immigrants. It’s part of what gave her the courage and conviction to observe the world with the unblinking eye of a reporter and relay what she experiences with the heart of a poet. Her highly political work is a deeply personal call for tolerance […]
Africa: Myths & Realities
Ali Mazrui
While there are some popular and unthreatening images of Africa – smiling natives dancing and playing great music, safaris and exotic animals in a National Geographic wonderland – it is the negative picture which overwhelmingly dominates. The continent is virtually synonymous with destitution and misery. Ethiopia, Angola, the Sudan, Somalia and Rwanda are part of […]

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