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Resistance in the Age of Trump
David Barsamian
Today in a country where magical thinking is heard at the highest levels of government, facts are up for grabs. You have your narrative. I have mine. Recall Trump aide Kellyanne Conway’s now infamous “alternative facts” comment. Are we sliding toward a dystopian future? Not necessarily. Informed and organized people, unafraid and willing to challenge […]
Lebanese Resistance Movement: Hezbollah
Naim Qassem
Hezbollah, the Party of God, was formed in 1982 in the wake of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s second in command, talks about the Lebanese resistance group which is routinely described as “terrorist” by Washington and Tel Aviv. What are its origins, politics and goals? Interview by David Barsamian. Translator: Mohammed Obeid.
Choosing the News: Who Sets the Agenda
Howard Zinn, Bill Schaap, Joanne Ball, Alexander Cockburn, Karl Mayer, William Styron, Terry Shaw, Wilbert Tatum
Is Socialism Obsolete?
Christopher Hitchens, Dinesh D'Souza
Recorded at Georgetown University.
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 […]
Deep Economy
Bill McKibben
Public opinion on global warming has dramatically shifted. Perhaps it was the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” or people finally feeling the heat. Eleven out of the dozen years from 1995-2006 were among the 12 hottest on record. A recent poll reveals 86% of respondents favored action to deal with the problem. An authoritative UN report […]
Deterring Democracy
Noam Chomsky
American History 3-Pack
Eric Foner, David Stannard, Adam Winkler
Includes:
- The Legacy of Reconstruction
- Native American Holocaust
- Corporate Constitutional Rights
The New American Militarism
Andrew Bacevich
In a famous exchange, in the 1990s, Madeleine Albright demanded of General Colin Powell, “What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?” Well, the U.S. is using that military all over the world and has constructed an empire of more than 700 bases. Not only […]
Telling It Like It Is
Studs Terkel
Memory is not simply recalling events. It is, as poet Peter Balakian notes, a moral act. Beyond that, how society constructs and represents the past is profoundly political. What is celebrated, denigrated or omitted has widespread ideological implications.
What Next in the Middle East?
Noam Chomsky
2 CDs Chomsky goes over the record of the salient issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with particular attention to the relevant facts omitted from history. For decades the overwhelming international consensus has been in favor of a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. Despite Obama’s “soaring rhetoric” he deviates little from the long-standing U.S. […]
Technology, Spirituality & the Future of the Planet
Helen Caldicott
The planet is not in good shape. As a 1995 World Watch Institute report states: “Evidence that the world is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable can be seen in shrinking fish catches, falling water tables, declining bird populations, record heat waves and dwindling grain stocks, just to name a few.” In various […]

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